Suttell and Associates: How to deal with them?

Here's another S & H horror story. Several years ago I was sick and unable to work. Consequently, I was unable to pay my bills beyond basic expenses. I stopped making payments on a Capital One account, which soon grew to 2,100 bucks as a result of penalties. This debt was turned over to Suttell & Hammer (then known as Suttell & Asso.). They sent me a demand letter. Fortunately, by then my financial situation was back on track, so I contacted Suttell and agreed to pay 150 dollars per month. Since this was an automatic payment, I more or less forgot about it until recently, when I tallied up the total and realized that I had more than fulfilled this debt. I called Capital One, and they informed me that my debt was payed in full last June, yet Suttell has continued to withdraw the 150 dollars each month since then. This means I have paid them twelve hundred dollars above and beyond the amount of the original debt, apparently with no end in sight. During this period, I never received a statement or a receipt of payment from Suttell, that is, until December, when they began sending me a receipt for payment. However, there is no indication of the amount outstanding, which is not surprising, considering there is no outstanding balance. What a bunch of greedy sleazeballs! Not sure what to do. Can anybody help me?

I just got a summons from Suttel & Hammers last night (3-10-11), for a debt with Citibank. The guy who served me the summons did'nt ask me sign anything. It looked like court documents w/o case number.It says in the summons that a lawsuit has been started against me in the Superior Court of the State of Washington in and for the County of Thurston. It also states that I must respond to the complaint by stating my defense in writing, and serve a copy upon the undesigned attorneys for the plaintiffwithin 20 days. But the summons was dated March 1, 2011. It says that if I don't respond within 20 days, a default judgement may be entered against me without notice. I can also demand the plaintiff file this lawsuit with the court. What should I do? I don't have a job right now I am not even receiving unemployment checks. My wife is currently working. Please give some advice.

Respond to the summons: They WILL file that in court (even if you respond) then they will file a motion for default (if you don't respond) and a motion for summary judgement (if you do) but at least they will have to notify you. GET A LAWYER.
Show your lawyer the Dunning letter. The one that says: This account has NOT been reviewed by a Lawyer. It shows that they are a collection agency. They do not have a license. GET A LAWYER. Sue them for violation of the FDCPA and RCW 19.16 which will make them pay back every penny they sole from everyone in WA. They may want to settle that out of court ($$$$$$$$) GET A LAWYER and some money.

Turn them into the Attorney General, FTC, OCC, Procecuting attorney in Thurston county and anyone that will listen. But most of all CALL A LAWYER. Many of them will have the consult for free. Show them the Dunning Letter and docs this COLLECTION AGENCY sent you.

Respond to the summons: They WILL file that in court (even if you respond) then they will file a motion for default (if you don't respond) and a motion for summary judgement (if you do) but at least they will have to notify you. GET A LAWYER.
Show your lawyer the Dunning letter. The one that says: This account has NOT been reviewed by a Lawyer. It shows that they are a collection agency. They do not have a license. GET A LAWYER. Sue them for violation of the FDCPA and RCW 19.16 which will make them pay back every penny they sole from everyone in WA. They may want to settle that out of court ($$$$$$$$) GET A LAWYER and some money.

Turn them into the Attorney General, FTC, OCC, Procecuting attorney in Thurston county and anyone that will listen. But most of all CALL A LAWYER. Many of them will have the consult for free. Show them the Dunning Letter and docs this COLLECTION AGENCY sent you.

Who knows of a good reliable Washington Attorney that will handle a debt settlement
and has dealt with Suttell and ALL before?


Thanks

Go to NACA.net and you should be able to find one there.

Don't worry they will forge some bills and get an afidavit from someone at CitiCrop Credit services Inc (by contract and under agreement) to swear all kinds of generic things. They have personal knowledge of everything but didn't get the account until 6 months ago.

An attorney will take it for $5k retainer, and $25k after the summary judgement.

No they don't even have a license in WA where they slither.

Try the AG, FTC, OTCC, Bud hibbs, and robert paisola (for $200 he will abuse Issac for you).

In short get a lawyer, get one NOW because even if you don't owe it, it is past SOL, or you want all motions in court summarily deigned.

Best defense: Good offense, Prove they are a collection agency, and they will spend a year in Jail, pay $500, and have to repay anyone they stole money from ever!

if anyone has the name of that Tacoma lawfirm let me know or another attorney let me know I have some good sh*t on these guys

I have a great attorney his name is John Wallace with the firm of Rumbaugh Barnett and Rideout 253-838-0309 I am planning on suing them also !

I'm going through the same thing with the same people and I'm gonna
use this attorney I found in Seattle (the link is below). Good luck!

http://www.leenandosullivan.com/StaticForm.shtml

Good luck with that Leenandosullivan.
In other words look for a different firm as soon as possible.
Don't bother with Christopher Green either.

Very GOOD, VERY Expen$ive attorney that has experience dealing with these guys:

Jason Anderson
Anderson Law Offices
8015 - 15th Ave NW Ste 5
Seattle, W A 98117
(206) 706-2882

Hey I thought it might help if I told you what I found out. I talked to 2 attorneys -both of who told me this firm had done everything right in my case and that while they might make mistakes like everyone does they have a pretty good reputation.
I then talked to my Dad, who gave me probably the best advice which was to Man up and deal with my debt. He told me to treat these guys with the same respect I thought I deserved. So I called them up and we made a deal. They agreed to take payments and agreed to take a discount when my Dad has enough to loan me. They even sent me a letter confirming the deal (my Dad told me to get that) and I didn't even have to go to Court. I feel a lot better about where I'm at now and I started a second part time job so I can get all my debt paid. (again my Dad) Seems like my Dad's advice was better than those attorneys.
If you call ask for Nick Upshaw not Nick the attorney.

could you please give the names of 5 of the best attorneys in washington who
have been succussful at fighting them and countersuing them

Thank you

These slimbags came after me, but they didn't do their homework. I'm a merchant seaman and cannot be guanished by any court. They hid this fact from the court and did not file it in federal admirlty court as they should have. I'm asking for damages of $13K for them lying to the court, court costs, violation of federal stautes including 15 usc 1692 and emotional distress. I'm alos asking the court to bring sanctions against them. I may be just a pro se, but I've been in court in 6 other cases (state and federal) and have spoken in appeals court. Doom on them.

This just pertains to this law firm-- not a specific answer to anyone.

Are people actually suing this firm and winning? I looked them up and they are licensed in the state of Washington as attorneys. I know someone who received summons notices from them and they never filed them with the court like the summons stated. So, it was, in fact a violation, as the summons had no date or address of the Superior Court on it. The server never filed paperwork with the court stating that the summons had been served, and when questioned about that he said his wife takes care of that for him. So, it seems, that it is a scare tactic they use, but if you do not respond they can go ahead and file it with the court and get a default judgement, which is something you don't want. My friend talked to an attorney, was advised to respond asking for validation, and they were unable to provide this to him.

I answered the summons, hired a lawyer to represent me. I had done everything that I suppose to do and still lost the case and end up having to paid my lawyer for a fees almost $5000.00. Suttell & ass are the most nasty people to deal with. All they want is money and money.
The debt that I owed is $8000.00+ interest + court fees + lawyer fees = $17,000.00
I’m thinking about quit my job, file bankruptcy so that Suttell & ass can’t collect a penny from me.