Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit August 18, 2008, 07-3964 (Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich LPA)

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Karen L. Jerman filed an action challenging the debt-collection practices of the law firm Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich (“Carlisle”), and Adrienne S. Foster, an attorney employed by Carlisle, (collectively, “Defendants”). Jer-man claims that Defendants violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C.