Pressler & Pressler, LLP is a high volume debt collection law firm operating in both New Jersey and New York.  Its offices are located at 7 Entin Road, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054-5020 and 305 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.

Pressler & Pressler, LLP has been sued repeatedly by consumers for its unfair and deceptive debt collection practices.  For example:

• Schlanger & Schlanger, LLP has successfully litigated against Pressler & Pressler.  In Palisades Collection, LLC v. Rawle Charles, Index. No. 85576/06, King’s County Civil Court,  Schlanger & Schlanger, LLP represented the defendant consumer, a Florida resident who was improperly sued in Brooklyn Civil court.  Schlanger & Schlanger, LLP successfully dismissed the debt collection lawsuit and default judgment against Rawle Charles.  Thereafter, Mr. Charles successfully sued Pressler & Pressler, LLC for debt collection abuse under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in a Florida federal court.
• An investigative report by MFY Legal Services, Inc. found that in 2007, Pressler & Pressler, LLC filed 8,647 cases in New York City alone.  See Consumer Rights Project, “Justice Disserved,” June 2008.  The defendant appeared in court in only 6 percent of those cases.  Thus, the vast majority of those cases resulted in default judgments against the consumer.
• A New Jersey court denied Pressler & Pressler’s application for default judgment in a consolidation of 148 cases.  The court determined that, in each case, Pressler & Pressler failed to offer evidence that its client, New Century Financial Services, Inc. actually owned the credit accounts on which it was suing.  It also failed to disclose how it came to own the account.  See New Century Financial Services, Inc. v. Sanchez, DC-2747-98 (N.J. Super. Ct. Law Div. April 12, 2002).  The Court noted that Pressler & Pressler and its “client”, New Century Financial Services, “may in reality be one entity” and was troubled that numerous “records” regarding these alleged debts appeared to have been created by Pressler & Pressler, LLC rather than New Century or the original creditor.
• Pressler & Pressler, LLC is among those debt collectors that was accused by the Attorney General and the Administrator for the New York State of using process servers who intentionally failed to properly serve New York consumers with a Summons and Complaint.  See Pfau v. Forster & Garbus, et al.  In many of these cases, the process server claimed to be at several locations at once.  This practice, known as “sewer service” is a classic unfair debt collection practice that denies a debtor his or her day in court.  The Attorney General settled its claims against Pressler & Pressler in late 2010.
• Pressler & Pressler, LLC received a “C” rating from the New Jersey Better Business Bureau.
• In August 2010, Schlanger & Schlanger, LLP brought suit under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and New York’s usury laws against Pressler & Pressler, LLP and debt buyer New Century Financial, Inc.  The lawsuit alleges that Pressler and New Century engaged in unlawful debt collection practices by misrepresenting the amount owed by the consumer, and by charging the consumer excessive interest.  Singleton v. New Century Financial Services, Inc. and Pressler & Pressler, LLP, No. CV-10-3982 (E.D.N.Y. 2010). 

If you are being sued by Pressler & Pressler, LLC or its representatives, or feel that Pressler & Pressler is treating you unfairly, contact the consumer lawyers at Schlanger & Schlanger, LLP at 1-800-685-2580 or by filling out our consumer questionnaire.