RESPONSE FROM CENTENNIAL LAW:
My name Robert Amador and I am an attorney with Centennial Law Offices. It may be obvious to many that some coward is engaged in defamation against both myself and Centennial Law. The coward has gone so far as to post comments here under the username “Robert Amador.” Unfortunately 800notes has not acted responsibly in the past to remove such fictitious and defamatory postings.
“Tango One” (concluded to be Ray Thompson) has in fact already been sued for defamation. A copy of the lawsuit can be viewed here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/220629457/Defamation-Lawsuit Prior to today, the only posting I have made on this forum was on August 17, 2012. I wasn’t aware of the subsequent defamatory posts or other rubbish until today. As with the Tango One post, lawsuits will be brought against the authors of the other defamatory posts. However, it appears that many of the posts on this forum, including the fake posts from “Robert Amador” (including that of January 11, 2014) along with the posts from “CelticDragon,” “Attorney Sandy Clark,” and “God,” etc. are from the same cowardly individual. A subpoena will be served to obtain IP address and other information.
WHAT IS CENTENNIAL LAW?
Centennial Law Offices represents consumers in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act/Fair Credit Reporting Act/Telephone Consumer Protection Act cases against debt collectors. We charge our clients nothing and often pay their court costs in the rare circumstances where a lawsuit must be filed. Centennial Law Offices’ website can be found through a simple Google search. Our address and phone numbers are listed on our website. It is particularly disgusting that someone would engage in defamation against a firm practicing consumer protection law.
WHY ARE THEIR ANONYMOUS POSTS DEFAMING CENTENNIAL LAW?
An individual engaged in defamation against a consumer protection firm likely falls into one of two categories:
1.) The person may be a debt collector or hired by debt collectors to steer consumers away from consumer protection attorneys. Debt collectors have been known to engage in this type of activity for years in order to minimize claims. When a consumer has an FDCPA (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) claim, they are entitled to recover up to $1,000, any actual damages (out-of-pocket), plus their attorney fees and costs. Debt collectors are not concerned with the prospect of paying a consumer $1,000 or less. They are concerned about potential attorney’s fees. That is why most debt collectors will immediately move to resolve a consumer’s claim after receiving a pre-lawsuit demand letter from Centennial Law Offices. When a consumer is represented by counsel, a debt collector’s potential liability dramatically increases. Their liability is no longer simply the $1,000, but also attorney’s fees that can quickly rise into the thousands of dollars if the consumer’s claim is not quickly resolved. Savvy debt collectors or their counsel may also search public records like the federal Pacer system and quickly determine that Centennial Law Offices brings consumer lawsuits across the country.
Further, court filing fees are expensive ($400.00 for federal court and up to $435.00 in state court, using CA as an example). Process server fees average $65.00. A self-represented consumer would thus necessarily gamble approximately $465.00 in hopes of netting up to $1,000. As a result, self-represented consumers rarely deem it wise to proceed. In contrast, Centennial Law Offices will often pay all such costs for the client. The client pays nothing and risks nothing. Rarely is the old adage “A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client” more applicable. The bottom line is obvious: If a consumer has a legal claim against your debt collection company, you DO NOT want them to retain counsel.
2.) The person may be in a self-created “war” against what they identify as the “system”, which in their mind includes attorneys, corporations, the gov., etc. Such a person is generally suffering socially and/or economically and angrily attributes blame to “the system.” Due to their own bad experiences, such an individual may attempt to steer others away from attorneys in general. Similar attacks can be found against other professions such as accountants, realtors, judges, etc.
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