Bankruptcy

Any type of insolvency/bankruptcy work and selected commercial litigation.

CA, Dec 1977
Bar Number: 76284

California bar and all federal district courts in California. One member of firm is licensed in Massachusetts.

Los Angeles County Bar and Consumer Bankruptcy Forum.

I attend regular continuing education classes regarding bankruptcy and civil litigation.

I self-published a book entitled "Handbook for the Financially Distressed Physician."

I represented a client in a case that had started out as a divorce but which eventually involved thirteen bankruptcies and over one hundred lawsuits in four states and in which our litigation opponents employed over seventy law firms. We prevailed, recovered over three million dollars, and our litigation opponents were sent to federal prison. I represented a trustee in a bankruptcy that was filed as a no asset case with approximately a million dollars in scheduled claims. I recovered thirty-five million for the estate and seventeen million in claims were paid. I represented a trustee in a bankruptcy also filed as a no asset case with approximately a million in listed claims. I eventually recovered six million dollars, all of which was paid out to creditors.

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California.

Insolvency work of all kinds and commercial litigation.

The firm was established in 1981. Although I was the founder of the firm I had name partners in the 1980s. Since 1989, it has been known simply as Dumas & Associates. At various times it has had as many as eight lawyers and it currently has four. I was a bankruptcy trustee in the 1980s and 1990s and I office today and collaborate with two bankruptcy trustees who I represent on many matters. Our offices were on the West Side during the 1980s, downtown in the 1990s, and we've been at our current location in Mid-Wilshire since 1999. The firm has been a sole proprietorship since 1989.

Before starting my firm, I was a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Jesse Curtis and was a litigation associate in the national law firms of Morrison & Foerster and Herzfeld & Rubin.

I have been AV-Rated by Martindale Hubbell for approximately twenty years and I serve as a mediator on the bankruptcy mediation panel for the Central District of California.

Danielle Landeros.

(213) 368-5009

Monday through Friday
8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Yes

We have an attorney who speaks Korean.

For simple Chapter 7 bankruptcies I charge as little as $1,000 per case but not every Chapter 7 is "simple." I frequently work on a flat fee/contingency basis in more complex litigation, insolvency cases, i.e., the client commits to certain fixed fees and the balance of the fee is contingent on some degree of success. I am also willing to handle some work just on a flat fee basis. It is a rare case where I would be willing to work solely on a contingent basis but at any given time I may have one or two of them.

I charge $400 per hour. Two other attorneys in my office with similar experience levels charge $350 per hour. A young contract lawyer charges $250 per hour. I have intentionally kept my hourly billings lower than insolvency and litigation attorneys of my level of experience and expertise.

Free 30 minute consultation if you mention Nolo. Whether I charge for a face-to-face meeting depends on the nature of the case.

Retainers for litigation and complex insolvency work are highly variable. For simple Chapter 7 bankruptcies I charge as little as $1,000 per case but not every Chapter 7 is "simple."