Networking over breakfast, lunch or dinner is an opportunity you should take not pass up! Consider the tips Beverly has learned over the years while attending conferences. You, too, can combine your hunger for food and for networking opportunities.

Dave Rudd of IAT Smartdial Solutions attended this year's ACA Fly-In, and he agreed to blog about his experience for NL. He's a great example of what many more debt collection professionals could and should do to ensure that our concerns are brought before elected officials.

Are you having a problem with a law firm/client relationship? Are you unsure of the best way to resolve it? The National List takes pride in having a reputable network of debt collection law firms. Still, our clients and our law firm members are not immune to problems. Find out why NL should be your first line of defense.

Beverly Unrath heard a story from one of her friends in the collection industry. It  shows how, when it comes to professional communication, something as simple as not returning a phone call can come back to haunt you later. The tips in this blog will help you to improve your communication in all forms of media.

NL Member, Ben Vinci of Vinci Law Office, LLC, sent us this very interesting report that starts with him getting to DCS via an 1800-mile motorcycle trip from Denver to Las Vegas! Attendance by collection law firms is going up. Find out what might change to bring those numbers up even father.  Maybe you’ll want to join Ben next year. 

How did a mid-size debt buyer get the help they needed to prepare for an audit by their lender, who gave them just a week to provide specific information on the collection law firms they employ nationwide? With no time to waste, here’s what happened after their call to NL.

 A National List law firm member had a costly experience that you might be able to learn from and prevent within your own firm. More and more law firms are recognizing the need to obtain the assistance of trained accounts receivable professionals, like those at CoreVision Strategies. Find out why.

One of our clients recently asked, “How many NL [debt collection] law firm members are sole practitioners?” So Beverly  and Leslie ran stats on the 750 detailed profiles our more than 1000 law firm members have submitted. You might be surprised by what they found….  

NL recommends tools that can help with compliance. YGC (You've Got Claims) is one of those tools. Find out why forty percent of our law firm members have a YGC mailbox listed on their law firm profile.

NL Announces Website Makeover! Take a short tour of all the changes on the NL Website before you visit the site. You don't want to miss anything!

If you haven't added the website for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the favorites on your web browser, it is high time that you do so. Find out why guest blogger Tomio B. Narita thinks so.

The digital edition of the 2012 - 2013 NL Directory is now on our website and ready to use. It is under the new Legal Resources tab on our Homepage. Check out all the cool features that make it so easy to use.

Within 120 days of applying Dr. Eyal Ronen's "science-based practices," you, too, might have a 70 percent reduction in collector turnover!

On July 9th, NL invited readers who had never attended the Debt Connection Symposium & Expo to enter our drawing for a Free registration-a $1295 value! Two lucky winners are very happy to be attending DCS at the Red Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, Sept 10-13.   Read the complete blog to see won.

There's a movement afoot that could be huge for NL member attorneys who want to expand into surrounding states. It's the push for other jurisdictions to adopt the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE). Learn more about it here.