Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Ohio

In Ohio, R.C. 109.08 allows the Ohio Attorney General to hire "special counsel" to collect debts owed to the state of Ohio. However, where the debt is a consumer debt (like a debt for medical treatment or for unpaid tuition rather than for a non consumer debt like tax debt) then the special counsel collecting upon that debt must abide by the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

My law firm is now involved in a class action lawsuit against the special counsel who are using the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead on their letters to scare consumers into paying off these debts first since the debt collecting law firms are not actually part of the Ohio Attorney General's Office.

I would be very interested in seeing a copy of the letter the law firm sent you. If it meets certain criteria, it may be possible that you could join the class action lawsuit we filed, Gillie, et al., v. Law Office of Eric A. Jones et al. You can email me at [email protected].