Patricia,
I think you are being really harsh on Kevin and attorney's in general.

When I went to Dun and Bradstreet and they were unable to collect for me (in 2004) they turned it over to one of their attorney's in Ga since the client was in that state.
He attempted to collect the debt for me and was unable to. However he was very upfront with me and told me since I didn't have a signed contract with my client my chances of winning in court were about 5%, he told me what his fee's would be and he also told me that it would be a jury trial and my word against her's.
He was very honest with me and I chose not to take her to court. So Dun and Bradstreet put it on her company credit.

Kevin has given alot of very good advice on SOT and I, as I am sure many others, respect him, and yes he is an attorney.

Your statement about attorney's is nasty and uncalled for and a HUGE generality.. That would be like saying because 20% of the abstractors are scum bags and undercutting  and stealing clients, the entire abstracting profession is bad and are scumbags, which would also not be a true statement now would it?

There are good guys and bad guys in every profession, including our's.
And Kevin is correct. There are alot of abstractor's moaning about non-paying clients and doing nothing about it, read the forums over the last year.
Then there are a bunch who don't stand idly by when clients do not pay them, and actually do something about it.
If companies out there KNEW that we as a group are going to take action on them if they don't pay,  then maybe the tide would change.