I am in dire need of a bankruptcy attorney who will work on
contingency. The facts: I am suing a former business partner who,
during deposition, admitted to Fraud, Breach of Contract,
Embezzlement, etc. During settlement negotiations he informed me that
he would be filing bankruptcy to avoid paying my claim. He has now
done that thus stopping any further legal action (We were to go to
trial on Dec 15th.). My attorney claims not to have the required
bankruptcy experience to follow through at this point and has reclused
himself from any future profit on the case. He has done a wonderful
job up to this point and I truly believe that he has done me right and
is being truthful concerning his experience in such matters. I have
until March 30th to request that my case be deemed non-dischargeable.
Unfortunately, due to this mess, I am completely broke. The case is
worth upwards of $75,000 or more. I am willing to wait as long as it
takes because I am confident that it is a relatively easy task proving
income. Especially now that the defendant has/will discharge a large
portion of his dischargeable debt. This case is located in Southern
California. San Diego and Riverside Counties. Question: Any advice on
how to secure representation? Please respond online or to
Hbot2004@aol.com

Even if it's determined to be non-discharged, how will you collect.

Also, he could cram it into a chapter 13 where it would/could be
brought down to 1-10% over 6 years.

If you can find out if he is hidding assets, then you have a case for
an attorney to consider.

biotechboy wrote:
I am in dire need of a bankruptcy attorney who will work on contingency. The facts: I am suing a former business partner who, during deposition, admitted to Fraud, Breach of Contract, Embezzlement, etc. During settlement negotiations he informed me that he would be filing bankruptcy to avoid paying my claim. He has now done that thus stopping any further legal action (We were to go to trial on Dec 15th.). My attorney claims not to have the required bankruptcy experience to follow through at this point and has reclused himself from any future profit on the case. He has done a wonderful job up to this point and I truly believe that he has done me right and is being truthful concerning his experience in such matters. I have until March 30th to request that my case be deemed non-dischargeable. Unfortunately, due to this mess, I am completely broke. The case is worth upwards of $75,000 or more. I am willing to wait as long as it takes because I am confident that it is a relatively easy task proving income. Especially now that the defendant has/will discharge a large portion of his dischargeable debt. This case is located in Southern California. San Diego and Riverside Counties. Question: Any advice on how to secure representation? Please respond online or to [nospam@localhost]

If this guy goes bankrupt, you won't see much of anything of what is owed to
you. All you can do is hire an investigator to find any hidden assets that
he may not have declared on the bankruptcy forms.

An aside, it's not a good idea to post your e-mail address in a newsgroup.
It's "harvested" and you'll get a ton of spam. I've corrected it for you in
my reply.