Bankruptcy Attorneys Use Internet to Help Clients

With new bankruptcy laws in effect, attorneys are depending on the speed and convenience of the internet to help clients. Often, to stop foreclosures, homeowners will use bankruptcy as a temporary means to save their home. Under the new laws they are required to take a credit counseling course first. To meet these deadlines, attorneys are able to use the internet as a resource for their clients.

Here is an article from WTOPnews.com:

Lawyers Cope With Bankruptcy Law Online

April 20, 2007 - 1:52am

WASHINGTON (AP) - Patrick McMahon, a consumer-bankruptcy lawyer in San Francisco, had only a couple of days to help a client file for bankruptcy to prevent foreclosure on his home.

There was just one problem: a new bankruptcy law that took effect in 2005 obligated the client to take a credit counseling class first. McMahon directed the client to a Web site that offered the class online. The client took it "at midnight," McMahon said. The foreclosure was stopped...