Consumer complaint received 2025-01-21 00:00:00
Product: Debt collection — Other debt
Issue: Took or threatened to take negative or legal action — Sued you without properly notifying you of lawsuit
Company: Fendelman & Associates, LLC
State: MO

Complaint narrative:
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX XXXX Fendelman ( Fendelman Group ) on behalf of his client, XXXX XXXX, filed a XXXX 's Motion to Strike Respondent 's Pleadings. This motion claimed that on XX/XX/XXXX, I was ordered to pay {$2300.00} to XXXX XXXX for XXXX fees. Although I have never met, received services from or even spoken to XXXX XXXX, XXXX Fendelman filed this motion in a separate child custody modification proceeding 8 years later. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I was notified by my former attorney that XXXX Fendelman incorrectly stated the balance owed, that the corrected balance was {$4200.00} and that XXXX Fendelman would not agree to a payment plan. My former attorney stated, " You really XXXX him off when you filed that report against him, '' in reference to the first complaint I filed against XXXX Fendelman when he attempted to garnish my wages for this debt in XXXX. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX Fendelman accepted a payment in the amount of {$500.00}, sent to him by my mother, XXXX XXXX, on my behalf. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX Fendelman filed XXXX 's Second Motion to Strike Respondent 's Pleadings, and again stated amount owed was {$2300.00}, which was incorrect because the amount he was actually attempting to collect was {$4200.00} minus {$500.00}. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I personally delivered a money order for {$1400.00} to XXXX XXXX 's office at XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX MO XXXX, which was accepted and cashed by XXXX Fendelman. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I e-mailed XXXX Fendelman at XXXX and explained that I was on medical leave from work due to a XXXX. In my e-mail, I asked to arrange a payment plan for the remaining balance and even offered to allow XXXX Fendelman to garnish my wages, which he has earnestly and erroneously attempted before. XXXX Fendelman did not respond to my e-mail. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX Fendelman appeared at a hearing on a third motion to strike my pleadings, before XXXX XXXX XXXX. XXXX Fendelman told XXXX XXXX that I still owed " over {$4000.00} '' and intentionally failed to account for the XXXX payments I made to him in good faith, a total of {$1900.00}. As a result of XXXX Fendelman 's dishonesty, Judge XXXX struck my pleadings in the child custody modification which was unrelated to the debt XXXX Fendelman was attempting to collect, and in which I was actually the petitioner. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I sent XXXX Fendelman another e-mail and requested that he provide an itemized statement or bill reflecting : the services his client ( XXXX XXXX ) provided, the date of these services, original amount ordered to pay, any additional fees or interest added as allowed by law, and any payments made toward the balance. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, XXXX Fendelman responded to my e-mail and now claimed that I had XXXX judgments against me, with the first dating back to XX/XX/XXXX in the amount of {$500.00}, which is false. XXXX Fendelman also stated he can not provide an itemized statement with dates of services, as his function is only " post-judgment collections '' and that " the dates and description of the work done are no longer relevant to the case. '' I disagree, because I have never received work or services from his client, which is a point I have made from the beginning. I was only making payments so as not to affect the new case, and he still illegally interfered and had my pleadings stricken on a debt that was XXXX XXXX XXXX. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I sent XXXX Fendelman and his paralegal an e-mail in which I asked that their office refrain from contacting me by any method, including : mail, e-mail, phone, text message or any other way. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I filed for XXXX  XXXX Bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas ( Case # XXXX. ) The alleged debt to XXXX XXXX was named on Page XXXX ( Part XXXX, Section XXXX ) and XXXX Fendelman was also named on Page XXXX ( Part XXXX, Section XXXX. ) On XX/XX/XXXX, a XXXX of the Creditors occurred, which XXXX Fendelman received notice of and did not appear. On XX/XX/XXXX, I was granted a Bankruptcy discharge under XXXX XXXX. Section XXXX, notice of which was provided to XXXX Fendelman as well. 
XXXX. On XX/XX/XXXX, I received a letter from the Fendelman Group, at a new address I moved to on XX/XX/XXXX and which is not public record, as I am a participant of Safe at Home, an address confidentiality program offered to victims of domestic violence.

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