United States Fourth Circuit

Grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, a law firm and one of its lawyers, in a case alleging violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is reversed where a foreclosure action by defendants was an attempt to collect a "debt," defendants were not excluded from the statutory definition of "debt collector," and they could still be "debt collectors" even if they were also enforcing a security interest.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/01/2005
• Decided 04/05/2006
• Published 04/05/2006

Judges

• Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Howard Robert Erwin, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Rita Ting-Hopper, Draper & Goldberg, P.L.L.C., Leesburg, Virginia, for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Scott R. Grigsby, Draper & Goldberg, P.L.L.C., Leesburg, Virginia, for Appellees.