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Founded in 1935 by Harry Protas, the firm was established primarily
as a business-oriented collection practice in the District of Columbia.
Mr. Protas developed an expertise in the field of collection and
commercial law, as well as in the related areas of bankruptcy, foreclosure,
repossession and creditors' rights. For many years, Mr. Protas was
considered to be the premier local practitioner in the District
of Columbia in those areas of the law.
During the latter part of the 1960's
and the beginning of the 1970's, the firm  expanded
from sole practitioner, to a firm consisting of several attorneys
focusing on creditors rights. Although collections and commercial
litigation remain the firms principal area of practice, Protas,
Spivok & Collins, LLC has expanded over the past twenty years into
nearly all aspects of civil litigation, construction law, landlord
and tenant and transactional banking work. Our bankruptcy and foreclosure
departments have become more sophisticated as a result of our decision
to employ attorneys with expertise in those areas and to permit
them to expand that expertise by practicing primarily within these
areas of the law.
Having retained our collection, commercial
and banking practice for more than fifty years, we are most proud
of our longtime representation of many area banks, public utilities,
health-care practitioners, finance companies and retail merchants.
Our service area includes the District of Columbia, Maryland, Northern
Virginia and - if necessary - association with attorneys in other
geographic areas throughout the
country. Our commercial attorneys are experienced in handling many
areas of banking law, from transactional work to loan workouts,
foreclosures, bankruptcy litigation and the like. Protas, Spivok
& Collins, LLC presently employs more than fifteen full-time personnel,
including two principals, associate attorneys and a compliment of
paralegals, legal secretaries, collectors, skip tracers and support
personnel. Our office administrator, Diane L. Spivok, is intimately
involved in the administrative process of daily operations and client
communication, where any matters pertaining to billing or informational
exchange are necessary. We maintain both an office-wide and individual
attorney calendar-control system for purposes of avoiding trial
conflicts and ensuring that each client's matter is handled on a
timely basis.
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