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L. Dominic Chacon

5.0
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4.8
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5.0
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Dixon & Daley, LLP

4.3
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Bordeaux Law, P.C.

4.9
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Johnson Oakleaf, APC

4.9
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Olson Law Firm

4.7
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Varner & Brandt LLP

4.6
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Larson & Gaston, LLP

4.7
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Drorit Raiter
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Lurie & Associates

4.3
52 Reviews
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Robert E. Lewis
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Bankruptcy lawyers help individuals and businesses find relief from overwhelming debt. They analyze your financial situation and guide you through processes like Chapter 7 liquidation or Chapter 13 reorganization. Their goal is to stop creditor harassment, protect your assets, and provide a legal path to a fresh financial start.

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Commonly Asked Bankruptcy Questions From Users Near You

This information is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. It is provided for general informational purposes only. If you need legal advice you should consult a licensed attorney in your area.

If someone is filing ch7 and has a car worth $16,000 but only $11,000. of it can be saved, is the Trustee likely to take the entire car, or will they

Answered by attorney David L. Gibbs
Bankruptcy lawyer at The Gibbs Law Firm, APC
Anonymous, It depends upon the judicial district in which you are filing, the trustees in your particular jurisdiction and the specific trustee you draw for your case. Some trustees will be aggressive about this - either you pay-into your bankruptcy the equivalent of your non-exempt equity, or they will force the sale of the asset; others will recognize that the net to your creditors will be nominal-to-non-existent, and as such take no steps. First, you may wish to look at your exemptions to be sure that you've spread the wildcard exemption out in such a way as to make all assets unattractive to a trustee to administer. Second, you should prepare and be ready to provide the trustee a liquidation analysis - something showing the trustee that to liquidate this car, he'll spend $X of the non-exempt equity on hiring a broker to sell the car, $X on his commission, and that the net to creditors will be nominal. As stated above - some trustees won't care and may push you to pay in the full $5,000, others can be swayed with a good liquidation analysis. Lastly, I've seen some courts offer to let a Debtor buy their non-exempt assets with payments, but it is usually over a very, very short period of time - less-than 12 months at best, with the best trustee I've encountered. Check with your bankruptcy attorney to see what the local practice is. If you don't have an attorney, you'll need one with the issue of non-exempt equity on the table. David L. Gibbs, Esq.The Gibbs Law Firm, APCSan Clemente, Californiadavid.gibbs@gibbslaw.com *Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, The Gibbs Law Firm, APC's (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. Further, information you provide to the Firm through this website is not confidential - it is available publicly to anyone visiting this website. The Firm shall have no obligation to keep the information you provide herein confidential in any context. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence. As required by 11 U.S.C. §528, we must now disclose that, "We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code. Assistance we provide with respect to Debt Relief may involve bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code."
Anonymous, It depends upon the judicial district in which you are filing, the trustees in your particular jurisdiction and the specific trustee you draw for your case. Some trustees will be aggressive about this - either you pay-into your bankruptcy the equivalent of your non-exempt equity, or they will force the sale of the asset; others will recognize that the net to your creditors will be nominal-to-non-existent, and as such take no steps. First, you may wish to look at your exemptions to be sure that you've spread the wildcard exemption out in such a way as to make all assets unattractive to a trustee to administer. Second, you should prepare and be ready to provide the trustee a liquidation analysis - something showing the trustee that to liquidate this car, he'll spend $X of the non-exempt equity on hiring a broker to sell the car, $X on his commission, and that the net to creditors will be nominal. As stated above - some trustees won't care and may push you to pay in the full $5,000, others can be swayed with a good liquidation analysis. Lastly, I've seen some courts offer to let a Debtor buy their non-exempt assets with payments, but it is usually over a very, very short period of time - less-than 12 months at best, with the best trustee I've encountered. Check with your bankruptcy attorney to see what the local practice is. If you don't have an attorney, you'll need one with the issue of non-exempt equity on the table. David L. Gibbs, Esq.The Gibbs Law Firm, APCSan Clemente, Californiadavid.gibbs@gibbslaw.com *Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, The Gibbs Law Firm, APC's (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. Further, information you provide to the Firm through this website is not confidential - it is available publicly to anyone visiting this website. The Firm shall have no obligation to keep the information you provide herein confidential in any context. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence. As required by 11 U.S.C. §528, we must now disclose that, "We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code. Assistance we provide with respect to Debt Relief may involve bankruptcy relief under the Bankruptcy Code."
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Should I file personal or business bankruptcy?

