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For years I started I was in the textile garment manufacturing, fabric business. I represented a number of factors who factor in that industry. And basically, that was the core of my practice until about 10 to I’ll say 15 years ago. Then with so much manufacturing going offshore the needs changed and we expanded into other businesses looking at the type of debt more so than the type of product so that if you had a debt that was a commercial debt and I hammer that home because we do not do consumer debts. We don’t collect for the local dentist who has patients who haven’t paid or the local doctor.
But if you have a commercial debt, we will handle it and if it is as a subject if it is an industry that we don’t know we will educate ourselves. And the person who educates us most is our client. When asked the right questions our client is instrumental in helping us find out which directions to go for which products and against which debtors. So it’s a real teamwork effort. We know the law, we know the speedy, fast, if you will, way to get an early ruling such as a pre-judgement right to attach order. And our clients educate us on the type of product and the uniqueness of their industry.
So it’s a give and take and that’s part of the fun of it, it’s not just some smart lawyer trying to tell his client everything but rather a real communication between client and lawyer working off each other, if you will, or with each other and that’s extremely important.
Los Angeles, CA commercial debt collection attorney Ronald P. Slates talks about the types of clients he usually works with.