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Our New Associate

Our New Associate

The Law Firm of Morrow and Artim, P.C. would like to announce that Attorney Matthew E. Becker has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney.  Mr. Becker’s practice will focus on Criminal Defense, Consumer Protection, and Credit Card Defense.  He believes that aggressive representation is the best way to defend his clients’ rights and money. [...]

Credit Card Lawsuits – What NOT to do!

Credit Card Lawsuits – What NOT to do!

The sheriff arrives at your door with papers, or, the mailman asks you to sign for a certified letter.  Uh oh, you have just been served with a credit card lawsuit.  What do you do now?  Let’s start with what you should NOT do… with number one on the list being: ignore the lawsuit.  You [...]

District Justice Lawsuits

District Justice Lawsuits

There has been a growing trend with the collection agencies towards filing their credit card lawsuits at the local magistrate or district justice.  My belief is that this is a cost savings measure on their part.  Statistics show that approximately 85% of the people who are sued by collection agencies on credit card debt do [...]

Super Lawyer! Rising Star 2011

Super Lawyer! Rising Star 2011

Morrow and Artim, P.C, is pleased to announce that founding partner, Gregory T. Artim, Esquire has been named to the Pennsylvania Rising Stars list as one of the top attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2011.  No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to the list. Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters [...]

Debt Settlement Companies and Lawsuits

Debt Settlement Companies and Lawsuits

In previous posts, I have advised all of you to avoid Debt Settlement Companies like the plague.  In my experience, I have found that they either are outright scams, or, they simply charge way to much for the service that they provide.  Lately, we have found a new issue with a few of these companies [...]

Our New Associate

Our New Associate

11 January 2012

The Law Firm of Morrow and Artim, P.C. would like to announce that Attorney Matthew E. Becker has joined the firm as an Associate Attorney.  Mr. Becker’s practice will focus on Criminal Defense, Consumer Protection, and Credit Card Defense.  He believes that aggressive representation is the best way to defend his clients’ rights and money. [...]

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Credit Card Lawsuits – What NOT to do!

Credit Card Lawsuits – What NOT to do!

23 June 2011

The sheriff arrives at your door with papers, or, the mailman asks you to sign for a certified letter.  Uh oh, you have just been served with a credit card lawsuit.  What do you do now?  Let’s start with what you should NOT do… with number one on the list being: ignore the lawsuit.  You [...]

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District Justice Lawsuits

District Justice Lawsuits

16 June 2011

There has been a growing trend with the collection agencies towards filing their credit card lawsuits at the local magistrate or district justice.  My belief is that this is a cost savings measure on their part.  Statistics show that approximately 85% of the people who are sued by collection agencies on credit card debt do [...]

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Super Lawyer! Rising Star 2011

Super Lawyer! Rising Star 2011

02 June 2011

Morrow and Artim, P.C, is pleased to announce that founding partner, Gregory T. Artim, Esquire has been named to the Pennsylvania Rising Stars list as one of the top attorneys in Pennsylvania for 2011.  No more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected to the list. Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters [...]

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Debt Settlement Companies and Lawsuits

Debt Settlement Companies and Lawsuits

11 April 2011

In previous posts, I have advised all of you to avoid Debt Settlement Companies like the plague.  In my experience, I have found that they either are outright scams, or, they simply charge way to much for the service that they provide.  Lately, we have found a new issue with a few of these companies [...]

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LVNV Goes Down!

LVNV Goes Down!

11 April 2011

Justice has finally been found for one Washington County, PA client of ours.  LVNV sued our client, Mr. G, on an old WalMart account.  LVNV was asking for approximately $4500 in damages in the lawsuit.  At the arbitration hearing, LVNV presented approximately 1 years worth of old statements.  They did not produce a signed agreement, or [...]

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2010 – Morrow and Artim review

2010 – Morrow and Artim review

25 January 2011

2010 was a prettygood inaugural year for Morrow & Artim.  On the plus side, we won almost every single case that we handled. We helped consumers successfully defeat the claims of collection agencies to the tune of about 25-30 victories per month.  We saved those consumers over $1,000,000 in allegedly defaulted credit card debt.  On the [...]

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Schuylkill County Credit Card Case

Schuylkill County Credit Card Case

11 November 2010

We received some pretty fantastic news today.  We are representing an individual in a collection agency case in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This individual was sued by LVNV, which is one of the larger junk debt buyers that we deal with. The lawsuit was typical, typical in that it was severely lacking in information and details. [...]

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A Courtroom Victory!

A Courtroom Victory!

11 October 2010

Ms. W was sued by Atlantic Credit and Finance for approximately $9000.00 in Dauphin County.  Ms. W hired our firm to defend and we noticed right away that the lawsuit was defective. With a defective lawsuit in Pennsylvania, the proper response is typically to file Preliminary Objections. We won the first round of arguments on [...]

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Defective Notice on a Default Judgment

Defective Notice on a Default Judgment

20 July 2010

We recently had the pleasure of representing Virginia H on an Allegheny County credit card lawsuit.  Virginia was sued by Arrow Financial earlier this year.  She failed to respond to the lawsuit in time, and a default judgment was entered against her.  She called our office and after a quick review of the docket, we [...]

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