Richard T Avis & Associates LLC

Initial Business Response /* (1000, 6, 2015/08/13) */
Contact Name and Title: Brian ***, atty/mgr
Contact Phone: ***
Contact Email: ***@afm-usa.com
Please be advised that Don*** is no longer employed by this firm
I have reviewed the notes in our file and spoken to
the collector who made the phone callHe confirms that because the business was closed he did a skip trace to locate information to contact Valerie ***He located a phone number for Christine *** who he believed to be a relative and contacted Christine in order to obtain location information for Valerie
Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, third-parties may be contacted to obtain location informationMore importantly, this matter does not fall under the FDCPA because it is not a consumer matterAs a business debt this account is not governed by the FDCPANevertheless, our office takes care to follow FDCPA procedures in all mattersNo violation has taken place here
Furthermore, we have since made contact with Valerie *** and are working with her to resolve the outstanding debt
Feel free to contact me if you have any other questions or wish to discuss the matter further