Bankruptcy Basics: A Step-by-step Guide for Pro Bono Attorneys, General Practitioners, and Legal Services Offices

Everything you need to file your first case, a great introduction for those starting a bankruptcy practice, and an essential resource for paralegals under an attorney's supervision:

• What you need to know about attorney responsibilities and counseling debtors
• How to complete the initial forms; instructions for every stage of a bankruptcy; model pleadings; client questionnaire and handouts; and more
• Key bankruptcy concepts and overviews of chapters 7 and 13

Companion website updated for 2013

• Software to compute key look-back dates
• Scores of sample pleadings in Word format
• Other tools to handle a chapter 7 or 13 case

"By far the best book for volunteer attorneys and other lawyers taking on their first bankruptcy and also for those building a successful consumer practice."
-- Joanna Allison, Esq., Coordinator, Bankruptcy Assistance Project, Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Assn.