Westbrook Law PLLC

Westbrook Law PLLC Westbrook Law PLLC specializes in consumer protection, business and probate litigation, and estate planning

Debt buyers and their lawyers got away with it for years. Now we're making them pay.
11/05/2025

Debt buyers and their lawyers got away with it for years. Now we're making them pay.

On November 3, 2025, the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan preliminarily approved a class-action settlement valued at approximately $9 million in debt reductions, cr…

Lead dust is especially toxic to small children. What do you do when the company you hired to fix your home's foundation...
12/17/2024

Lead dust is especially toxic to small children. What do you do when the company you hired to fix your home's foundation breaks all the rules, contaminates your home, and endangers your two-year-old child?

When Tyler and Megan Freeman hired Ayers Basement Systems, LLC to fix the foundation of their Grand Rapids home, they couldn’t have imagined what would happen next. Unknown to them, their hom…

An important victory for our client, and another appellate win to add to our streak.
09/23/2022

An important victory for our client, and another appellate win to add to our streak.

Living next door to an active public-use airport can lead to legal disputes beyond the obvious noise, vibration, and safety considerations. As a client of Westbrook Law discovered, interactions bet…

Excellent news for consumers from the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The battle cont...
09/30/2021

Excellent news for consumers from the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The battle continues.

In February of 2020, Westbrook Law PLLC filed a class action complaint against PNC Bank, captioned Polonowski v. PNC Bank, N.A. The complaint alleges that, contrary to specific requirements of the …

It's estate planning season. Come see us!
05/18/2021

It's estate planning season. Come see us!

Spring is the season for planning. Many of us are putting together event and travel plans for the first time in a long time. It’s also the perfect time to consider long-term planning for your…

An excellent result for our client and solid precedent for Michigan homeowners in future cases. Chief Judge Jonker's opi...
11/16/2020

An excellent result for our client and solid precedent for Michigan homeowners in future cases. Chief Judge Jonker's opinion is like a guided tour of state and federal consumer protections relating to mortgage servicing.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan issued an important published opinion early this month in the case of Macholtz v. Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, finding, a…

Like Wells Fargo before it, Fifth Third Bank has been caught creating fraudulent accounts in its customers' names. Conta...
03/10/2020

Like Wells Fargo before it, Fifth Third Bank has been caught creating fraudulent accounts in its customers' names. Contact us if you may have been affected by this practice.

Since late 2016, the account fraud scandal at Wells Fargo has been well publicized. Responding to financial incentives put in place at the management level, bank employees created millions of accou…

We made great progress in the fight against collection abuses today. To paraphrase the Sixth Circuit: federal courts hav...
02/26/2020

We made great progress in the fight against collection abuses today. To paraphrase the Sixth Circuit: federal courts have the power to redress violations of federal debt collection laws that took place within state-court lawsuits.

Today the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit released its opinion in VanderKodde v. Mary Jane M. Elliott, P.C., a lawsuit brought by Westbrook Law PLLC in 2017 alleging widespread…

Banning a disabled toddler from walking in the mall is an affront to human dignity. It is also a violation of civil righ...
02/07/2019

Banning a disabled toddler from walking in the mall is an affront to human dignity. It is also a violation of civil rights under federal and state law.

Today, a federal lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan against Texas companies Spigel Properties, Inc. and S & S Shopping Centers, Ltd. on b…

When a debt collector threatens to harm your credit rating by reporting late or missed payments on an obsolete debt, it ...
01/29/2019

When a debt collector threatens to harm your credit rating by reporting late or missed payments on an obsolete debt, it violates federal and state law. We continue to go after default mortgage servicers for collection abuses on behalf of Michigan consumers.

Mortgage loan servicers typically collect and process payments for mortgage loans on behalf of the owners of those loans. If your loan statements come from Ocwen, Nationstar (now using the quizzica…

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