Personal Bankruptcy

While some consumers may consider filing for bankruptcy without an attorney, respected Los Angeles, California bankruptcy attorney Shemtoub of the Wilshire Law Group advises strongly against it. Shemtoub has seen too many instances where individuals who try to “do it alone” end up putting themselves in a worse financial situation than they were in before [...]

Bankruptcies in Southern California have risen in the past two years at an alarming rate, all thanks to the economic recession that has hit California disproportionately hard. In Riverside, California, for example, bankruptcy filings rose 55% between March 2009 and March 2010, and many California bankruptcy lawyers don’t think these rates will slow down any [...]

When a consumer is interested in filing bankruptcy, they will normally contact a bankruptcy attorney  in their area or simply walk into their office with no prior appointment.  The average consumer will also want to know how much it will cost to file bankruptcy, at which time the attorney must gather enough information about their [...]