Can they really do this??? I'm trying to save money for a lawyer before filing BK and have been avoiding collection calls in the mean time. Now that they are bugging my parents, who I do not want to know I'm in so deep, I need to do something. If a pay an attorney a retainer, will they continue calling or can I refer them to my attorney? How long does it normally take once it goes to collections, before they will file suit? This is becoming far too stressful.