Suit Claims Paul J. Hooten & Associates Violated Debt Collection Law

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Paul J. Hooten & Associates, PLLC is the defendant in a proposed class action lawsuit that claims the debt collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by falsely implying a lawsuit had been filed against a New York consumer. The plaintiff in the case claims he received a debt collection letter from the defendant that stated in the subject line, “RE: N. American Partners in Anesthesia, LLP v. [the plaintiff’s name].”

The suit argues that the “v.” in the letter falsely indicated that the plaintiff’s creditor had filed a lawsuit against him to collect the debt.

“The use of the ‘v.’ language is threatening and coercive,” the complaint reads, “and is made with the intent of scaring Plaintiff into making payment in order to quickly resolve what, falsely, appears to be a lawsuit filed against him.”