Introduction
Case selection, advising the client, and litigation strategy
Dismissal before reaching the merits
Proof of the merits of the collector's claims
Defenses and counterclaims
State restrictions on the recovery of attorney fees and other collection expenses
Defending military personnel in collection actions
Criminal and civil collection of dishonored checks
Medical debt
Defending consumers against collection by federal administrative agencies
Challenging a collection judgment
Protecting debtors from creditors' postjudgment remedies
Prevailing consumers' postjudgment actions. Appendix A: Selected provisions of the servicemembers civil relief act
Appendix B: Selected provisions governing collection of debts owed to federal government
Appendix C: Federal wage garnishment statute and regulations
Appendix D: Treasury rule protecting electronically-deposited exempt federal benefits
Appendix E: Selected federal exemption provisions
Appendix F: Federal trade commission credit practices rule
Appendix G: Summaries of state exemption laws
Appendix H: Online companion material for this treatise.