SPRINGFIELD — In 2010, Fred N. Blitt and a group of attorneys realized there was no one representing creditors’ law firms at the Illinois Capitol.Blitt, who was serving at the time as president of the National Association of Retail Collection Attorneys, thought this meant an opportunity to promoted “ethical and balanced” debt collection policy at the state level, not just the federal.“Consumer advocates were painting an inaccurate picture of the work we were doing in Illinois,” Blitt …