Debt Collection and Arbitration in Florida

florida debt attorneys in arbitration

Mandatory Arbitration is being written and more often into a variety of agreements, not the least of which are credit and debt agreements.

Even without the specific language of arbitration in an agreement, more and more often, courts are requiring parties in a debt collection dispute to go to arbitration.

If you are going to court over a debt, and facing arbitration, it is always good to have a Florida Debt Collection Attorney with you.  

We have a brief new article on our website that discusses arbitration, and its impact on your ability to collect a debt.

http://debtcollectionattorneyflorida.com/index.php/debt-collection-services/debt-arbitration

Should you require our services, please contact us.  We serve the entire state of Florida, and our sole focus is debt collection.



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Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
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(888) 547-1881

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Welcome new Chief Judge to Jacksonville

Up in the Fourth Circuit Court  (Jacksonville FL area for those that aren't familiar)  Chief Judge Donald Moran has been residing since 1993 and announced his retirement planned for January 2015.

The new Chief Judge will Circuit Court Judge  Mark Mahon.   Congratulations Mr. Mahon.


A Chief Judge is elected by secret ballot by the the circuits 54 judges.   A Chief Judge looks over budgets, judicial assignments, and the administration of courthouse rules.

We understand from those that know him that Judge Moran has a wicked sense of humor, we hope so, he will need it.

Judge Mahon was an appointee of Gv. Crist, and he has served on the state legislature for 7 years.

Once again, Judge Mahon, congratulations and we wish you the best of luck.  



Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney


Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245




Collection in the subprime market

As Debt Collection Attorneys, sometimes we throw our hands up, and ask if people never learn!

Even while the CFPB makes it harder and harder for credit card companies and collection attornies alike to collect on debt, The credit card industry, and consumers have gone on a supbprime spree.
One of our industry watchdogs is reporting the SubPrim credit card borrowing is on the rise again.

From January to March this year over 3.7 Million cards were issued in the sub prime borrower market.   That's up 39% from last year, and the largest sub prime growth since 2008.


While this surge in subprime lending will inevitably lead to more business for Debt Collection Attorneys, especially here in Florida, it is still disheartening to see people wallowing in debt that they never had an ability to support in the first place.

The resurgence of the economy, and control of unemployment on the heels of a recession has left many people in a much worse credit situation that they had ever known.   Unemployment, followed by foreclosure, and next thing you know, someone that used to have outstanding credit is now a subprime borrower.  The question is, are credit companies taking a risk, and expecting a huge profit, on those that got hurt during the recession, and are now coming out of it?   Or are we back to givin credit to the riskiest segment of the industry.

No matter which way things cut  as long as we lend, there will be a need for our services.  If you are looking for a partner to help you collect on past due debts, feel free to call the attorneys at Marcadis Singer, PA.



Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney


Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245


St. Petersburg growing stronger and Faster than Tampa

To those of you not familiar with our geography, St. Petersburg and Pinellas County are joined with Tampa and Hillsborough county in the north west corner.  At that point Pinellas, and St. Pete are split apart by Tampa Bay, and Pinellas becomes a Peninsula between the Bay and the Golf of Mexico, on the west central coast of Florida.

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St. Pete and Tampa are incredibly separate communities each with their own characters, but they are very joined together, both by land where we share a border, and by 3 large bridges that span from Tampa to St. Pete across Tampa Bay.

It appears that our sister home town, St. Petersburg, is seeing much stronger, much sooner economic and social growth.  For those that know St. Pete, its easy to understand why.  It is a wonderful town to live and work in.

Our own debt collection efforts in St. Pete, also reflect the growing economy in our sister city.

If you are in need of a debt collection attorney in St. Petersburg, we have intimate knowledge of that city, and are here to help.

This is a great article about St. Pete's strong growth:

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2014/07/28/st-pete-recovering-from-recession-better-than.html


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney


Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

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Ext.  245




Debts are Like Children

St. Petersburg Debt Collection Attorneys reflect on a little Morning Debt Collection Humor.

Debts are like Children, the smaller they are, the more noise they make  (Old Spanish Proverb)

So... take the smallest debt making the most noise, pay it off, give yourself some relief, then start working on the bigger picture!

Need Debts Collected?

St. Petersburg Debt Collection Attorney Marcadis Singer, PA are ready to help.

Debt Collection Attorney in St. Petersburg


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney


Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245


St. Petersburg growing stronger and Faster than Tampa

To those of you not familiar with our geography, St. Petersburg and Pinellas County are joined with Tampa and Hillsborough county in the north west corner.  At that point Pinellas, and St. Pete are split apart by Tampa Bay, and Pinellas becomes a Peninsula between the Bay and the Golf of Mexico, on the west central coast of Florida.  

St. Petersburg Debt Collection Attorney Marcadis Singer, PA


St. Pete and Tampa are incredibly separate communities each with their own characters, but they are very joined together, both by land where we share a border, and by 3 large bridges that span from Tampa to St. Pete across Tampa Bay.

