Where the Illinois Credit Collection Act provides an exemption, freeing licensed attorneys from the requirements of the act, such an exemption includes law firms. The Illinois Appellate Court, 1st District, 6th Division, affirmed a decision by Cook County Circuit Judge LeRoy K. Martin Jr. The Illinois Collection Agency Act established a requirement that “persons or legal entities seeking to engage in the practice of debt collection” must register themselves with the state. The same act held that …