Agenda / Content Covered

1. The Informal Discovery Process
   1:00 — 1:30, Lindsey Wrubel
   1. Finding Records and Specific Sources of Information
   2. Valuable Skip Tracing Tools
2. Formal Discovery and Litigation: The Paralegal's Role
   1:30 — 2:00, Lindsey Wrubel
3. Pre-Judgment Collection Techniques
   2:00 — 2:30, Scott Walterbach
4. FDCPA Compliance Review (with Sample Documents)
   2:45 — 3:15, Scott Walterbach
5. Tools and Tips for Collecting Judgment
   3:15 — 3:45, Felicia Eaton
   1. Bank Levies and Wage Garnishments
   2. Receivables Capture
   3. In-Store Keepers and "Till Taps"
   4. Asset Sales
   5. Debtor Examinations
   6. Issuing Arrest Warrants
6. Spotting Fraudulent Transfers
   3:45 — 4:15, Scott Walterbach
   1. Actual Fraud vs. Constructive Fraud
   2. Proving Fraudulent Conveyance
   3. Timing and Statute of Limitations

Accreditation Details:

Felicia Eaton is the paralegal for Bessine Walterbach, LLP, where she has been working since 2012. She has worked alongside other legal assistants within various areas of the firm, handling initiation through closing of the day-to-day collection and quiet title cases. Ms. Eaton's responsibilities include new case initiation, obtaining service prior to court, discovery drafting and responding, trial preparation, client billing, garnishments, and other post judgment collections. She earned an associate in applied science degree in paralegal practice from Metropolitan Community College.

 

Scott F Walterbach is a partner at Bessine Walterbach, LLP, a small law firm in the Kansas City where he has worked since 2010. He practices in high-volume collections and creditors' rights. Mr. Walterbach represents clients throughout Missouri and Kansas seeking to collect medical debt, student loans, rent, utilities and various other consumer obligations. He handles litigation, post-judgment collection, policies and procedures, compliance, risk management, client relations, business development and personnel. Mr. Walterbach also defends against consumer protection lawsuits, handles workers' compensation claims, bankruptcy claims, probate claims and hospital liens. He earned his B.A. degree from Truman State University, his M.P.D. degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and his J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis. Mr. Walterbach is past president of the Missouri Collectors Association, past president of the Missouri Creditors Bar, Inc., and past president of the Kansas Creditor Attorney Association.

Lindsey Wrubel is an attorney and collections administrator for the firm of Eques, Inc., in Cleveland. She primarily manages the collection and foreclosure files for the firm's community association clients and has been administering the firm's collection practice since 2006. Ms. Wrubel earned her undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Heidelberg College (now Heidelberg University). She graduated cum laude from Cleveland State University with a Master of Business Administration. In 2009, Ms. Wrubel became credentialed as a certified paralegal (CP) through the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA). In December 2014, she graduated cum laude from the University of Akron School of Law. She was admitted to practice law in the State of Ohio in May 2015. Ms. Wrubel has successfully litigated collections cases in the 8th and 9th District Courts of Appeals in Ohio.