Bankruptcy

All personal and business bankruptcies.

AK, Nov 1983
Bar Number: 8310130

Alaska State and Federal Courts, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and U.S. Supreme Court.

Alaska Bar Association, Alaska Bankruptcy Section, American Bankruptcy Institute, and National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

I attend continuing legal education conferences on bankruptcy. I also attend general ethics and litigation conferences sponsored by the Alaska Bar Association.

Case 1: Clients facing foreclosure, filed Chapter 13 to save their house. We sued the mortgage holders/creditor in bankruptcy court alleging they had damaged client's property when they had seized their house. We obtained judgment against creditor that offset a portion of the debt my clients owed the creditor. My clients retained and live in the house.

Most cases aren't this complex. For example,

Case 2: Commercial fisherman had gotten sick and missed a fishing season. Filed a Chapter 13 to allow him to keep his set net sites, boats and motors. He has had a subsequent successful season.

Or, even simpler,

Case 3: Clients owned a house with a second mortgage on it. The first mortgage foreclosed and the second pursued my clients for a judgment. We filed a simple Chapter 7, discharged all the debt and the case was done in 90 days.

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Alaska

I started practicing on my own in 1989, focusing at that time on bankruptcies. I try to limit my practice to cases in the bankruptcy courts in Alaska. 90% of my practice is in bankruptcy court (the other 10% are usually cases I have taken for my bankruptcy clients after their issues in bankruptcy court have been resolved). I represent all three of the bankruptcy trustees in Alaska in various cases. I represent debtors in Chapter 7s, Chapter 13s and Chapter 11s. I represent non-bank creditors in bankruptcies in Alaska and other states. I represent unsecured creditor committees in Chapter 11s. I have represented both debtors and trustees in adversary actions (trials) in the bankruptcy court.

I started practicing on my own in 1989, focusing at that time on bankruptcies.

I started practicing law in a business organization and transaction firm.

(907) 277-2243

Monday through Thursday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Friday
8:00 a.m. to noon

Saturday appointments available.

No

$1,800 for a simple Chapter 7, fees and filing fee. I'll usually consult for 15 or 20 minutes by phone without charging if they mention they found me through Nolo.

$225.

I will charge $100 an hour for the first hour of consultation. I don't think a free consultation is a good idea. That first hour with me may be the most valuable hour you will spend on your problem. It may also be the most intense, as I try to grasp the big picture of what's happened to you and what you've done and what someone has done to you.

A simple Chapter 7 costs about $1,800 of fees and costs. A simple Chapter 13 costs about $3,000 of fees and costs, but some of the fees can be paid in the Chapter 13 plan.