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I was curious to see how many BK's my attorney has filed last month. He did over 100. Has anyone every checked the amount their attorney does in a month?
Our lawyer has about 20 cases so far this year. A couple of other lawyers we spoke with have had close to a hundred each. However, both of those lawyers seem to indicate that they would push us into a 13 as soon as they found out we were above median. Most of their cases were below-median Ch 7 cases
Our lawyer has about 20 cases so far this year. A couple of other lawyers we spoke with have had close to a hundred each. However, both of those lawyers seem to indicate that they would push us into a 13 as soon as they found out we were above median. Most of their cases were below-median Ch 7 cases
You can check your local courthouse or maybe library to see if they offer it for free.
It showed each case, names of those filing and you can check their cases from there. All the cases were C7's. That is what we are filing, which we are doing in June or July. We paid our attorney in full in March.
Unless you are doing this search in a known free location like the library or courthouse, be warned. If you do this search on your home computer, hundreds of pages at $0.08/page could come rolling in. BE VERY CAREFUL or you could end up with quite a PACER bill
Also filing a large number of cases doesn't necessarily mean the lawyer is the best lawyer for you to choose for your particular situation. Filing a large number of cases could also mean that the lawyer is overwhelmed and won't have much time to give you any attention or answer questions in a timely manner. Just something to keep in mind....
I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice nor a statement of the law - only a lawyer can provide those.
06/01/06 - Filed Ch 13
06/28/06 - 341 Meeting
07/18/06 - Confirmation Hearing - not confirmed, 3 objections
10/05/06 - Hearing to resolve 2 trustee objections
01/24/07 - Judge dismisses mortgage company objection
09/27/07 - Confirmed at last!
06/10/11 - Trustee confirms all payments made
08/10/11 - DISCHARGED ! 10/02/11 - CASE CLOSED Countdown: 60 months paid, 0 months to go
No luck here. I couldn't find any local attorneys that I know have cases open at the district I will be filing in. I think I am doing something wrong. Oh well, maybe tomorrow I'll try again. Thanks!
Filed Chapter 7 June 4 ~ 341 July 20 ~Last day of objections Sept 18~Discharged/Closed Sept 21
Unless you are doing this search in a known free location like the library or courthouse, be warned. If you do this search on your home computer, hundreds of pages at $0.08/page could come rolling in. BE VERY CAREFUL or you could end up with quite a PACER bill
Also filing a large number of cases doesn't necessarily mean the lawyer is the best lawyer for you to choose for your particular situation. Filing a large number of cases could also mean that the lawyer is overwhelmed and won't have much time to give you any attention or answer questions in a timely manner. Just something to keep in mind....
Out of curiosity, how far back did you look for dismissals? To be honest, it takes months for a dismissal to occur, in general, and especially in a busier court. Also, even though you're filing a Ch7, look at his Ch13 dismissal rate: this is important. A no-asset Ch7 is the easiest bk there is for an atty. If you *really* want to see his competence, look at his Ch13 dismissals, and especially look for Ch13s that were dismissed for failure to make payments (esp the first!!!) and for other no-brainers, like failure to produce paystubs, failure to produce tax returns, etc.
This is a big deal, because dismissal for failure to make payments, especially if that client never made a payment, tells me that he did not educate that client well and/or shuffled the client into a 13 without consideration for the client's actual ability to pay. One or two, okay. Ten, that's a big red flag. One atty I looked at locally had some fifteen or so such dismissals over the last two years, along with a *huge* number of dismissals for failure to provide documents such as pay stubs and tax returns. That's just sloppy: both are required up front by federal law, and he had no business even filing the bk without having seen them. Again, for this particular atty, it was a mistake made *repeatedly*. So watch out for that.
On the other hand, if you looked back over a year, year and a half, and saw no dismissals, I'm indeed impressed! There were only a couple of attys that I found locally that had such a low dismissal rate... and it was their cases I chose to use as examples when I filed pro se, God bless 'em.
Good on you for doing your research!!!! I can't begin to tell you how much I wish everyone would do what you're doing now. Good luck!!!
Nolo Press book on filing Chapter 7, there are others too. (I have no affiliation with Nolo Press; just a happy customer.) Best wishes to you!
Out of curiosity, how far back did you look for dismissals? To be honest, it takes months for a dismissal to occur, in general, and especially in a busier court. Also, even though you're filing a Ch7, look at his Ch13 dismissal rate: this is important. A no-asset Ch7 is the easiest bk there is for an atty. If you *really* want to see his competence, look at his Ch13 dismissals, and especially look for Ch13s that were dismissed for failure to make payments (esp the first!!!) and for other no-brainers, like failure to produce paystubs, failure to produce tax returns, etc.
This is a big deal, because dismissal for failure to make payments, especially if that client never made a payment, tells me that he did not educate that client well and/or shuffled the client into a 13 without consideration for the client's actual ability to pay. One or two, okay. Ten, that's a big red flag. One atty I looked at locally had some fifteen or so such dismissals over the last two years, along with a *huge* number of dismissals for failure to provide documents such as pay stubs and tax returns. That's just sloppy: both are required up front by federal law, and he had no business even filing the bk without having seen them. Again, for this particular atty, it was a mistake made *repeatedly*. So watch out for that.
On the other hand, if you looked back over a year, year and a half, and saw no dismissals, I'm indeed impressed! There were only a couple of attys that I found locally that had such a low dismissal rate... and it was their cases I chose to use as examples when I filed pro se, God bless 'em.
Good on you for doing your research!!!! I can't begin to tell you how much I wish everyone would do what you're doing now. Good luck!!!
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