Consumer complaint received 2021-06-16
Company: Pressler & Pressler, LLP
State: NJ
Product: Debt collection
Sub-product: I do not know
Issue: Attempts to collect debt not owed
Sub-issue: Debt is not yours

Complaint:
The Pressler law firm served me via the County Sheriff with a Writ of Execution back in XX/XX/XXXX. My life became a living XXXX because of them thereafter and until today. I had worked for XXXX for 20 years, and am well educated with the Court system and pleadings, requirements, etc. I immediately hired attorney XXXX XXXX XXXX, in XXXX, NJ to represent me. Multiple writs, notices of liens, wage garnishment applications, information subpoenas were served upon me thereafter. The sheriff was unfortunately at my house weekly. The Pressler law firm harassed me with deceptive and unfair debt matters. they filed legal pleadings and numerous lawsuits attached to my name with unsubstantiated claims. I handed everything to Mr. XXXX to handle. I at one point in XXXX became so frustrated and sick of paying an attorney to represent me for me to prove the debts were not mine, I wrote to the Judge myself. Prior to XXXX of XXXX and me receiving the first writ of execution and thereafter many other harassing pleadings and letters initiated by the Pressler law firm, I had NEVER received any other pleadings or documentation from them, nor had I ever heard of them. I also never received notices from debt collectors, had negative accounts on my credit reports. In fact, I did not even own or have any credit card when I bought my house in XXXX and had to get letters from then landlord, utility companies and doctors to prove I paid my bills in order to obtain a mortgage. The Pressler law firm was relentless. They did garnish my wages, however that was found to be unjust, and the entire amounts were returned to me back then I believe in XXXX. Mr. XXXX represented me through XXXX for these matters. In each and every matter, he had told them I had obviously been a victim of identity theft/fraud and had asked and issued notices to produce documentation, to which none was produced except for a cellular bill from XXXX XXXX XXXX, the subject matter of one of the docketed cases. Up until XXXX, XXXX XXXX XXXX was my mobile carrier from the year cell phones were produced to XXXX. I now have XXXX service, a subsidiary of XXXX XXXX XXXX. I also had XXXX XXXX XXXX as my home security company. My attorney tried repeatedly to discuss matters, obtain documentation, etc. from Pressler law firm to no avail. They were completely uncooperative, but kept adding docketed cases to my name and info. Pressler claimed all of the matters were owed by me, and they had my information-social, date of birth, address to prove same. Well of course they did because they had also demanded I fill out an Information subpoena and I had provided such information as required by law. After time, my attorney had told me Pressler had agreed that 4 of the matters ( there were 6 at least total I believe ) were not my debts or belonged to me, and they would dismiss them. Obviously they never did, as I am attempting to sell my home and can not get a clear title without paying Pressler the amounts of liens still on my property, or if I escrow that amount at closing. I absolutely refuse, and I will not sell my house. I would rather give {$10000.00} to a stranger, charity or an attorney to finally clear my name before I give XXXX XXXX to Pressler law firm. I attempted to obtain my files from Mr. XXXX who did stopped practicing law at the end of XXXX. His previous law firm, which is nonexistent as everyone retired and a few passed away sadly. I also contacted the XXXX County Court via online in XXXX of XXXX for such documentation and have not been given anything. Pressler law firm had sent me a wage execution at that time, to which I opposed but XXXX help me somehow they are able to ruin my life again and garnish my minimal wages ( should I earn enough ( at a part-time job I have had since XXXX of XXXX at the XXXX. Please note, I never heard or received any documentation from Pressler from the end of XXXX through most of XXXX. During that time, I refinanced my home, took out a home equity loan, and nothing appeared during that process from Pressler to prevent me from doing so. I recently did my own lengthy investigation into the Pressler law firm and learned they had actually fined {$1.00} XXXX by the CFPB, as was XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX to the tune of {$1.00} XXXX for their wrongful conduct with churning out numerous ( OVER XXXX ) deceptive, fraudulent matters. i STRONGLY believe and know that the matters Pressler has attached to my name, are not debts belonging to me or ones that ever did. I do not have bad credit, I never did. My name is a very common name, I stupidly completed and returned an information subpoena to Pressler, and quite frankly thereafter all XXXX broke loose and they attacked me repeatedly with pleadings, and many lawsuits to which I had no knowledge about. Pressler has never produced any statement with my signature or account activity in any of the matters to me or my previous attorney. I can not, just can not understand how so many judgments were made against me, how liens placed on my property, previously on my car and bank accounts without my receipt of any documentation whatsoever, any summons or complaint served for me to answer and no other debt related correspondence mailed to or received by me from anyone!! 
The matters in question are : Dockets No. XXXX ( Case No. XXXX ), Docket No. XXXX ( Case XXXX ), XXXX, ( Case XXXX ), XXXX ( DC XXXX, XXXX and any other " case '' they have attached to my name and my identity.

Company public response: Company believes it acted appropriately as authorized by contract or law
Company response to consumer: Closed with explanation