What To Do If Sued By Suttell & Hammer for Debt

Find out how to fight back against a credit card lawsuit from Suttell & Hammer

What To Do If Sued By Suttell & Hammer for Debt

For instance, our client owed Bank of America, N.A. $9,988.61 for credit card debt that accumulated over the course of many years. She is self-employed and became pregnant with twins. Due to several complications with her pregnancy, her doctor placed her on bed rest, which significantly reduced her income. Bank of America eventually referred her account to Suttell & Hammer, who threatened to sue our client if we could not resolve the account. After explaining our client’s hardships, Suttell & Hammer agreed to accept $4,750.00 to deem the account settled in full. We saved our client $5,238.61 (53%) of the total balance claimed due.

Sued by Suttell & Hammer? Here’s What to Do

Even if you receive notice stating that Suttell & Hammer is intending to sue you, do not ignore the notice. Our client owed Discover $13,282.25. The account had not been paid in over 2 years and Discover assigned the account to Suttell & Hammer. We received notice that they intended to file a lawsuit if we did not come to terms on a settlement. Fortunately, our client had a lump sum available to offer to resolve this account. Discover agreed to accept $5,000.00, payable in a lump sum to settled the account in full. We saved our client $8,282.25 (62%) of the balance and helped him avoid the lawsuit being filed against him.

Suttell and Hammer Lawsuit Defense Options

Don’t think that your account balance is so small they Suttell & Hammer won’t sue you! Our client owed Discover Bank a whopping $1,319.08. She had over $80,000 in other debts owed and this one didn’t seem a priority until Suttell & Hammer filed a lawsuit to recover this defaulted balance. Smaller debts can be hard to settle and there were really no defenses to the lawsuit. Rather than have them rack up more money in attorney’s fees than the debt was worth, our client agreed to settle this matter for $990.00. This wasn’t the hugest savings around, but their attorney’s fees and court costs would have easily caused this debt to more than double if they went all the way to trial.

Debt Lawyer for Suttell & Hammer Lawsuit

Story originally published on GamezLawFirm.com. Daniel R. Gamez is an attorney serving clients nationwide and focuses exclusively in debt relief. He is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in California and Texas. Mr. Gamez owns and operates the Gamez Law Firm in San Diego and Los Angeles, and helps people with debt problems all over the country. For more information, please contact Daniel Gamez at 858–217–5051, daniel@gamezlawfirm.com or use our online contact form. Stay updated about the latest debt relief tips by following on Facebook and Twitter and read about client success stories on our website.

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Debt relief attorney helping others to live a life free of debt