Brick, NJ Bankruptcy Law Firms & Lawyers

If you are seeing a doctor as a result of a personal injury case, it is likely that the doctor has a lien on the medical records that your pi attorney will need in order to submit your claim to the insurance company. The lien will have to get paid out of the settlement check before you will become entitled to any portion of the settlement. Depending on the size of your settlement, state law does limit how much you can keep. Check with your attorney before filing, but you may be very disappointed to find that if you file bankruptcy, a lot of your settlement will have to be paid to the Bankruptcy Trustee to be used to pay your debts.

Three choices 1. Take your lumps and do nothing 2. Work it out with the buyer 3. Get help. Without the docs it is hard to say if you have a security interest in the personal property. If there is a UCC1 and a financing statement, you do and can recover the property from the new buyer. If not, remember that the school of hard knocks has high tuition. Most problems that lawyers see could have been fixed for $250 if the lawyer is involved prior to the event. After, it can cost thousands. Look on the bright side, you saved $ by not hiring a lawyer in the first place to do it right.

A lawyer's fee must always be reasonable. $995 is far too much to pay for an initial consultation. You should get a refund of most of what you paid. If lawyer refuses, complain to the State Bar disciplinary committee.