Effective accounts receivable management requires methodical, timely and consistent interaction with a past due customer. Your business prospers when you focus on its operations, sales, and customer service. Utilizing an attorney to assist with past due accounts receivable enables you to focus on what you do best, while having the confidence of knowing that diligent efforts will be made to collect the money your company is owed.

Every industry has different standards, but the general rule is once an invoice is more than 90 days old, you should think about engaging an attorney. Generally speaking the “younger” the invoice, the greater the probability of a recovery, and the more likely the recovery will be for the full amount of the invoice.

When you call our office, you will first speak with our legal assistant who will ask you some background questions about your situation and then book an initial consultation appointment. The circumstances of your situation will determine whether we meet in person or by phone. We will then send you an introductory letter and an intake form which we ask you to complete and return before your appointment. To ensure that our meeting will be substantive and efficient, we carefully review your form and any supporting documentation before we meet.

First, be assured that any information you provide on the form and in any of our discussions is held in the strictest of confidence. The intake form gives us an introduction about what your business is all about, how you conduct transactions and of course information specific to the issue you wish to address. After the first placement of a matter with our office, a less extensive intake from is used on for additional matters referred to our office. All of this information allows us to prepare for our initial meeting and to focus our discussion on the strategies that will best address your particular situation. And, by providing this information ahead of time, we can use our meeting time to get right down to a substantive discussion rather than taking part of our time together to collect phone numbers and zip codes, or talking about things that are not applicable to the matter you need addressed.

We provide our Creditors’ Rights services primarily on an hourly basis, beginning with time spent on meeting preparation. Our current hourly rate is $315 for our attorneys and $100 for our legal assistant. In a few cases, we may decide together that a flat fee is more appropriate for your situation.

Every case is different, and our advice is always customized based the facts and circumstances. Because there is no “one size fits all,” we cannot quote fees on the phone. We are not trying to be coy, but feel that we are doing both you and us a disservice by trying to guess what work you might need before we have fully analyzed your needs.