Klapper & Fass Information

At Klapper & Fass, we have over 60 years of combined experience in all aspects of commercial debt collection and general litigation. Founded in 1995 by attorneys Joshua H. Klapper and Daniel A. Fass, our firm represents banks, lenders, insurance companies, and members of the construction industry in both state and federal matters. If you need to pursue commercial debt collection, the New York debt collection lawyers of Klapper & Fass can put their legal knowledge to work for you. Klapper & Fass can also help you resolve other business disputes. We are proud of our carefully refined skills in negotiation, legal research, writing, pre-trial practice and procedure and trial court advocacy, which allow us to craft innovative arguments on your behalf and aggressively protect your interests during settlement negotiations, the prosecution or defense of your case and in the courtroom. We have helped shape the law in the complex areas where we practice by obtaining favorable outcomes for clients who are confronting issues on which courts have not previously ruled or which required clarification, including establishing that a trade name is an asset that can be executed upon in post-judgment enforcement, defining the "doing business" standard of a foreign corporation that is suing in New York, and coalescing the standard for opening a default judgment in federal court. Klapper & Fass also was involved in securing a court ruling that usury is not a defense to a purchase of future credit card receivables, defining the strict endorsement standard with regard to check negotiation, and establishing that freight claims brought in state court are governed by a federal law known as the Carmack Amendment, which has strict rules for filing counterclaims. Klapper & Fass' New York debt collection lawyers follow delinquent accounts from the demand letter stage through follow-up collection efforts and formal lawsuits. Our practice provides a high level of transparency for our clients. Each claim we handle is entered into our cloud-based claim management system which is easy to use and can be accessed by our clients at any time. Our on-line claim management system gives our clients the ability to monitor their claims and get direct email status updates. We guide our clients through the initial claim process, trial and the post-judgment stage with a persistent and diligent commitment to collect. Our partners have each worked for more than 35 years not only as trial attorneys, but also as business counselors and advisors.