Fullerton Bankruptcy Attorney – Fullerton Chapter 13 Attorney
As a Fullerton bankruptcy attorney, I see that a down economy leads to the growth of businesses attempting to take advantage of those in dire financial straights. One of these businesses is the “bankruptcy petition preparer.” This service is essentially a typing service. No joke, a typing service. They will provide you with the bankruptcy petition, you will fill it out by hand and they will retype your answers.
The motto of this industry is that you don’t need a lawyer. Well, I cannot begin to tell you how many bankruptcy petitions have been messed up by these document preparers. You must understand that no one at these services can give you legal advice. They can’t represent you in court. They cannot go to your meeting of creditors. They cannot advise on how to properly schedule your assets and liabilities. All of these things require the knowledge and experience of a Fullerton bankruptcy attorney. If you do not have an attorney, you will be responsible for knowing how to navigate through all these steps. I can assure you, it is not easy.
Further, one of the worst things you can do is hire one of these bankruptcy petition companies and then hire a lawyer. Depending on how many mistakes the document preparer makes, the bankruptcy attorney will be forced to charge you more than normal in order to correct all the errors. In the long run, this could cost you thousands of dollars more than you would have normally paid.
What happens then if they do make a mistake? Well, they will tell you that they advised you in the beginning that they were not attorneys and could not give you legal advice. In essence, they will just abandon you.
We understand that times are difficult but there is no reason to make them even more difficult. We want you to call a Fullerton bankruptcy attorney first and get your “fresh start” the first time. This is not the time to be making poor decisions in order to save a couple hundred dollars when it could cost you thousands of dollars in the long run. At the Law Office of Harold D. Thompson we have helped thousands of people just like you get the financial peace of mind they deserve. Don’t let another day go by with creditor harassment and mounting debt. Call our office TODAY at 1.888.665.8330 for a free confidential consultation or find out how you can become a client right now!
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