HODGES v. FEINSTEIN & BOOKER, LLC


893 A.2d 21 (2006)

383 N.J. Super. 596

Rochelle HODGES and Renita Hodges, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FEINSTEIN, RAISS, KELIN & BOOKER, LLC, Defendant-Respondent, and Sasil Corporation, 100 Chadwick Avenue, L.L.C., Alfonso Santos, Sotnas Garden Apartments Corporation and Rosalie C. Scheckel, Esq., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided March 8, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cesar E. Torres, Newark, argued the cause for appellant (Essex Newark Legal Services, attorneys; Mr. Torres, of counsel and on the brief).

Gary D. Gordon, West Orange, argued the cause for respondent (Feinstein, Raiss, Kelin & Booker, attorneys; Mr. Gordon, of counsel and on the brief).

Before Judges STERN, PARKER and LIHOTZ.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, J.A.D.

We granted leave to appeal from a portion of an order entered on March 4, 2005 dismissing plaintiffs' claim that the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1692-1692o, applies to the defendant law firm. "The FDCPA provides a remedy for consumers who have been subjected to abusive, deceptive or unfair debt collection practices by debt collectors."

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