Houston boutique law firm that handles only freight collections and payment disputes, including demand letters, broker bond claims and litigation, with bilingual English and Spanish service.
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Who it serves
Overview
Freight Collection Solutions Law Group, PLLC is a Houston law firm that describes itself as a boutique firm "dedicated exclusively to freight collections" and transportation payment disputes. Because it is a law firm rather than a collection agency, it can send demand letters on attorney letterhead, file broker bond claims and take a case to court without handing it off.
The firm serves carriers, brokers, shippers and logistics companies nationwide, with a particular focus on Texas, and it offers service in both English and Spanish. Its home page reports more than $26 million recovered across more than 1,800 matters, stated as gross recoveries before attorney fees and costs.
Founder and managing attorney Cristina Belaval is described as a transportation attorney with more than 20 years of legal experience.
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Services
The firm's freight collections practice covers unpaid freight invoices, recovered through demand letters, negotiated settlements and litigation when needed. It handles claims against a broker's BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust fund when a broker fails to pay, and its site points out that bond proceeds are limited and may face competing claims, so timing matters.
Other practice areas include multi-shipment debt collection, insolvency collections when a broker or shipper goes under or files for bankruptcy, advice on FMCSA-related broker obligations and carrier protections, double brokering and fraudulent freight activity, factoring and payment disputes, contract review and commercial litigation for freight non-payment.
When the firm wins a judgment, it also handles enforcement and post-judgment recovery.
Who it is for
The firm lists carriers, freight brokers, shippers, logistics companies, owner-operators, small and midsize carriers and national logistics companies as clients. Spanish-speaking owner-operators and small fleets may find the bilingual service especially useful.
A law firm is a good fit when a claim is likely to need formal legal action, when the debtor disputes liability, or when several parties may share it. The firm's site notes that liability can fall on a broker, shipper, consignee or several parties depending on the contracts.
Carriers with a broker that has failed may also want a lawyer to file a bond claim quickly, before other claimants use up the bond.
How working with them works
The firm describes a four-step process. First, it evaluates the claim and reviews documents, such as rate confirmations, bills of lading, proof of delivery and any agreements governing the shipment. Second, it builds a recovery plan, which may include pre-litigation collection. Third, it negotiates and, if needed, takes legal action. Fourth, it resolves the matter and enforces any judgment.
The site offers a free case review. It does not publish its fee arrangements, so ask whether the firm will work on contingency, an hourly rate, a flat fee or a mix, and who pays court costs.
The firm's office is at 801 Travis Street in downtown Houston, and it publishes a blog and a podcast on freight collection topics.
Questions to ask before you sign
How will you bill this matter: contingency percentage, hourly, flat fee or a hybrid? Who pays filing fees and court costs if the case is lost?
Is there a minimum claim size that makes legal action worth it, and what do you recommend for a small single invoice?
If my debtor is a broker, how fast can you file against its BMC-84 surety bond or BMC-85 trust, and what happens if the bond is already used up by other claims?
Is my claim still inside the federal deadline to sue for interstate freight charges, generally 18 months after the claim accrues under 49 U.S.C. 14705?
Which state bars are your attorneys admitted to, and will you need local counsel if my debtor is outside Texas?
How often will you report on the case, and who will be my point of contact?
Company background
Freight Collection Solutions Law Group, PLLC is based at 801 Travis Street, Suite 2101, Houston, Texas 77002. The firm does not publish a founding year.
Founder Cristina Belaval's bio says she was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in December 2015 and is also admitted in Puerto Rico and before several federal courts, including the US Supreme Court and the First and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals. She holds a J.D. magna cum laude from Inter American University School of Law, an LL.M. from the University of Houston Law Center and a B.S. from Boston College's Carroll School of Management. Before founding the firm, she built a commercial litigation practice.
The firm's team page also lists Magaly Sanchez, Valeria Rodriguez and Regne Ann Fernandez.
Sources
Information compiled from public sources. Last verified November 2026. Confirm details directly with the company.
