JDB's Lawyer calls himself "direct assignee" in discovery requests, any thoughts?

[MustangGrrL027]

I propounded my discovery requests upon the JDB's lawyer and their responses were interesting. Specifically, the lawyer who responded to my Interrogatories, presented himself as the answerer and named himself "direct assignee".

As it is my understanding, Interrogatories are expected to be "Verified" as they are under oath. Therefore, the JDB should have provided a verification with the response. None was included.

Any ideas on why an attorney would hold himself out to be a "direct assignee"?

Here's the question and answer, with removed specifics:

1. State the name(s), business address(es) and job title(s) or capacity(ies) of the officer(s), employee(s) or agent(s) answering or providing any information used to answer each Interrogatory.

Answer:

Attorneys Name, Address, Telephone Number, Attorney at Law, Direct assignee.

[BV80]

An assignee can be a collection agency to whom the OC has contracted to collect a debt, or it can be a debt purchaser.

Usually an attorney would not call himself an assignee unless he is the debt collector (some law firms collect debts as well as represent OCs and JDBs in court), or his firm purchased the debt. If he's simply counsel for the Plaintiff and nothing else, I don't understand why he'd call himself the direct assignee. Worth looking into.

[MustangGrrL027]

An assignee can be a collection agency to whom the OC has contracted to collect a debt, or it can be a debt purchaser.

Usually an attorney would not call himself an assignee unless he is the debt collector (some law firms collect debts as well as represent OCs and JDBs in court), or his firm purchased the debt. If he's simply counsel for the Plaintiff and nothing else, I don't understand why he'd call himself the direct assignee. Worth looking into.

the jdb is the one suing me and they are using the name JBD AS ASSIGNEE OF xxxxxx. Their lawyer is a debt collector, but is acting as their attorney in the suit. So, im finding it quite weird why they are saying "Direct assignee" for the attorney.