About The Consumer Law Office of Steve Hofer

Steve Hofer has been practicing consumer law in Indiana for more than 20 years. He is a former Indiana State Chairperson of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, a national organization of attorneys striving for fairness in the consumer marketplace. Contact me by phone at 317-662-4529 or via email at hoferlawindyATgmail.com. You can also leave a message through my website at www.hoferlawindy.com.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Have You been sued in Indiana by Velocity Investments LLC? You really should read this.

 Our office was recently called by two different people who were sued by Velocity Investments LLC. When multiple people call us having been sued by the same party, I look into it because it is a sign that that party is suing a lot more people.  That is absolutely the case with Velocity Investments.

When I looked at Indiana's court website, I found that Velocity Investments filed about  775 lawsuits from May 1 to July 2, 2026.  That's just in one medium-sized state.  According to Google Gemini, they operate in all 50 states. They have been busy beavers. In Indiana, Velocity usually uses the Cleveland, Ohio-based collection law firm Javitch Block LLC (formerly known as Javitch, Block & Rathbone, LLP).  Those folks at Javitch Block have been busy beavers.  

Thanks to the filed complaints being available online, I looked at a handful of the cases filed, and in all of the ones that I looked at the consumers that were sued have a reasonable defense.  In a lot of cases, these are assigned accounts without proof of assignment.  In the one case we are actively litigating we demanded proof of assignment in discovery, and Velocity failed to provide it.  In other cases the cases involve amounts that are impractical for plaintiffs to litigate through arbitration, yet they are covered by arbitration agreements.  It is often worthwhile to use their arbitration clauses against them.  Finally, in any consumer debt defense case, there is always a chance that the creditor will take less than the amount claimed, and even less than the amount owed, in exchange for quicker payment.

The bottom line is don't assume that there is nothing you can do when you are sued by Velocity Investments, LLC.  Contact our law firm, Hofer Hagan, LLP.  Go to our website, www.hoferhagan.com. You can also call at 317-349-0887 and leave a message for our consumer attorney, Michelle Alyea.  

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