Rubin & Rothman, LLC is a high volume debt collection law firm located at 1787 Veterans Hwy, Suite 32, Islandia, New York 11749.

Rubin & Rothman, LLC has been sued repeatedly by consumers for its unfair and deceptive debt collection practices.  For example:

• A 2003 New York court lambasted Rubin & Rothman’s conduct when the firm attempted to re-serve a defendant while the defendant appeared for a traverse hearing to challenge the firm’s earlier defective service.  The court said that Rubin & Rothman’s conduct “essentially allow[ed] the plaintiff to use a defective default judgment as a weapon with which to compel the defendant to submit to service of process.”  Ford Motor Credit Co. v. George Bobo, 1 Misc.3d 901(A) (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 2003).  The court expressed its disapproval of Rubin & Rothman’s questionable conduct when it remarked, “[t]he Court takes a very dim view of a plaintiff who serves process in the courthouse on a defendant who has appeared for a traverse hearing.”
• A recent investigative report by MFY Legal Services, Inc. found that in 2007, Rubin & Rothman filed 31,661 cases in New York City alone.  See Consumer Rights Project, “Justice Disserved,” June 2008.  The defendant appeared in court in only 9.29 percent of those cases.  Thus, the vast majority of those cases resulted in default judgments against the consumer.
• In a recent federal court case, Rubin & Rothman, LLC, a consumer-debtor accused the law firm of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.  See Clayson v. Rubin & Rothman, LLC, 2010 WL 547476 (W.D.N.Y. 2010).  The abusive and deceptive tactics alleged against Rubin & Rothman included contacting third persons and discussing the consumer’s debts as well as financial condition, without knowledge or permission of the debtor consumer.  Despite the fact that the plaintiff consumer was on full disability, Rubin & Rothman threatened to “drain all of [her] accounts” if she did not pay the debt and falsely and misleading told plaintiff that any money in her accounts, including disability payments was subject to attachment.  Based upon these alleged facts, the Court denied Rubin & Rothman’s motion for summary judgment in its favor.
• Schlanger & Schlanger, LLP recently filed a lawsuit against Rubin & Rothman, LLC and Arrow Financial Services in federal court (Southern District of New York), alleging that Rubin & Rothman and Arrow Financial Services wrongfully sued a consumer in state court on a medical debt she did not owe, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and state consumer protection laws.  Bolanos v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC and Rubin & Rothman, LLC, 10-cv-07243 (S.D.N.Y. 2010).

Debtor’s have rights.  Don’t be a victim of Rubin & Rothman’s aggressive, false and unfair collection tactics.  If you are being sued by Rubin & Rothman, LLC or its representatives, or feel that Rubin & Rothman is treating you unfairly, contact the consumer lawyers at Schlanger & Schlanger, LLP at 1-800-685-2580 or by filling out our consumer questionnaire.