Mann Bracken: Is it difficult to deal with them?

The Mann Bracken/Walpoff people refuse to negotiate realistically. To the extent they do negotiate, the negotiation is a fraud. They will not live up to what they negotiate. For example they will take partial payments and then not reduce the balance as agreed prior to your sending the partial settlement payment. Do the public a favor and fight these people any way you can so their business is not profitable. Do not feel guilty about eliminating the enemy! I like what someone else wrote and have recopied it below.


Mann Bracken has a weakness-their lawyers. Refuse to deal with their collection agents. These people make $5 an hour if they're lucky and the rest is commission.

You will find a current list of the REAL Mann Bracken attorneys at johnpfryedebtlawyer.blogspot.com. Contact one of them and tell them to work things out.

If the lawyer you talk to does not, file a Bar complaint. You will want to file against them in Georgia, your state, and the state of the Mann Bracken office that contacted you.

A couple of Mann Bracken lawyers have been disciplined, and Branton could lose his law license at this rate!

Good Luck!

Mann Bracken received a summary disposition against me in Michigan, even though I disputed their right to collect the debt. The original debt was to Washington Mutual. The law suit was initiated by Mann Bracken on behalf of Palisades Collection, LLC. I understand that Mann Bracken/Wolpoff & Abramson/Palisades Collection are now all one entity. The judge did not support my demand that the debt had to be validated (I should say he did not really give me the opportunity to argue the point). Is Mann Bracken licensed in Michigan? If they are not , is there anything I can do?

Mann Bracken has noting, they buy the debt. Here is wat one person did, send a DV to NAF directly, CMRR, requesting a full accounting of the debt as per the FDCPA from account balance 0 to present $$$. State as they are being used in the debt collection process as a collection agent they are bound by the FDCPA. This make 'em nervous. Also state that you will
file formal charges against any attorney from the NAF used in this collection and will file a Bar complaint with a complaint against the State AG.

See, NAF operates under an umbrella of being lowkey. They can and will be liable if you know how to press this issue.

MBNA charged off my cc...then MannBracken (GA) started their stuff...then they sent it to arbitration...then sent that to a FIA cards services here in CA...who filed a civil case against me to "confirm arbitration" and now has a court date to get a judgment against me...what should I do?

I too have been contacted by Mann Bracken. I tried to call Citi and they said it had been turned over to Mann Bracken so I would have to deal with them. They want over 2,000 dollars a month to try and settle this. I am a recently divorced single mom who has just got her career started. They have said all kinds of mean threatening things such as garnishing my wages. Can they do that? Should I send them what I can and see what happens? I live in Texas.

Get a tape recorder and start taping those calls. They cannot garnish your wages in TX. The mere mention of wage garnishment is a violation of the FDCPA. Have they sent you anything in writing? Click on the link in my signature for the TX Finance Code. Also, get a copy of the FDCPA and read it a couple times, it will definately help you. Do not send them any money until they validate the debt. Be cautious, they will file suit. What county do you reside in?

anyone know if mann bracken is registered to collect in Arizona?

I too just received a letter from them, stating they want their $ within 5 days of date on letter, which leaves me 2 days. Any suggestion on how to handle them. I'm in California.

They'll settle Chase accounts @ 50% of balance. Everything else you can get even lower. The best time to settle is the last day of the month around noon. Here's the direct # (67 801-2698

I tried to settle my account and every time someone agreed to a settlement they were taken off the account and I was told that it had not been locked in and then they wanted more money. I sent them a 5100.00 payment in January and agreed to make monthly payments of 224.00 for six months and then pay a lump sum of 1500.00 after that. Last night I got a call asking for 415.00 to be paid immediatley as the attorneys where looking at my account and were not locking it in at what was agreed in January. HELP what can I do

dp, you should have never paid them a dime! Don't pay them anything else until you have an agreement in writing! Hope you didn't pay them by personal check or debit card, if you did, close your bank account asap before they empty it.

I have a judgement for money from April 2005 for $2800. this was filed by Sage Financial LTD, Attorney William Enerson. I contacted several people today to attempt to settle only to find out the account is now handled by Mann Bracken. The amount of money they now want is $4200, due to accrued interest from the original judment date. I refused to pay, they offered to settle at $3000. I refused to pay that as I would like to not pay over $1000. I do not recall this card or who it was origninallly with (was wild college kid, got a card, spent the money, never paid). Is there any loophole im missing here or way I can pay a one time settlement without going broke????

Ok, I have worked with a debt management program, and it has helped. I hadn't heard from them in awhile as just about all my accounts are either paid off or written off, as far as I can tell. So then all of a sudden they contacted me regarding Mann Bracken. Get this - Mann Bracken keeps insisting that I justify my reason for not paying off the debt. I keep replying that they should send me something in writing to justify the debt as I do not recognize the account. They keep replying is my hardship financial or medical. WTF?? Hello, tell me what supposed account this is before you demand any information from me.

Of course I haven't heard from them, either in writing or by phone.

And check out their website (can't post the link though) - they make themselves sound so profesional, yet there are stories posted all over the Internet about how they really operate!!

I am dealing with that firm. I have a loan that is 9000.00 and they took me to court and was awarded a judgement well I called them up to try and work some payment plan they gave me 3 options
1. pay in full
2. pay a certain amount and then make so many payment
3. make a certain payment a month and be paid off in 6 months
I could not afford what they were asking for so I told them that I would make 100.00 a month and he told me that they would not agree or disagree with that payment. My first time I sent it in they sent me a letter thanking me and a slip to make my next payment. Talk to them they will take whatever payment you can make.

To the moron who said they can garnish your wages.. Get informed, the only people who can garnish wages is the government, period. These bottom feeding "law firms" will say anything, knowing that there you will be scared into paying because a lawyer is threatening you. Don't believe it.

while i normally agree with anyone who uses the term bottomfeeder.if someone like the OC or a lawyer hired by the OC sues and wins then they can garnish.under your circumstance your right,but any OC can take someone to court,if they win then it is up to the judge.to say nobody can garnish but the government is wrong.