It appears that our sister home town, St. Petersburg, is seeing much stronger, much sooner economic and social growth.  For those that know St. Pete, its easy to understand why.  It is a wonderful town to live and work in.

Our own debt collection efforts in St. Pete, also reflect the growing economy in our sister city.

If you are in need of a debt collection attorney in St. Petersburg, we have intimate knowledge of that city, and are here to help.

This is a great article about St. Pete's strong growth:

http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2014/07/28/st-pete-recovering-from-recession-better-than.html


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney


Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245




Ft. Lauderdale Debt Collection Attorney

Good Morning Ft. Lauderdale.

Marcadis Singer, PA are debt collection attorneys in Florida, and collect from debtors in the beautiful city of Ft. Lauderdale.


We Collect the Money You Are Owed.


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney


Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

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Loans written off not paid off

Yesterday we spoke of the improving situation of American Consumer Debt.

Today we will speak to the one of the uglier sides of that story, from a debt collection attorney's perspective.

Debt per household declined, precipitously between 2009 and 2010.

graph is courtesy of neredwallet.com  and can be found at http://assets.nerdwallet.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/average-credit-card-debt.png   


It would appear, however that this was not a result of sudden rationality on the part of the American consumer, but rather to a huge volume of loan write offs.  The charge rate, nationwide rose to almost 11% in 2010, as opposed to a norm of around 3%.

The debt collection lawyers of Marcadis Singer, PA have seen this happen clearly in our own efforts, with more and more, specifically credit card debt, being written off as opposed to driven to further collections.


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney

Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Debt Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

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The state of American Consumer Debt

Thank you nerdwallet for this great overview of the current state of American Consumer Debt.

It would appear that American consumers have become more conservative in their accumulation of debt.  Like all economic news, its a double edged sword.  Less spending slows down the economy overall, while less debt strengthens a families financial safety net.

The numbers are a bit skewed due to a small percentage of households being in a huge amount of debt, and a large number of households with no debt at all.

The average American household debt is just under $15,500.

U.S. household consumer debt profile:
  • Average credit card debt: $15,480
  • Average mortgage debt: $156,474
  • Average student loan debt: $33,424
In total, American consumers owe:
  • $11.74 trillion in debt
    • An increase of 5.% from last year
  • $872.2 billion in credit card debt
  • $8.24 trillion in mortgages
  • $1,131.7 billion in student loans
    • An increase of 14.2% from last year

Total Credit Card DebtAverage Household Credit Card DebtAverage Indebted Household Debt
May 2014$872.2 billion$7,221$15,480
Change from April0.21%0.14%0.14%
Change from May 20131.83%1.01%1.01%
Change from April, annualized2.46%1.65%1.65%

March 31, 2010December 30, 2012
Total revolving debt$906.7 billion$849.8 billion
Number of U.S. households116,716,292119,397,330*
Average credit card debt per household$7,768$7,117*
% of households with a credit card balance43.2%46.7%
Average credit card debt per indebted household$17,630$15,257


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney

Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Debt Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

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Tampa ranked #3 in Job opportunity, good news for positive outcomes in debt collection.

Tampa Growing Economy, positive outlook for debt collection
As debt collection attorneys in Florida we are very focussed on how Florida climbs out of the great recession, as it impacts our ability to collect the money that our clients are owed.

The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that Tampa, our home town, ranks #3 nationwide as the best city to find a job in.

Miami came in at #30 out of 60

Jacksonville FL ranked 35.

Tampa was also ranked #8 out of 60 for how well the workforce is paid (factoring in cost of living) and #9  for industrial diversity.

Certainly Tampa took a beating during the recession, we were in the forefront of countless mortgage foreclosures, and record setting unemployment.  Tampanians however have a way of bouncing back, and that is good news for our clients.  We are in a better and better position to collect on the money they are owed throughout Florida.


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney

Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Debt Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245


Interest on Debt

A favorite old proverb

Interest on Debt, Grows without Rain.

Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney

Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Debt Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245

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Marcadis Singer, PA, Debt Collection Attorneys serving Ocala Florida.

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Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney

Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Debt Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245

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When a Man is in Debt


When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage.  ~Bill Balance


Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney

Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Debt Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245

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St. Petersburg Debt Collection Attorney

St. Petersburg Debt Collection Attorney.

St. Petersburg is our sister city, being located in Tampa.  It is probably one of our favorite towns.

If you need help collecting debts from debtors in St. Petersburg, call the debt collection attorneys at Maracadis Singer, PA



Clearwater Debt Collection Attorney

Marcadis Singer, PA

Florida Debt Collection Attorney

5104 South Westshore Blvd.

Tampa, Florida 33611
info @ marcadislaw.com

(888) 547-1881

(813) 288-1881

New Clients 

Ext. 247 Gil Singer

Ext. 240 Ralph Marcadis
Existing Client Client Liaison

Ext. 242

To Pay a Claim

Ext.  245

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