What should I look for when seeking a bankruptcy attorney?

I don't think you have to evaluate a bankruptcy attorney, per se. They usually come by word of mouth with a good reputation. Talk to your financial advisor at your bank, he/she should know of reputable bankruptcy attorneys used by others with success.

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MacrameOwl, my answer to you was from experience, not just off the cuff. In what way did you find it not helpful? You asked a question and it seemed you were looking for advice because you knew nothing about these attorneys.

Would you care to explain yourself? Evaluating a professional is done on a personal level, we can't tell you how to.

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There isn't much to know about filing for bankruptcy for an individual. You might want to spend some time online learning about all the ways and for long different credit will be unavailable to you.

I myself would look for the cheapest, because nowhere is it cheap, especially when you are broke or almost broke.

Do you have a complicated case? You can go and set around bankruptcy court a few times listening to some. Ask how many cases they handled last year.

I will make my observations, there is little way, and even the best make errors at time. I watched 10 at work a couple of years ago, 6 of the 10 had some filings rejected for either not supplying needed info or having incorrectly done. I interviewed 4 with a set of questions I had the correct answer given me by the bankruptcy judge on new laws, all 4 that I talked to were wrong in their answers to me.

Most take the info from you, and getting you to be honest and give them all of the correct info and douments is the hardest part. They give this to their staff of clerks who enter it into a bankruptcy program that actually prints all the forms.

As long as none of the lenders objects, there are normally no issues at all.

Thanks.