Comments on: Our Bankruptcy Attorney does not tell us anything!? http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything Consider All Your Options | Free Tips, Q&A and Online Resources Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:20:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: questionable reality http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything/comment-page-1#comment-5800 questionable reality Sat, 08 May 2010 09:38:07 +0000 http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything#comment-5800 First off, you really should attend you first 341 (creditors) hearing. If you are not satisfied with your attorney, you need to petition the court to allow you to change counsel now. Contact the trustee. The court will eventually authorize the final payment to your lawyer after the case is closed. After the court pays the lawyer, it's too late to complain, or to sue your lawyer for legal malpractice if you were to lose everything in bankruptcy. First off, you really should attend you first 341 (creditors) hearing. If you are not satisfied with your attorney, you need to petition the court to allow you to change counsel now. Contact the trustee. The court will eventually authorize the final payment to your lawyer after the case is closed. After the court pays the lawyer, it’s too late to complain, or to sue your lawyer for legal malpractice if you were to lose everything in bankruptcy.

]]> By: Wrong! http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything/comment-page-1#comment-5799 Wrong! Sat, 08 May 2010 09:38:07 +0000 http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything#comment-5799 dump her and get another! The bottom line is she is not going to be in tuned and prepared for your case as she should be. Maybe you are being paranoid, but good customer service still dictates calling your client back. i had a similar thing happen on a case. I should have gotten another attorney and felt this person had my case for 8 weeks, no way another could learn it in a week. Went to court, my lawyer apparently read the file in the car and interviewed me again for 15 minutes before the trial. When the trail started, in 5 minutes I knew I was doomed. he wasn't prepared, and i was found guilty. the point is the creditors rep is going to be ready. your attorney thinking that all cases are the same is going to get you screwed. dump her and get another! The bottom line is she is not going to be in tuned and prepared for your case as she should be. Maybe you are being paranoid, but good customer service still dictates calling your client back. i had a similar thing happen on a case. I should have gotten another attorney and felt this person had my case for 8 weeks, no way another could learn it in a week. Went to court, my lawyer apparently read the file in the car and interviewed me again for 15 minutes before the trial. When the trail started, in 5 minutes I knew I was doomed. he wasn’t prepared, and i was found guilty. the point is the creditors rep is going to be ready. your attorney thinking that all cases are the same is going to get you screwed.

]]> By: fukinluckyfuker http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything/comment-page-1#comment-5798 fukinluckyfuker Sat, 08 May 2010 09:38:07 +0000 http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything#comment-5798 Document your attempts to contact your attorney. Then call your state bar association. One call from them to your attorney should resolve her service levels to you, permanently. Document your attempts to contact your attorney. Then call your state bar association. One call from them to your attorney should resolve her service levels to you, permanently.

]]> By: Studly http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything/comment-page-1#comment-5797 Studly Sat, 08 May 2010 09:38:07 +0000 http://whentofilebankruptcy.org/our-bankruptcy-attorney-does-not-tell-us-anything#comment-5797 I've helped out a number of people in debt situations....this is not an unusual problem. You are paying your attorney to advise you. If they won't even return your calls then they are not helping you. They get their pay through the bankruptcy process, so with the exception of the money you gave them to file, that's all they have earned. Fire the attorney and get a new one! Then send the local bar association a letter to protect his lack of representation. The creditors meeting is a MUST ATTEND! If you do not show up, your bankruptcy will be dismissed. Good luck. There are a lot of very poor attorneys out there, and there simply is no excuse for an attorney not to spend 5 minutes returning your call and answering some basic questions. I’ve helped out a number of people in debt situations….this is not an unusual problem.

You are paying your attorney to advise you. If they won’t even return your calls then they are not helping you.

They get their pay through the bankruptcy process, so with the exception of the money you gave them to file, that’s all they have earned. Fire the attorney and get a new one!

Then send the local bar association a letter to protect his lack of representation.

The creditors meeting is a MUST ATTEND! If you do not show up, your bankruptcy will be dismissed.

Good luck. There are a lot of very poor attorneys out there, and there simply is no excuse for an attorney not to spend 5 minutes returning your call and answering some basic questions.

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