AVILA v. RUBIN

Nos. 95-2881, 95-2895, 95-3905 and 95-3978.

84 F.3d 222 (1996)

Raul AVILA, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert G. RUBIN and Van Ru Credit Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Edelman, J. Eric VanderArend, Michelle A. Weinberg (argued), O. Randolph Bragg, Tara L. Goodwin, Cathleen C. Cohen, James O. Latturner, Edelman & Combs, Chicago, IL, Joanne Faulkner, New Haven, CT, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 95-2881.

Daniel A. Edelman, Cathleen M. Combs, Tara G. Redmond, J. Eric VanderArend, Michelle A. Weinberg (argued), Edelman & Combs, Chicago, IL, Joanne Faulkner, New Haven, CT, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 95-2895.

Daniel A. Edelman, Cathleen M. Combs, Tara G. Redmond, J. Eric VanderArend, Michelle A. Weinberg (argued), O. Randolph Bragg, Edelman & Combs, Chicago, IL, Joanne Faulkner New Haven, CT, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 95-3905.

Daniel A. Edelman, J. Eric VanderArend, Michelle A. Weinberg (argued), O. Randolph Bragg, Tara L. Goodwin, Edelman & Combs, Chicago, IL, Joanne Faulkner, New Haven, CT, for plaintiff-appellee in No. 95-3978.

George W. Spellmire, Bruce L. Carmen (argued), D. Kendall Griffith, David M. Schultz, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant in No. 95-2881.

Daniel P. Shapiro (argued), Michael J. Small, Steven A. Levy, Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant in Nos. 95-2895 and 95-3905.

George W. Spellmire, Bruce L. Carmen (argued), David M. Schultz, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellant in No. 95-3978.

Before BAUER, CUDAHY, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Can a person, licensed to practice law, be in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., for sending dunning collection letters that purport to be from an "attorney"? This is one of two interesting questions we address today in this case involving Raul Avila (and a class of similarly situated persons), the Van Ru Credit Corporation, and Albert G. Rubin, an attorney-at-law from...

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