Introduction -- Case selection, advising the client, and litigation strategy -- Dismissal before reaching the merits -- Proof of the merits of the collector's claims -- Defenses and counterclaims -- Creditors' recovery of attorney fees, collection expenses, postjudgment interest -- Defending military personnel in collection actions -- Criminal and civil collection of dishonored checks -- Medical debt -- Federal administrative agency collections -- Criminal justice debt -- Other special collection actions -- Challenging the collector's judgment -- Enforcement of judgments : general principles, constitutional issues -- Protecting debtors' wages, benefits, other income, and bank accounts -- Protecting the debtor's home, tangible personal property, and other assets -- Debtor's examinations and imprisonment for debt -- Prevailing consumers' postjudgment actions.
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