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Should ‘No Money Down’ Chapter 7s Be Allowed?

I am quoted by Danny Gill in his Bloomberg Bankruptcy Law Reporter article.  He quotes me saying that I agree that there should be some way to permit bankruptcy attorneys to be paid post-petition for filing a chapter 7 petition and representing the debtor throughout.   The article is here.

“I talk to people all the time who don’t have the money to file a Chapter 7,” M. Jonathan Hayes told Bloomberg Law Oct. 16.  Hayes is a member of Simon Resnik & Hayes in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and has practiced consumer bankruptcy law for 37 years in the Central District of California. Read more…