BUFFALO, NY – Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP today announced it has become a member of ACA International, the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals. ACA International membership is an important component to the firm’s rapidly growing Asset Receivable Management & Consumer Financial Services practice team.

Attorneys in the Asset Receivable Management & Consumer Financial Services practice team regularly advise and advocate on behalf of servicers, lenders, banks, financial institutions and other secured and unsecured creditors throughout the country in the defense of claims and class actions contending that various federal statues, including the FDCPA, TCPA, FCRA, EFTA and TILA were violated. Lippes Mathias also represents clients in investigations and enforcement actions launched by both state and federal agencies, including state attorneys general, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.

ACA International is the world’s largest organization of accounts receivable management companies bringing together third-party collection agencies, law firms, asset buying companies and creditors and vendor affiliates. ACA establishes ethical standards, produces a wide variety of products, services and publications, and articulates the value of the credit and collection industry to businesses, policymakers and consumers.