How's this letter to get creditors to contact the attorney?

[jktrading]

American Express
P.O. Box 981540
El Paso, TX 79998-1540


"date"


Re: Account Number xxxx

American Express:

I am claiming bankruptcy. If you need further information, please contact my attorney. Do not contact me directly. Under CA Civil Code Section 1788.17, you may not contact me directly after I have provided you with my attorney contact information.

My attorney contact information is as follows:

xxxx

Phone: xxxx
Fax: xxxx

Does that look ok to start sending out to the creditors? Thanks.

[JRScott]

Looks okay to me

[Tbornetun]

I am wondering why your attorney is not sending these letters out for you...
Your letter looks good and should do the job. Good job.

[HHM]

I am wondering why your attorney is not sending these letters out for you...
Your letter looks good and should do the job. Good job.

It's not part of the BK package.

You don't really need to waste your time sending them letters. The thing is, since these are original creditors, they can continue to contact you until you have an actual case number.

[AngelinaCat]

Once we had retained our attorney, even though it ended up being 17 months before we filed, when a creditor called, we had the attorney's contact info taped to the hand set and told the caller to contact her at XXX-XXX-XXXX. The majority were polite, took the information and complied.

[NowImDownInIt]

My attorney's office did send letters like that to my creditors.

[Tbornetun]

It's not part of the BK package.

You don't really need to waste your time sending them letters. The thing is, since these are original creditors, they can continue to contact you until you have an actual case number.

It is part of what we do everyday at our firm. Part of the "package" I guess, we do whatever is needed to take the stress off the client. It is an obligation we feel is necessary to make the process easier for everyone. 5 minutes of our time to send a letter is worth it since it will save us time from trying to calm down a stressed client when they call us. Maybe that is why our clients aren't as stressed out as many of the other people I have seen on this board.

[jktrading]

It's not part of the BK package.

You don't really need to waste your time sending them letters. The thing is, since these are original creditors, they can continue to contact you until you have an actual case number.

I was reading that in California, apparently the original creditors are treated like third party collectors.

http://www.************************/...-stop-calling/

Atleast, so I was hoping.

[jktrading]

It is part of what we do everyday at our firm. Part of the "package" I guess, we do whatever is needed to take the stress off the client. It is an obligation we feel is necessary to make the process easier for everyone. 5 minutes of our time to send a letter is worth it since it will save us time from trying to calm down a stressed client when they call us. Maybe that is why our clients aren't as stressed out as many of the other people I have seen on this board.

That's a very reassuring attitude your firm has, nice! Our attorney did tell me about how creditors are not suppose to call us back after they hear about him.

I did interview 3 attorneys, and chose who I thought was the best for us. Hopefully, I made the correct decision. The one I chose was the only one in our county that was a "Certified Legal Specialist" in Bankruptcy Law. This was found out from my state bar's website. We have plenty of attorneys that do BK's, the others just don't have that title from the state bar.

[Mi Bankruptcy]

That's a very reassuring attitude your firm has, nice! Our attorney did tell me about how creditors are not suppose to call us back after they hear about him.

I did interview 3 attorneys, and chose who I thought was the best for us. Hopefully, I made the correct decision. The one I chose was the only one in our county that was a "Certified Legal Specialist" in Bankruptcy Law. This was found out from my state bar's website. We have plenty of attorneys that do BK's, the others just don't have that title from the state bar.

Here is what I did. Although I said recording calls.. I never recorded them. However, I will record if I get calls after I get a case # I just started using it last week and we only receive one call ( recording)

http://www.bkforum.com/showthread.php?t=27825