Partners Abbreviated Biographies

Arthur Winston

Senior Partner.  LLB Degree from New York University Law School.

Author of three books:

Complete Guide to Credit and Collection Law (1996, Prentice Hall, new edition published by Aspen Publishing due out in 2004)    

Complete Guide to Tested Telephone Collection Techniques (Prentice Hall)

Direct Marketing and the Law (John Wiley & Sons)

Seminars conducted for the Direct Marketing Association:

Law and Direct Marketing (10 years)

Credit and Collection Law (3 years)

Wrote monthly column for over 10 years entitled "on the docket" for DM News.

Founder of Hudson Valley Direct Marketing Association

Jay Winston 

B.A. from Cornell University and Magna Cum Laude JD Degree from the New England School of Law.

Admitted to practice law in the States of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys (NARCA):   Board of Directors (V.P.) and Education Committee, (1999-2001). 

Wrote a column entitled "Legal Beat" for Target Marketing on Direct Marketing issues, (1999-2002).  

Wrote a bi-monthly column for the Credit and Collection Manager's Newsletter, published by the Bureau of Business Practices, (1997-1999).  

General Counsel to Women's Direct Marketing International, (WDMI).

Co-Authored the second edition of Complete Guide to Credit and Collection Law, published in 2000-2003 by Prentice Hall, currently published by Aspen Publishing and updated yearly.

Recent and Upcoming speaking engagements:

American Collectors Association International (ACA) (July 2005)
Map Conference:  FDCPA/FCRA Update
National Association of Credit Management Annual Conference(June 2004 &June 2005) 
American Collectors Association International (ACA) (July 2004)
Main Conference:  Post Judgment Remedies Available to Creditors
MAP Conference:  Meaningful Involvement Panel
DMA Annual Conference (October 2002)
The Ins and Outs of E-Commerce and Privacy Practical and Legal Perspectives
Creditors International Teleseminar (ACA) (September 2002)
Checks, Notes and Guarantees:  Everything a Creditor Should Know
American Collectors Association International (ACA) (July 2002)
Bankruptcy Issues for Creditors and Collectors in the Wake of a Recession
Recent Activities
Member of Insurance and Meaningful Involvement Subcommittees (NARCA)
Is regularly published in industry newsletters including NARCA Newsletter and MAP Bulletin (Worth Reading).  

Law Review Article, The Evolution of Accord and Satisfaction: Common Law; U.C.C. Section 1-207; U.C.C. Section 3-311, New England Law Review Fall 1993 - National Law Journal "Worth Reading" (4/11/94)