Bankruptcy Attorneys
We charge one flat fee for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Filings -- It is $999.* The only addiional cost is $100 if joint filing by a couple, and the court's fee of $306 charged by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court! Our flat pricing Includes pre-bankruptcy advice & planning, preparation of petition and schedules, review of your petition and schedules with an attorney, and having an attorney go with you to court for the Section 341 Meeting (Trustee hearing).
Bankruptcy, Business Dissolution, Work-Outs
Most Businesses DO NOT Need to File Bankruptcy If They Fail. Neighborhood Law Office Handles Dissolution of Businesses Outside Bankruptcy For a Fraction of The Cost of a Chapter 11.
Bankruptcy
Our Founding Fathers understood business – and economies. They knew that sometimes no matter how hard you try, things just don’t work out. Thomas Jefferson went bankrupt. Several signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution filed bankruptcy. That is why the right to file bankruptcy was written into the Constitution of the United States of America – it is literally a Constitutional Right. Do not listen to bill collectors or “credit counselors” who tell you that bankruptcy is bad for you, but cannot explain why except to say that it will ruin your credit. These statements are usually just wrong. Think about it. If you are already late on your bills, mortgage or credit cards, then your credit is already being ruined. Often a bankruptcy filing will immediately raise a credit score and make the debtor eligible for a home or car loan after filing. In addition to bankruptcy, small businesses can often achieve the same results as a bankruptcy through a business dissolution – which is far cheaper and less time consuming.
And yes, we do Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petitions and Filings. We do not charge extra to have an attorney go to the Section 341 Meeting (Trustee Hearing) with you! Our price for a single Chapter 7 filing is $999! The only other costs are $100 if it is a joint filing by a couple, and the court's filing fee of $306 which everyone has to pay. This is part of our commitment to you to provide Legal Services At A Price You Can Afford!™
Business Dissolution, Winding Up or Closing a Business
There is a much less costly alternative to bankruptcy for businesses. A business can often achieve the same results as a bankruptcy through a business dissolution – which is far cheaper and far less time consuming.
In these uncertain times businesses face unprecedented challenges and many will simply not survive the absence of lines of credit, loans and sales turndown. However, PLANNING for a closing well in advance is much better than just letting things happen. Owners can be compensated, some loans (expecially to relatives or close investors might be repaid), employees can be treated humanely -- but ONLY with thoughtful and intelligent planning for the worst. Planning for a failure in these times is prudent, because even if your business survives, the process will allow the owner to obtain objective advice regarding the current operations, debt, employeement and real estate factors of the business, and might JUST BE the thing that makes the difference between failure and survival. Neighborhood Law Office can help owners through this process without adding the burden of excessive legal fees to the burden you already face.
Plan Ahead
If you think you may be headed for a bankrutpcy, or that your business may have to close DO NOT WAIT until those things are inevitable, or worse, until you have already begun missing mortgage payments or your business doors are shut. Talking with an experienced Neighborhood Law Office attorney about options, including ideas on fixing or changing debts or obligations, may well prevent the worse. Even if you later have to file bankruptcy or close the business, the planning that we will help you with will insure that you come out of the bankruptcy or failure in the best possible shape.
