Tyler J.

Editor’s Note: Tyler J. Russell is a member of the Creditors’ Rights, Financial Institutions, Community Associations, and Intellectual Property Practice Groups at Ward and Smith, P.A. The outcome of many civil lawsuits in North Carolina is, often, the entry of a judgment that establishes one party’s right to collect...

Editor’s Note: Tyler J. Russell is a member of the Creditors’ Rights, Financial Institutions, and Community Associations Practice Groups at Ward and Smith, P.A. Imagine this scenario: You operate a business that sells goods and services to customers on credit. You do not take collateral to secure your customers’...

Editor’s Note: Tyler J. Russell is a member of the Creditors’ Rights, Financial Institutions, and Community Associations Practice Groups at Ward and Smith, P.A.   Debt collection. It’s an activity as old as money itself. Just hearing those words can stir up thoughts of harassing phone calls, threatening letters,...