CHOICE v. KOHN LAW FIRM, S.C.

No. 21-2288.

77 F.4th 636 (2023)

Calvin J. CHOICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KOHN LAW FIRM, S.C. and Unifund CCR, LLC, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mario Kris Kasalo , Attorney, Law Office of M. Kris Kasalo, Ltd., Skokie, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

David M. Schultz , Attorney, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago, IL, Adam R. Vaught , Attorney, Kilbride & Vaught, LLC, La Grange, IL, Louis Joseph Manetti, Jr. , Attorney, Locke Lord LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Kohn Law Firm, S.C.

Catherine Basque Weiler , Attorney, Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Unifund CCR, LLC.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Hamilton and Brennan, Circuit Judges.


Calvin Choice alleges a collection agency and its law firm violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., when they made contradictory statements about the recovery of statutory attorney's fees in a debt-collection action. The district court dismissed Choice's complaint, holding...

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