Alameda County, Santa Clara County & Contra Costa County Collections Attorney

Debt Collection Lawyer in Alameda County, California

The Law Offices of Stephen G. Opperwall offers experienced debt collection litigation services to creditors, individuals and businesses throughout Northern California. The firm has two office locations, with the main office in Pleasanton (Alameda County) and a second location in Santa Clara (Santa Clara County).  The law firm also handles cases in all other counties in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout Northern California.

You can count on our vast legal skills and experience to go the extra mile in our collections efforts as we seek to recover the money you are owed. As an award winning and highly acclaimed attorney in Creditors' Rights, founding attorney Stephen G. Opperwall has the particular and unique knowledge and experience that will be invaluable in protecting your interests as a creditor and in advancing those interests throughout all stages of litigation.

Virtually any vendor, individual, business or corporation may find that they are in a difficult position if a debtor will not pay for services rendered or goods delivered or other types of obligations. These situations only become more serious when the debtor files for bankruptcy. Our firm assists creditors in all types of debt collections, including those involving a bankruptcy case or a contract dispute.  

Santa Clara County Creditors' Rights & Debt Collection

We focus our efforts on recovering the full amount you are owed, based on a client's instructions and based on what makes economic sense for the client.  Unlike some attorneys, law firms, collection agencies and debt recovery firms, who only seek settlements that are worth only a small portion of the total debt, we pursue recovery to the fullest extent possible based on the client's wishes and resources. Because of our vast experience, we are also able to effectively represent creditors in these cases in order to offer our clients the greatest opportunity of recovering the money they are owed, even when the debtor files for bankruptcy. In all types of cases, we will take the time to ensure the debtor is not concealing any assets or property. 

Debt Collection Lawsuits and Other Aggressive Legal Action

We are familiar with exploring all potential means of recovering debt, including in cases involving Writs of Attachment or Writs of Possession.  For a more complete list, refer to the web page for Types of Procedures & Proceedings.  We handle cases involving security interests and will take whatever legal action we can to recover the full amount you are owed.

Through our vast experience, we have seen firsthand the value of direct intervention by a highly qualified and experienced attorney. An uncooperative debtor might respond to a collection demand letter from an attorney in order to avoid a lawsuit.

In most instances, however, a letter from an attorney will not result in payment, a lawsuit will be filed.  This is because litigation is where a creditor can assert the most advantage and leverage over an uncooperative debtor who has not responded to earlier letters and phone calls.  Once we have filed a lawsuit and served the papers on the debtor, the clock begins to run on the debtor's earlier ability to delay payment simply by doing nothing. 

Once the debtor has received the lawsuit papers through a process server, the debtor might then be eager to work out a settlement rather than face a judgment followed by wage garnishment, repossession and other consequences of a debt collection lawsuit in the creditor's favor.

The Law Offices of Stephen G. Opperwall services all of Northern California including Berkeley, Castro Valley, Concord, Danville, Dublin, Fairfiled, Fremont, Gilroy, Hayward, Hollister, Livermore, Manteca, Martinez, Modesto, Monterey, Oakland, Redwood City, Richmond, Palo Alto, Sacramento, Salinas, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Mateo, San Rafael, San Ramon, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Silicon Valley, Stockton, Tracy, Vallejo, Walnut Creek, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, Marin County, Monterey County, Napa County, Sacramento County, San Benito County, San Francisco County, San Joaquin County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County, Solano County, Sonoma County and Stanislaus County.

Learn more about our firm's collections services by contacting  Alameda County debt collection attorney Stephen Opperwall . We can evaluate your particular situation and use our experience in this field to develop a legal strategy that will be most effective in addressing your case.