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Caller ID says "Brook & Scott".  Seems to be a bill collector from 4+ years ago (not for me - for peeps who had this number before!).

Same poster as above...  Got it wrong - they're Brock & Scott.  Their website says: "Brock & Scott, PLLC, provides legal services to clients in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, in the areas of residential real estate, business law, foreclosure, estate planning, and creditor bankruptcy. With offices and attorneys in these states, we stand ready to meet the needs of our clients."  http://www.brockandscott.com/

They called to track down one of our family members - but they live in NC not ID.  Really seems odd since their office is in NC.

Why do Legal people get to break the do not call list. I get highly pissed when I have to stop what I'm doing to answer crap calls. And then Have the person ask me "Who are you?" You called me you idiot.
I used to have one of the air horns that use a can of air, I guess I'm going to get another one and start using it on callers I don't know. I guess this was a collection agency. If you check this also. Go to........ oh never mind you aren't worth it. Pond Scum yep pond scum.

Go to google search and type in 800Notes/reverse information.  This will geive you all the information you need......

Same here, and the phone company gave us the number when we moved into our newly built home. I have emailed them on their website to remove my number from their data base.

We are not a collection agency. Our name does give that away. We collect debts on behalf of our clients whom which have hired us for that purpose. We DO NOT break any laws. FDCPA prohibits such vilotions. Our search engines provide us with information that the "debtor" has provided to outside sources. Sometimes we do get wrong numbers and thats why we ask the questions we do so that we can confirm we have the wrong number so we do not attemt to call that number again. We are only contacting the debtors so we can inform them that a suit may or has already happened.

Hello,

I m not sure who this person/company is?  She didn't even tell me her name when she called me. This doesnt sound like a bill collector. I m going to call better business bureau and the state attorney generals office regarding these people. They have even threated to bring the police to my house and to remove items from it.

Who is the company or person calling me and what for? she never even told me her name or the name of the company they are trying to collect a debt for? what type of business is this

You say "we are not a collection agency" following it up by "we collect debts on behalf of our clients which have hired us for that purpose".  Far be it for me to split hairs, but isn't that like saying "I'm not a hitman, I just kill people I'm paid to kill"?

To clarify my last post If you look at our website you will see all of the other areas of practice that we deal in. I guess collection is not the best word to use b/c WE DO SUE PEOPLE OVER SOME DEBTS. If people would just pay a bill when they sign a name to a paper than we wouldnt have to be hired by our clients to peruse suit against those people

maybe brock and scott should make sure the debt is legitimate when
they choose to take it-I was contact by them 1 year ago and the agent
requested that I dispute the debt and ask for proof from the creditor
I had never had a debt from this creditor-So I disputed the debt and
made numberous follow ups in e-mail, fax, and by phone to try to
make a dilagent effort to clear this up-Recently my file was turned
over to another agent and she had no information from the first agent
She said she would call me back after she investigaged no call backs with message however this
number has called me numberous times and hung up-This debt according to
the callers was 5 years old and less than $1000-I encourage response

this person called and TOLD me what I was going to or he would file the lawsuit.I had driven 9 hours after working 2 18 hour days so I could have a full paycheck and still help out with critically ill family member. At the time the phone rang I was on my 3 hour of sleep after being up 34 hours.It was a debt of a dead girlfriend of one of my brothers.she has been dead 4 years.
Oh and by the way he can't furnish documentation it was her debt just wants debt paid.

I am a former Brock and Scott employee and yes a debt collection agent. FYI if you PAID the bills that you owe you wouldn't be receiving phone calls from DEBT collectors! If you can NOT afford a credit card payment DON'T get one(common sense), if you can NOT make a car payment get a cheaper car or ride the bus(common sense), if you can NOT afford a cell phone DON't get one(once again common sense)... I am so sick of listening to people [***] and moan and whine and cry about collection calls. IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT! As adults you must be responsible for your actions. If you don't know how to budget your money get help... It is not that complicated. You can either afford it or not if not don't get it. If you fall on hard times arrange something then don't just blow it off because you WILL get a collection call. This is all COMMON SENSE which most people seem to lack these days. So the message of the day is PAY YOUR BILLS and you WON'T get collection calls.

