Appellate Court Has Harsh Words for Activist Judge in Debt Collection Case

Don Maurice

A jurist praised by The New York Times for his administration of credit card debt collection cases was recently the subject of a harsh rebuke from a New York appellate court for the same judicial practices.

Over the past few years, Brooklyn Judge Noach Dear has been outspoken in his criticism of debt collection litigation, suggesting in one New York Times article that “roughly 90 percent of the credit card lawsuits are flawed and [creditor's] can’t prove the person owes the debt.”