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You are free to contact the creditor or its law firm (it may insist that you work through its law firm) and try to negotiate a pay-off. If you offer anything less than 100%, they have the right to say "no".

If you believe you have defenses to the debt, by all means consult a local lawyer.
Are such calls viewed as admissions of guilt by the court?

Since this debt has changed hands ~10 times, I'm wondering exactly how much evidence they have to present at discovery. If the file was tight, I would have expected one of the many previous firms who held it to pursue legal action earlier.