For "payyourbills"! I think the point that some of us are trying to make that you are failing to grasp is.... Sometimes these are not our debts that they are trying to collect on!!! I keep receiving calls from Brock & Scott and was told the account number they had was very unusual as it started with an A. Then I was asked my social, which I did NOT give. They are trying to place a judment against me and when I ask for proof, they respond by saying..IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE PROOF THAT IT IS NOT MY DEBT!!! How do I do that?? I have repeatedly asked for info showing this is my debt. NOTHING!! I never got this cc or loan!! Now, do you still think Brock & Scott are just doing their job. Oh and why was their company REPRIMANDED for their ACTIONS IN DEBT COLLECTION!!! For you to check out In The Matter of Leroy Jonathan DuBre Filed December 10,2007. A gentleman admitted to signing 50-150 Summons and Complaints for Brock & Scott and he wasn't even an attorney nor was their an attorney in the Winston Salem office licensed in SC, where all the Summons and Complaints went!! Furthermore he resigned due to the collection procedures by Brock & Scott. I would love to hear your response!

I'll tell you this right now Thomas Brock & Gregory Scott, suing "some people" because your loser clients have bought bad debt after it has already been charged off by the original creditor is why Attorneys get a bad name. These credit providers have already written this bad debt off and have been paid/compensated by their insurance companys for it, you guys just dig through the trash or serve bad debt buyers because thats what your kind learns in the business world...how to screw the average working man on the fringes of the law. Your firm in Winston-Salem is no better than a common crook using somebody else's credit card number they found in the trash. If you were worth your salt as an Attorney, then you wouldn't have to resort to "strip mall" lawyer tactics trying to make a name for yourself off the backs of those working Americans who are already having a hard time, and you would be engaged in REAL litigation that sets a standard rather than lowering it as your firm has obviously decided to do by working for debt buyers. The association your firm belongs to, Debt Buyers Assoc. International is nothing but a group of greedy business crooks who pay a** holes like the type of people who work in your firm to harrass working citizens. Your firm is nothing but a collection of liars, crooks and legal fringe scum no better than those who rob, rape & steal!

Brock & Scott and any current or former employees for that matter are nothing but a collection of crooks that operate on the outer edges of the law. This law firm (if one can call it tthat) is underhanded, dishonest and files harrassing summons' on behalf of bad debt buyers who want to make it rich trying to collect bad debt that is already been paid for to the original creditor. This firm is barely legal in the first place and does not follow FDCA policies and regulations. They make false representations when calling people, they lie and steal legally because they are no more than a bunch of educated crooks who skirt laws that many citizens do not know can protect them from these bums. This bum of a law firm filed against me and the judge threw it out because I beat their Attorney in court....and I'm NOT an Attorney! These are the type of people who give good lawyers a bad name.

26399 - In the Matter of Leroy Jonathan DuBre IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court


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In the Matter of Leroy Jonathan DuBre, Respondent.


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Opinion No. 26399
Submitted October 30, 2007 - Filed December 10, 2007


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PUBLIC REPRIMAND



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Lesley M. Coggiola, Disciplinary Counsel, and Ericka M. Williams, Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, both of Columbia, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Leroy Jonathan DuBre, of Greenville, pro se.


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PER CURIAM: The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) and respondent have entered into an Agreement for Discipline by Consent pursuant to Rule 21, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR, in which respondent admits misconduct and agrees to either an admonition or a public reprimand. We accept the agreement and issue a public reprimand. The facts, as set forth in the agreement, are as follows.

FACTS

Matter I

Brock & Scott, PLLC, is a law firm with its principal place of business in Winston Salem, North Carolina. At one time, Brock & Scott had several other offices in North Carolina and in Greer, South Carolina. Respondent was employed with Brock & Scott as managing attorney of the Greer office from May 2005 to February or March 2006.

