Bankruptcy

I welcome individuals and couples that are devastated by debt due to unfortunate circumstances. My clients should expect to be honest and forthright with both myself and the court, and will in return achieve the best results possible under the law.

IL, May 2001
Bar Number: 6274242

• United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• State of Illinois Supreme Court

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)
• American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
• Chicago Better Business Bureau (BBB)

I attend continuing education classes in Bankruptcy Law, Collections Law, Law Office Management, and Legal Ethics. I participate yearly in National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) conventions with current law updates and continuing training.

My clients are generally well-meaning, honest people who have found that circumstances like job loss, real estate market crash, illness, or divorce have caused a drastic change in the type of life they were living - causing the household bills to spiral out of control. Occasionally, it may be the case that a certain financial choice turned out to be a poor one and it tipped the client over the edge. In any case, I use the bankruptcy code to reorganize their financial lives and help them get a fresh start.

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After spending many years managing the largest consumer bankruptcy firm in the country, I knew that bigger is not always better. I wanted to finally run a business my way, in which service and quality work product is not sacrificed in the pursuit of business growth and the almighty dollar. I have expanded the practice to include another attorney, paralegal, and managing director that share my goal of always putting the current clients first.

I opened the firm in 2009 with the goal of creating a comfortable, boutique personal bankruptcy law office that makes clients feel more like they are at a spa than a law office.

I went to law school so that I could pursue a career in public interest. My activities and internships centered on this focus, and I chose Chicago Legal Clinic and Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation as my first work experiences so that I could help provide low-cost legal services to individuals. I never had an interest in working in a corporate environment in which I worked for a faceless, soulless corporate entity. Helping real people had always been my goal, and these experiences were fulfilling and instructive.

I continued working at Chicago Legal Clinic after law school, where I learned what an honor it is to represent poor people and give them legal representation that they may not have otherwise. My help mainly focused on family law, real estate, and bankruptcy work.

In the following year, after my admission to the Illinois bar, I joined what is now Macey & Aleman dba Legal Helpers PC. I wanted to continue to help individuals directly while focusing on just one area of the law where I could become an expert, bankruptcy. My time there solidified my decision that I much prefer to protect consumers rather than creditors in legal battles. There, I wore practically every hat possible. I started out speaking to thousands of clients from across the country over the phone, and handling intake appointments for several hundred new clients. I personally filed thousands of consumer bankruptcy matters. I quickly stepped up to managing the other attorneys and support staff in the Chicago office.

After several years, I managed national operations along with the partners, in which I hired, trained, and managed the outlying offices. I was the liaison between office managers in over 20 locations and the partners. Additionally, I spent several years managing all of the Cook County bankruptcy litigation and Chapter 13 matters for the firm.

(773) 235-6752

We are very flexible with appointment times and are available for evenings and weekends.

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We have two staff members that speak Spanish.

We charge reasonable fees for personalized quality representation, depending on the complexity and resources available in each individual case. Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 representation is based on flat fees, and we are very flexible with payment plans.

For short sales, clients just pay a $100 retainer, and the remaining fees come out of the close.

For non-bankruptcy work we tend to charge at an hourly rate of $250.

We require potential clients to bring $100. We are willing to spend the time it takes to give a full consultation without rushing our clients, when clients come prepared to meet with us. We do not charge the $100 for potential clients that do not hire us.

Our retainer is usually $100, and we are flexible regarding payment plans on the balance of our fees.