Bankruptcy

When The U.S. Trustee's Office Strikes!

By Joseph McDaniel, Esq.

Now, that makes it sound as though the poor devils are close relatives of John Dillinger, but it's not like that.

It's more like they flunked the means test by five dollars a month.

Or fifty cents.

Either way, they now get to communicate with the lawyer who filed the pleadings to dismiss the case, and try to explain why their case shouldn't be dismissed (not an easy pitch for a non-lawyer to make to a lawyer), or they get to try to convert their case to one under Chapter 13 (with a five-year payment plan), or they get to appear in Court against an experienced lawyer for the U.S. Trustee's Office who goes to Court on these issues several times a week.

Not a lot of fun choices.

Previously I had told my phone guys that I didn't want to talk to people who had already messed up their cases, especially if they had filed without a lawyer, because that's just a bad idea, you know?

I've changed my mind; at this point, my plan is to set 'em up for a quick phone call and see if there's a way that I can easily fix their problems, or send them to an experienced bankruptcy lawyer who is a better fit, if I'm the wrong tool for the job.

But three in one day? What are the odds?

NOTHING HERE CONSTITUTES LEGAL ADVICE RE A CHAPTER 7, CHAPTER 13, CHAPTER 11, OR CHAPTER 12. FIND AN ARIZONA BANKRUPTCY LAWYER WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN BANKRUPTCY LAW, AV RATED, AVVO 10 RATED, ON SUPERLAWYERS, OR JUST VERY EXPERIENCED AND A FORMER CHAIR OF SOME BANKRUPTCY SECTION OR COMMITTEE. NOTHING HERE MAY BE USED AS LEGAL ADVICE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BANKRUPTCY, WHETHER THAT BANKRUPTCY IS IN PHOENIX, GLENDALE, TEMPE, MESA, SCOTTSDALE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

Full post as published by Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney Blog on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).