Selip & Stylianou: Who They Are and Your Rights

Type

Collection law firm

Also known as

Selip & Stylianou, LLP; Cohen & Slamowitz, LLP

Headquarters

Woodbury, NY

Phone numbers it lists

(800) 293-6006, (516) 364-6006

Website

seliplaw.com

105 debt collection complaints were sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about Selip & Stylianou, LLP from November 13, 2023 to November 12, 2026. A complaint is a consumer's account, not a finding that the company broke the law. Read the complaints in the CFPB database.

Who Is Selip & Stylianou?

Selip & Stylianou, LLP is a law firm that collects debts for its clients. Its office is at 199 Crossways Park Drive in Woodbury, on Long Island, New York, with a mailing address of P.O. Box 9004. The firm's website calls its work "legal collections" and carries the standard notice that it is a communication from a debt collector.

The firm's Better Business Bureau profile says it was known as Cohen & Slamowitz, LLP until it changed its name effective January 1, 2015, and gives a start date of December 17, 2003. If you have older court papers or letters from Cohen & Slamowitz, they likely came from the same firm. The BBB also lists a second profile with a Paramus, New Jersey mailing address. New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection lists the firm as a licensed debt collection agency (license 2045186-DCA).

The website lists (516) 364-6006 as its office line and (800) 293-6006 as its toll-free number, and offers an online payment portal.

Why Selip & Stylianou May Be Contacting You

A collection law firm usually gets involved after a creditor or debt buyer has tried to collect on its own. A letter from Selip & Stylianou may be a first demand from the firm, or it may come before or after a lawsuit in a New York or New Jersey court. The firm's site does not name its clients, so look at your letter to see whose account it is: the original lender, or a company that bought the debt later.

If you've been served with a summons, the deadline to respond in court runs separately from any phone conversation with the firm. Talking to the firm or making a payment doesn't by itself stop the case. In Texas, see what to do first if you're sued for a debt.

How to Check a Debt Selip & Stylianou Says You Owe

• Find the plaintiff or creditor. The validation notice (15 U.S.C. § 1692g; 12 C.F.R. § 1006.34) must name the creditor and itemize the balance. If a debt buyer is the client, ask for the chain of assignments from the original lender.
• Send a written dispute within the validation period if anything is unfamiliar. The firm must stop collecting until it provides verification. Our guide explains how to dispute a debt.
• Compare the numbers with your last statement. Separate principal from interest, fees and any court costs the firm adds.
• Check the age of the account. Texas generally allows four years to sue on a consumer debt (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.004), and debt buyers can't sue on time-barred consumer debt (Tex. Fin. Code § 392.307). New York and New Jersey set their own limitation periods.

What Selip & Stylianou Can and Can't Do

Lawyers who regularly collect consumer debts, including through litigation, are "debt collectors" under the FDCPA (Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291 (1995)). See can the collection law firm also be a debt collector?

• A letter on law-firm letterhead may not suggest that a lawyer reviewed your file if none meaningfully did (15 U.S.C. § 1692e(3)).
• It may not sue you in a court far from where you live or signed the contract (15 U.S.C. § 1692i).
• It may not threaten a lawsuit it doesn't intend to file, or one barred by limitations (15 U.S.C. § 1692e(5)).
• It may not call you more than seven times in seven days about one debt (12 C.F.R. § 1006.14(b)(2)).

We did not find a CFPB enforcement action against Selip & Stylianou or Cohen & Slamowitz. For problems with a collection law firm, see our Texas FDCPA attorneys page.

We Sue Debt Collectors That Break the FDCPA

Texas Debt Law files Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuits against debt collectors in federal court for consumers in Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia and Colorado. If Selip & Stylianou or anyone collecting for it harassed you, misstated what you owe, threatened action it could not take, or told others about your debt, you may have a claim. A court can order a collector that violated the FDCPA to pay your actual damages, up to $1,000 in additional statutory damages, and your attorney's fees and costs (15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)). An FDCPA claim generally must be filed within one year of the violation (§ 1692k(d)), so keep your letters, call logs, voicemails and screenshots, and talk to us early. Texas residents may also have claims under the Texas Debt Collection Act. Learn more from our FDCPA attorneys.

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Or start your free case evaluation online. No lawyer can promise a result; every claim depends on its facts and proof.

Sources

• Selip & Stylianou: home page (offices, phones, debt collector notice)
• BBB business profile: Selip & Stylianou, LLP (former name, start date)
• NYC DCWP license record 2045186-DCA (NYC Open Data)
• CFPB enforcement actions search
• CFPB Consumer Complaint Database: Selip & Stylianou, LLP, debt collection

This profile is general information compiled from public sources, not legal advice, and it does not state or imply that Selip & Stylianou has violated any law. Company details change; tell us if something here is out of date.