The Leviton Law Firm: Who They Are, Why They Are Calling Your Business, and What to Do

Who is The Leviton Law Firm?

The Leviton Law Firm, Ltd. is at 3 Golf Center, Suite 361, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60169. Its principal is attorney Donald Leviton. The BBB file was opened August 1, 2011; the corporation was formed November 9, 2012. The firm's own site describes a practice concentrated on commercial collection matters, litigation, asset location, bankruptcy representation for creditors, and international collections, with clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies and top United States insurance carriers to small businesses. It works on a contingency fee: no collection, no fee.

The BBB lists two related businesses: Brown and Joseph, LLC, a collections agency in Itasca, Illinois, and Richard T. Avis Attorney and Associates, LLC, a collection attorney in Chicago. If you have heard from any of those names about the same balance, they are connected.

What Leviton is not: a funder. An earlier version of this page used a merchant cash advance funder template and talked about Leviton's factor rates and reconciliation clauses. That was wrong. Leviton did not advance you money and does not set the terms of any agreement; it enforces terms a creditor already has.

Why is The Leviton Law Firm calling your business?

Because a creditor hired it. Leviton's site says it strives to resolve matters amicably but will review and recommend suit based on commercial credit scores and a credit risk analysis, and that it prosecutes debt collection civil actions in state and federal court and before arbitration and mediation forums. Its litigation menu includes replevin (repossession of collateral for secured creditors), mechanic's liens, and Uniform Commercial Code litigation, which is the family of law that governs a security interest in your receivables under a merchant cash advance agreement.

In practice the first contact is usually a call or a letter on law firm letterhead. The firm's stated preference is a negotiated workout so that the creditor and the business can keep dealing with each other. That preference is real leverage for a business owner who arrives with documentation and a realistic number.

What the BBB record shows

The BBB rates The Leviton Law Firm B and gives one reason: 21 complaints filed against the business. It is not BBB accredited. The customer reviews on the BBB profile are worth reading before you pick up the phone, because they describe the same experience from different people: an accusatory or threatening call to collect for someone else with the same name; a caller who said the recipient owed an outstanding balance from an insurance company for a company the recipient did not own, who would not send an invoice, and who said the firm does not send documents and the balance had to be paid over the phone.

Two things follow. First, wrong-party contact happens with this firm, so if the name, the company, or the debt does not match yours, say so in writing and ask for validation. Second, do not pay a business collection balance over the phone on a first call without a written statement of who the creditor is, what the agreement was, and how the figure was calculated. A legitimate creditor's counsel can produce that.

What to establish from your own paperwork

• Which creditor placed the account. Leviton represents many. The agreement with that creditor governs the balance, any personal guaranty, and any security interest.
• Whether the debt is yours. Same-name and wrong-entity calls appear in the public reviews. Match the legal entity and the tax ID, not just the trade name.
• Purchase price versus purchased amount, and what has been paid, if the balance is a merchant cash advance. Pull bank statements for every debit.
• Whether a suit has been filed. A demand letter is not a summons. A summons has a deadline, usually 20 to 30 days from service depending on the state.
• Whether a confession of judgment or personal guaranty was signed. These decide how fast a creditor can move from a claim to enforcement against you personally.

If a lawsuit has been filed

Leviton litigates; it says so. Do not ignore a summons. A default judgment for the full balance plus fees ends the negotiation and starts enforcement. Filing an answer preserves defenses and keeps a workout possible, and courts have denied creditors summary judgment when their papers could not prove the amounts claimed. If you have been served, see what to do when The Leviton Law Firm sues.

Can a balance Leviton is collecting be settled?

Often. The firm's own stated goal is an amicable settlement or workout where possible. The room is the gap between what the creditor is owed on paper and what it can realistically recover, weighed against the cost and uncertainty of suing. It narrows after a judgment. See how a balance The Leviton Law Firm is collecting can be settled, and how MCA debt relief works.

Business Debt Adjusters reviews the agreement, the payment history, and any letters or filings, and tells you what is realistic before you agree to anything.

Sources

• BBB Business Profile: The Leviton Law Firm, LTD., Hoffman Estates, IL (rating, complaints count, related businesses, reviews)
• The Leviton Law Firm company website
• The Leviton Law Firm: Litigation Services for Creditors
• Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission

Facts on this page were checked against the linked sources on September 23, 2026. Business Debt Adjusters is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or authorized to represent the company described.