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Creditors' Rights and Commercial CollectionsMr. Higgs has retired from the active practice of law after nearly 40 years. Requests for consultations, arbitrations, mediations, and expert witness testimony are considered on a case-by-case basis. Mr. Higgs has extensive experience in legal collections, from small unsecured amounts to large, multi-million dollar accounts involving complex methods of collateralization. Mr. Higgs is a co-author of two collection-related Virginia Lawyers Handbooks, Debt Collection for Virginia Lawyers: A Sytematic Approach, and Enforcement of Liens and Judgments in Virginia, both published by the Virginia Law Foundation. He co-authored the chapter on Creditor's Rights for Virginia Law and Practice: a Handbook for Attorneys, published by the Virginia Law Foundation. He was also the original author and presenter of the chapter on Creditors' Rights in the lawyers' reciprocal licensing course sponsored by the Fellows of the Virginia Law Foundation. Mr. Higgs is Board Certified by the American Board of Certification in Creditors' Rights Law. Mr. Higgs is the author of the state law compendium for Virginia maintained by the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) for its members. The compendium provides state-specific answers to many common legal questions arising in the equipment leasing and finance industry. Mr. Higgs authored the first Virginia Compendium for ELFA in 2003. The State Law Compendium may be accessed courtesy of The Higgs Law Firm and ELFA at the ELFA website. [Click here; then choose one of the selected topics covered by the Compendium.] The Higgs Law Firm was a founding member of the National Equipment Finance Association (NEFA). NEFA is a national association serving independent equipment finance companies, lessors and brokers, and was formed through the merger of the United Association of Equipment Leasing (UAEL) and the Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors (EAEL). The Higgs Law Firm is a former member of the Lease Enforcement Attorney's Network (LEAN), a nonprofit organization of law firms nationwide assisting in the enforcement of lease obligations, collections, asset recovery and bankruptcy.
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