Consumer Bankruptcy: The Complete Guide to Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Personal Bankruptcy

Maximize your bankruptcy filing benefits. If you have to file a personal bankruptcy case, you can find the accessible, authoritative guidance you'll need to do it right in order to get the fresh start you deserve. One of America's top bankruptcy lawyers, Henry J. Sommer, clearly and carefully takes you through the process of filing under chapter 7 and chapter 13.helps you determine which course is better.alerts you to the legal protections you enjoy under the sweeping Bankruptcy Code.assists you in getting the right legal counsel.and helps remove concern about the stigma associated with bankruptcy. This plain-English version of Sommer's definitive manual, Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice, provides you with a lucid overview of how bankruptcy works, then helps you: * Determine if bankruptcy is finally the best path for you to take * Select an alternative means of financial restoration if it is not * Understand the myriad forms involved when filing * Prepare for the sometimes complex proceedings once the paperwork is done * Effectively use such ""shields"" as automatic stays and exemption provisions * Capitalize on the many advantages of using bankruptcy court as a forum * Work more wisely with your attorney--and much, much more! Along the way, Consumer Bankruptcy dispels many of the tired myths surrounding bankruptcy, highlights many of its hidden advantages, assists you in devising a workable fee arrangement with your lawyer, and even alerts you to the rights you have as a creditor if you choose to make a claim against a business in bankruptcy.

Business & Money

Sommer, Henry J.

Economics

Trade Paper Press

Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide is a complete, transaction-based guide to consumer bankruptcy written by renowned expert Henry J. Sommer, co-Editor-in-Chief of Collier on Bankruptcy, the preeminent treatise on bankruptcy law. Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide is a complete, transaction-based guide to consumer bankruptcy written with the practitioner in mind. It assists you through all phases of your client's case, with detailed and practical guidance, detailed discussions and step-by-step analysis of every phase of a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 case. Written by a renowned expert in consumer bankruptcy, Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide is uniquely designed for solo practitioners and small consumer bankruptcy firms. Special features, such as "Practice Notes," "Planning Notes," "Illustrations" and "Warnings," appear in text boxes and highlight tactical and strategic information. "More information" text boxes provide cross-references to relevant portions of the book discussing issues in further detail. Inside you'll also find: • methods and strategies for interviewing the debtor • counseling the debtor about bankruptcy options • choosing the type of bankruptcy offering the greatest advantage to the client • agreements for and disclosure of attorney's fees • preparing and filing the forms, statements and schedules used in a typical bankruptcy case • enforcing the automatic and codebtor stay, as well as motions for relief from the stay • claiming and objecting to exemptions • preparing for the meeting of creditors • litigation procedures in bankruptcy cases

Collier Consumer Bankruptcy Practice Guide

King, Lawrence P.

Lexis Nexis/Matthew Bender

Consumer bankruptcy law and practice (The Consumer credit and sales legal practices series)

National Consumer Law Center

Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice/With Supplement

Natl Consumer Law Center

Consumer bankruptcy law and practice (The Consumer credit and sales legal practice series)

Personal Finance

Index of 1180 Post-Mortems of the Insane, Volume 1

Medical Books

Nabu Press

The definitive consumer bankruptcy treatise, updated with the latest case law and Bankruptcy Code, forms, fee schedules, and rules, by Henry Sommer, the nation's leading author on consumer bankruptcy.
Two Volumes Filled with Practice Tools and Expert Guidance
Volume One is the most detailed and incisive analysis anywhere of all consumer bankruptcy topics. Volume Two is packed with practice aids in the text and on the website: a client questionnaire, completed and annotated official forms, software to complete the forms, 170 pleadings, a date calculator, IRS forms, means test data, client handouts, and more.
Definitive Guidance
Everything you need to file a chapter 7, 12, or 13 bankruptcy:• Automatic stay, the bankruptcy discharge, and remedies for stay and discharge violations • Using bankruptcy to deal with a foreclosure • Exemptions, lien avoidance and secured claims • Hidden fees and overcharges in creditor claims • Attorney fees • Litigating consumer cases in bankruptcy • Non-dischargeability actions • Creditor reaffirmation abuses • Consumers as creditors of bankrupt merchants, landlords, or lenders. If ordered through the publisher National Consumer Law Center, this treatise includes access to a companion website with the appendices, statutes, pleadings, primary sources and other practice aids. Search for documents by category or with a table of contents or various keyword search options. All documents can be downloaded, printed, and copy-pasted. Pleadings are also available in Word format. Web access for this title is free if ordered through NCLC and remains available as long as this title is kept current through NCLC.

Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2012: Includes Website

Business

Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice 2016: Includes Website

Rules & Procedures

Consumer Bankruptcy Law & Practice (Consumer Credit Sales & Legal Practice Series)

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