Tenaglia & Hunt, P.A. is a law firm whose practice includes consumer collections, commercial collections and business litigation, with offices in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Maryland and North Carolina.
- Type
- Collection law firm
- Also known as
- Tenaglia & Hunt, P.A.; Tenaglia & Hunt, PA
- Collects
- consumer debts for financial services and fintech clients, healthcare accounts, commercial accounts
- Phone numbers it lists
- (866) 723-0578, (855) 396-4234, (201) 820-6001
- Website
- tenagliahunt.com
186 debt collection complaints were sent to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about Tenaglia & Hunt, PA 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 Tenaglia & Hunt?
Tenaglia & Hunt, P.A. is a law firm that lists three practice areas on its website: consumer collections, commercial collections and business litigation. The industries it says it serves are financial services, fintech, healthcare, international trade, and professional and business services. It describes itself as a paperless firm and offers services in English and Spanish.
The firm's contact page lists offices in Rochelle Park, New Jersey (365 West Passaic Street, Suite 405); New York City; Wilmington, Delaware; Rockville, Maryland (which also serves Virginia and Washington, D.C.); and Durham, North Carolina. It asks that all correspondence and payments go to the Rochelle Park address. Its published numbers include (866) 723-0578 toll-free, (201) 820-6001, and a payment line at (855) 396-4234. The website also has pages for disputes, requests and judgment payoff requests. We did not find a CFPB enforcement action against Tenaglia & Hunt.
Why Tenaglia & Hunt May Be Contacting You
A collection law firm usually becomes involved after a creditor has decided that letters and calls from an agency are not enough. Contact from Tenaglia & Hunt may be:
- a demand letter for a lender, fintech company or healthcare provider, sometimes before any suit;
- a lawsuit (summons and complaint) filed in one of the states where the firm practices; or
- post-judgment collection, which is why its website includes a judgment payoff request form.
If you're not sure whether there's a case, search the court records in the county where you lived when the debt went unpaid, or ask the firm for the case number in writing.
How to Check a Debt Tenaglia & Hunt Says You Owe
- A law firm acting as a debt collector must send the same validation information as any agency (15 U.S.C. § 1692g; 12 C.F.R. § 1006.34). Use the dispute deadline on that notice.
- Identify the client. For fintech loans, the lender on your app or agreement may differ from the bank that legally made the loan, and the account may since have been sold. Ask who owns it now.
- Ask for the signed agreement or electronic acceptance records, the payment history and the charge-off statement.
- If there's a judgment, get a payoff that separates the judgment amount, post-judgment interest and costs, and check it against the court record.
- For debts not yet in court, consider the limitations period. Texas generally allows four years (Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.004), and debt buyers can't sue on time-barred consumer debt in Texas (Tex. Fin. Code § 392.307). The states where this firm practices each have their own rules.
What Tenaglia & Hunt Can and Can't Do
The Supreme Court held in Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291 (1995), that lawyers who regularly collect consumer debts, including through litigation, are "debt collectors" under the FDCPA. For a firm like this one, that means:
- It must file any suit in the judicial district where you live or signed the contract (15 U.S.C. § 1692i).
- It may not claim fees or interest in a complaint or payoff that the contract or law doesn't allow (15 U.S.C. § 1692f(1)).
- Its letters must not imply meaningful attorney involvement that didn't happen (15 U.S.C. § 1692e(3)).
- If you're represented and the firm knows it, it must deal with your lawyer (15 U.S.C. § 1692c(a)(2)).
If you've been sued, see our debt lawsuit questions about deadlines and answers. Concerns about the firm's conduct can be reviewed by our FDCPA attorneys.
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 Tenaglia & Hunt 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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Sources
- Tenaglia & Hunt: Home
- Tenaglia & Hunt: Contact us
- CFPB enforcement actions search
- CFPB Consumer Complaint Database: Tenaglia & Hunt, PA, debt collection
This profile is general information compiled from public sources, not legal advice, and it does not state or imply that Tenaglia & Hunt has violated any law. Company details change; tell us if something here is out of date.