Bankruptcy

I have no preference. However, the large majority of my cases happen to be Chapter 13.

• Chapter 13
• Chapter 7
• Collections & Repossessions
• Debt Relief
• Garnishments
• Chapter 11
• Business Bankruptcy
• Creditor Harassment
• Personal Bankruptcy
• Foreclosures

NJ, Jun 1983
Bar Number: PA45963

New Jersey State and the U.S. District Court; U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court; and the US Tax Court.

American Association of Justice; American Trial Lawyers of New Jersey; Camden County Bar Association; National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

I am fully committed to continuing legal education even though New Jersey presently has no continuing legal education requirements. In the area of bankruptcy, I have been ECF certified and trained for electronic filing with the US Bankruptcy Court. This is a great advantage to my clients because I am almost instantly notified of any and all activity in the bankruptcy case and can react quickly to protect your rights. Even if I am not at the office I can receive all the notices whenever I am on the internet. When the Bankruptcy Abuse and Prevention Act was passed in 2005 making the most radical change in bankruptcy law, I quickly was educated in the Act even before it took effect. I attended the May 22nd, 2005 NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education (hereinafter NJICLE) seminar on the Act months before it took full effect. I also joined the Bankruptcy Inns of Court, New Jersey Southern Division from 2005 to 2007 to keep me educated in the new bankruptcy law and I still access their web site for all their current materials. I have also attended the February 22nd, 2006 Burlington-Camden County Bench-Bar Bankruptcy Conference. More recently I have attended the Camden County Bar Association's 15th Annual Bankruptcy Conference on January 22nd, 2008.

My continuing legal education is also well rounded. Keeping up on employment law I recently attended the Camden County Bar Association's seminar on Pre-Trial Strategies in Employment Cases on February 21st, 2008. On February 23rd, 2008 I attended the American Trial Lawyer's of America- New Jersey Educational Foundation seminar Litigation Sampler: Causes of Action to Shift Your Fee along with three other concurrent seminars. These types of seminars are offered up to four times a year and I usually attend two of them.

A home is being foreclosed on. The sheriff's sale is scheduled next week. We are able to file a complete chapter 13 bankruptcy before the sheriff's sale. The sale is canceled. The homeowner is able to resume mortgage payments the next month. The homeowner also pays a modest fee to the Chapter 13 trustee to catch up on the arrears over the next five years. The home owner keeps their home and does not have to find new living accommodations with no credit.

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The Law Offices of Mark W. Ford were formed in June, 1992 and has been located at its present location for the past fifteen years. I own the premises free and clear of any liens. It is centrally located mid way between the Camden County and the Gloucester County Courthouses. It is also within 15 minutes of the US Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. District Court.

We have been focused on defending the rights of people for the past fifteen plus years. This includes giving people a fresh start freed from their debts in chapter 7 bankruptcies. We also handle chapter l3 cases which can save your home when its in foreclosure at any time prior to the home being sold at a sheriff's sale, saving or restoring your driver's license suspended for the non payment of debts and court fines, saving peoples cars from repossession and returning peoples' cars after being repossessed, etc. We also can postpone your sheriff sales and if a sheriff sale has already occurred, we can extend the time to redeem your home so you can sell your home and save the equity. We are also fully prepared to defend foreclosure actions and prosecute claims of Truth in Lending Act violations. The present foreclosure crisis has in large part been caused by Truth in Lending Act violations with mortgage companies misrepresenting the terms of the mortgages being offered. We also prosecute your claims for work place injuries, auto injuries, slip and falls and injuries caused by products and drugs.

From 1989 to 1992 I was employed at Console, Marmero, LiVolsi, Curcio and Wood, P.C. were I gained extensive jury trial experience in personal injury cases as well as extensive experience in the practice of law.

From 1988 to 1989 I was employed as a staff attorney at Liberty Mutual in the Law Offices of Sue Ellen Johnson, where I gained extensive experience on the inner workings of an insurance company and how they settle cases.

Arbitrator for the Superior Court, Camden County.

Dawn Sorbello

(856) 456-8558

Monday through Thursday
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Other hours by appointment on evenings and weekends.

Yes

Legalese.

Chapter 7 - $900 plus the filing fees. Chapter 13 $600 retainer with the rest of the fee in the chapter 13 plan.
For personal injury cases the fee is costs plus one third of the recovery. For minors and incompetents the fee is only 25%.

$200 per hour in hourly fee cases.

Free consultations available for bankruptcies and in personal injury cases. No free consults for document reviews or coaching clients.

Depends on the case.