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Suppose that:
Can the attorney use that privileged information in an effort to collect on the client's legal services debt?
Yes. The lawyer can use this information.
The privilege is a privilege against involuntary disclosure to third-parties. There is a parallel duty of confidentiality not to disclose information revealed to the lawyer to third parties.
But, the lawyer is not revealing the information to third-parties in a collection capacity. And, there are exceptions to both the privilege and to the duty of confidentiality that apply in the case of disputes between lawyers and clients.
Presumably this information is "privileged."
Not necessarily. Different jurisdictions take slightly different approaches to Legal Professional Privilege but in general it relates to, and prevents the disclosure of, communications between a lawyer and the client that relate to litigation and/or legal advice. So unless the client provided the information to the lawyer for the specific purposes defined by the jurisdiction it probably isn't privileged and can be available to settle a genuine and payable debt.
