Our bankruptcy attorney will not return our messages?
Husband lost his job – we’re now on one salary and barely scraping by as it is. We are now so far behind on our debt bills and none of our creditors are willing to work with us, so we’ve decided to file for bankruptcy. We located a bankruptcy attorney and he gave us a list of things to get together and to complete an online credit counseling course. While getting our things together he was quick to respond to our questions. We sent all our documents to him last week (tax info, payment stubs, bank statements) and now he won’t call or email us back. Should we assume that he’s not going to assist us? Could this be a scam and he’s planning on wiping us out using the info we gave him? We looked him up in our state’s Bar Association and he was on there. What should we do?
First, if you are in that much trouble, there isnt anything to "wipe out."…
Attorneys not returning calls is a common problem. Most likely he already filed the bankruptcy, but you can’t be sure. I would call him again and leave a message saying that you need to hear back or you are going to have to contact the bar association. This is likely to get you a call back.
May 16th, 2010 at 2:13 pm