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Answered by attorney Giovanni Orantes (Unclaimed Profile)
Bankruptcy lawyer at Orantes Law Firm
*You should not engage in transferring anything to anybody or wasting your retirement funds, if any*, until after you consult an experienced bankruptcy attorney. Doing so could rob you of options otherwise available to you. The short answer to your question is that you must consult an experienced attorney as soon as possible. A necessarily incomplete preview of the considerations and the law is as follows: the basic concept of bankruptcy is that you get a fresh start free of your debts in exchange for your *unexempt* assets. Assets are exempted as provided in the exemption laws of each state (or under the federal Bankruptcy laws, if applicable). The exemption laws reflect the policy decisions of each state as to what a person who wipes out debts should retain. The list in each state is quite long, but they usually include an exemption up to a certain amount for a homestead, a certain amount for one vehicle, an unlimited amount of ordinary 401K plans, etc. In the end, most people who file for bankruptcy protection retain all of their property, but people who have a lot of unexempt assets do not and may need to file under a different chapter to repay some or all of their debts over time. The bottom line is that you should consult an experienced business and consumer bankruptcy attorney. You may contact us at 213-389-4362 or from gobklaw.com for a free initial in-person consultation.
*You should not engage in transferring anything to anybody or wasting your retirement funds, if any*, until after you consult an experienced bankruptcy attorney. Doing so could rob you of options otherwise available to you. The short answer to your question is that you must consult an experienced attorney as soon as possible. A necessarily incomplete preview of the considerations and the law is as follows: the basic concept of bankruptcy is that you get a fresh start free of your debts in exchange for your *unexempt* assets. Assets are exempted as provided in the exemption laws of each state (or under the federal Bankruptcy laws, if applicable). The exemption laws reflect the policy decisions of each state as to what a person who wipes out debts should retain. The list in each state is quite long, but they usually include an exemption up to a certain amount for a homestead, a certain amount for one vehicle, an unlimited amount of ordinary 401K plans, etc. In the end, most people who file for bankruptcy protection retain all of their property, but people who have a lot of unexempt assets do not and may need to file under a different chapter to repay some or all of their debts over time. The bottom line is that you should consult an experienced business and consumer bankruptcy attorney. You may contact us at 213-389-4362 or from gobklaw.com for a free initial in-person consultation.
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Can the trustee assign her avoidance powers to me, the creditor, or to the debtor?

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Answered by attorney Ronald K. Nims (Unclaimed Profile)
Bankruptcy lawyer at Ronald K. Nims
The trustee's avoidance power isn't created by the bankruptcy law, the bankruptcy law merely allows the trustee to use (if she/he so chooses) the avoidance power that the creditor already has under state law. So, the way you, as a creditor, would use your avoidance power is to request that the bankruptcy court lift the automatic stay and allow you to pursue your avoidance power in state court. Of course, the trustee could block this motion, if she/he intends to use the avoidance power in the bankruptcy. Now it might seem that the trustee is abandoning a significant interest in the house, however, the debtor has a $132,000 exemption for his homestead interest - his equity is less than that, there is no interest that you can take as a creditor.
The trustee's avoidance power isn't created by the bankruptcy law, the bankruptcy law merely allows the trustee to use (if she/he so chooses) the avoidance power that the creditor already has under state law. So, the way you, as a creditor, would use your avoidance power is to request that the bankruptcy court lift the automatic stay and allow you to pursue your avoidance power in state court. Of course, the trustee could block this motion, if she/he intends to use the avoidance power in the bankruptcy. Now it might seem that the trustee is abandoning a significant interest in the house, however, the debtor has a $132,000 exemption for his homestead interest - his equity is less than that, there is no interest that you can take as a creditor.
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