In March 2006, Brock & Scott was retained to file a complaint on behalf of Client A who was seeking a deficiency judgment on the foreclosed property of Complainants. In March 2006, respondent signed the Summons and Complaint and Plaintiff's Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents in the collection action. The Summons and Complaint were served on the Complainants on or about March 31, 2006. On or about April 18, 2006, the Complainants served their answer at the Greer office of Brock & Scott.

On or about June 15, 2006, Brock & Scott moved for a default judgment on behalf of Client A. The motion was granted. Upon notification of the default judgment, Complainants notified Brock & Scott of their prior answer to the complaint. Brock & Scott then notified the court of the error in seeking the default judgment and requested that the default judgment be set aside. The judgment was set aside by order dated August 17, 2006.

Respondent maintains he took no actions on Complainants' case other than signing the Summons and Complaint and the Plaintiff's Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents. Respondent states that the Summons and Complaint and the Plaintiff's Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents were prepared in the Winston Salem office and forwarded to the Greer office for his signature. Respondent also states he forwarded the signed Summons and Complaint and the Plaintiff's Interrogatories and Request for Production of Documents to the Winston Salem office and all other matters were handled through the Winston Salem office.

Respondent represents there were no attorneys in the Winston Salem office who were licensed to practice law in South Carolina. Respondent admits that his actions assisted in the unauthorized practice of law.

Matter II

Respondent represents he signed an estimated fifty (50) to one hundred and fifty (150) Summons and Complaints for Brock & Scott but performed no other action on the cases. He represents that in collection proceedings it was the practice of Brock & Scott to handle the entire action from the Winston Salem office and respondent's only function was the signing of documents to be filed with the court.

Further, respondent admits that his responsibilities as managing attorney for the Greer office included the marketing and closing of loans. Respondent states that when he solicited clients, he distributed a package of information which contained contact information for Brock & Scott. Respondent admits the telephone number in the material appeared to be a South Carolina number but was actually a "backdoor" number which directly contacted the Winston Salem office. Respondent states the same was true for the facsimile number provided to potential clients.

Respondent maintains he became very concerned about the procedures employed by Brock & Scott in its collection matters and that he made several attempts to become more involved in the collections procedures. He asserts he resigned from the law office of Brock & Scott when his attempts to become more active were unsuccessful.

ODC agrees respondent has been very cooperative and forthright in ODC's investigation of these matters.

LAW

Respondent admits that by his misconduct he has violated the following provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 407, SCACR: Rule 5.5 (lawyer shall not assist non-lawyer in the unauthorized practice of law) and Rule 8.4(a) (it is professional misconduct for lawyer to violate the Rules of Professional Conduct). Respondent acknowledges that his misconduct constitutes grounds for discipline under the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement, Rule 413, SCACR, specifically Rule 7(a)(1) (it shall be ground for discipline for lawyer to violate Rules of Professional Conduct).

CONCLUSION

We find that respondent's misconduct warrants a public reprimand. Accordingly, we accept the Agreement for Discipline by Consent and publicly reprimand respondent for his misconduct.

PUBLIC REPRIMAND.

TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, PLEICONES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

The same thing happened to me.  They filed a suit against me over an account that I spent two years paying on with a different collection company.  Unfortunately, I didn't respond to the summons because of several tragedies that I have suffered over the past eight months, I don't even remember getting it and I wouldn't have realized it was the same one I had paid in 2003-2005.  These scums were able to add $1,500 in interest from starting from 2003.  Now, they have served a writ of execution so I have to worry about the sheriff coming to my house to take any items to "satisfy the judgement".  I don't even understand how this is legal to do.  I dign't mean not to respond but I was dealing with the death of both my parents as well as health problems and beginning my first year in a new career.

Did anyone have issues with Brock & Scott, PLLC in foreclosure proceedings, were they put deficiency judgment against you?