Lawyers become lawyers, in large part, because they can’t, or don’t want to, do math. Judges are lawyers who got promoted. And therein is the root of the problem with “no look” attorneys fee for consumer bankruptcy cases. Judges don’t understand mathematics. They expect the “law” of averages to result in fair compensation for debtor’s lawyers, relieving judges […]
Bankruptcy lawyer must have otherworldly powers
A colleague’s rant about murky language of notices from the bankruptcy court struck a cord. In an attempt to provide notice, the court sometimes sows confusion. But my pet peeve is the client who calls up and says, literally, “I got this letter from {insert name of court or creditor, or trustee}. What does it […]
Find The Best Bankruptcy Information Online
Need to understand bankruptcy? Just Google it. No issue is too important or complicated that we doubt we can understand it by reading on the ‘net. The computer has replaced the library as our first response to an unknown. Even my 85 year old mother, a computer novice, reacts to an information vacuum by heading to […]