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  <title>Law Office of  Paul H. Bratton  Paul H. Bratton  Attorney at Law</title>
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    <title>Next Generation Websites -- Free From Justia</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
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    <id>tag:justia.com,2002://advert1.1</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Next Generation Websites comes complete with XML, RSS and Atom Feeds</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Justia</name>
      <url>http://www.justia.com</url>
      <email>solutions@justia.com</email>
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    <dc:subject>Web Solutions for Lawyers</dc:subject>
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    <title>Articles of Interest</title>
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    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
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    <dc:subject>Law Office of  Paul H. Bratton  Paul H. Bratton  Attorney at Law</dc:subject>
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    <title>Fair Debt Collection Practices Act- a basic explanation</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1314824</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Articles of Interest</dc:subject>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline">People and entities covered by the FDCPA</span></h2>
<p>The FDCPA broadly defines a debt collector as "any person who uses
any instrumentality of interstate comme ]]>
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    <title>Law Office of  Paul H. Bratton  Paul H. Bratton  Attorney at Law</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
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    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
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    <title>Consumer Debts Are Focus of Booming Industry</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
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    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
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Alaska is not free of predatory debt buyers; in fact some see Alaska as fertile ground since a default judgment can be used to seize 80% of the defendant&#146;s PFD.&lt;br&gt;
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      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
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    <dc:subject>Articles of Interest</dc:subject>
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<div>In 1996, 
when Heather Scott's marriage split up, she defaulted on<br>$3,000 she owed on 
her Discover credit card. "It was either that or<br>feed my kids," the Phoenix 
woman says. Until re ]]>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Attorney</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1314712</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Attorney Profile</dc:subject>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Attorney Profile</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html" />
    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1049620</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Law Office of  Paul H. Bratton  Paul H. Bratton  Attorney at Law</dc:subject>
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<p>Law Office of Paul H. Bratton is a solo practice.</p>
<p>Paul H. Bratton&nbsp; is admitted to practice in the state and federal court in Alaska &amp; California. In addition&nbsp;he is adm ]]>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Paul H.  Bratton </title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1263725</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Attorney Profile</dc:subject>
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<div style="text-align: left;">After 20 years of commercial fishing and 30 years fighting to protect remote communities, coastal fishermen, and the Alaska environ ]]>
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    <title>Empowering Alaskans, One Claim at a Time</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1049609</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Law Office of  Paul H. Bratton  Paul H. Bratton  Attorney at Law</dc:subject>
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On top of it all, even more than the lost time and money, the ultimate 
frustration for most of our clients is the brush-off; the attitude that "we will do with you whatever we want and the ]]>
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    <title>Contact Us</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
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    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Law Office of  Paul H. Bratton  Paul H. Bratton  Attorney at Law</dc:subject>
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Our primary office location is&nbsp; a remote homestead located&nbsp; on Chunilna&nbsp; Creek in the foothills of the Talkeetna Mountains. Using a fixed-cell phone system and internet connection,  ]]>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Liberty &amp; Constitutional Claims</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1314129</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Practice Areas</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<P>The late Alaska Supreme Court Justice Jay Rabinowitz once explained the Alaska character writing that</P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family:  ]]>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Practice Areas</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
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    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Law Office of  Paul H. Bratton  Paul H. Bratton  Attorney at Law</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://justia.net/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/">
      <![CDATA[<P>With the growing economic distress consumers face in this era of&nbsp;rising&nbsp;gas prices, predatory debt-buyers, and the meltdown of the subprime mortgages industry, much of our practice involv ]]>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Consumer Rights - Debt Collector Abuses - Lemon Law</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html" />
    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1263761</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Practice Areas</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<P>It seems that every day the unscrupulous operators develop a new way to abuse and take advantage of Alaskans. Often they prey on the most vulnerable.&nbsp;However there are state and federal laws t ]]>
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    <title>Natural Resource Defense/ Environmental Protection</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1049650</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
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    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Practice Areas</dc:subject>
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      <![CDATA[<BR>Attorney Paul H. Bratton and Paralegal Judy M. Price have fought long and hard for more than three decades to stop the spraying of toxic herbicides along the Alaska Railroad, reform wasteful state ]]>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Personal Injury</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html" />
    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1264198</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Practice Areas</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://justia.net/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/">
      <![CDATA[<P>Alaska is a dangerous place. Roads can be icy. The weather can make flying hazardous. The seas can turn stormy. To the extent possible, we all should take personal responsibility and act prudently. ]]>
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   	</entry> 	<entry>
    <title>Bankruptcy</title>
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    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23:23</issued>
    <id>tag:master.justia.net,2008://1049593.1314128</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    
    <summary type="text/plain"></summary>
    <author>
      <name>Paul Bratton</name>
      <url>/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/index.html</url>
      <email>phbratton@gci.net</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Practice Areas</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://justia.net/publish/b/a/c/backwoodslawyer/">
      <![CDATA[<P>Since its founding, the United States has been willing to offer people a fresh start. Most people are forced into filing bankruptcy by&nbsp;mounting&nbsp;medical bills or finding themselves out of  ]]>
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	<entry>
    <title>Next Generation Websites -- Free From Justia</title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://Justia.net/advert1.html" />
    <modified>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</modified>
    <issued>2008-07-08T01:23</issued>
  	<id>tag:justia.com,2002:advert2.2</id>
    <created>2008-07-08T01:23:23Z</created>
    <summary type="text/plain">Next Generation Websites comes complete with XML, RSS and Atom Feeds</summary>
    <author>
      <name>Justia</name>
      <url>http://www.justia.com</url>
      <email>solutions@justia.com</email>
    </author>
    <dc:subject>Web Solutions for Lawyers</dc:subject>
    <content type="text/html" mode="escaped" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://backwoodslawyer.justia.net/">
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