Finding Cheap Bankruptcy Lawyers in Your Home Town

Do you feel like your financial state is already beyond repair? There is hope! Finding cheap bankruptcy lawyers is easier than you think. There are many bankruptcy lawyer directory that you can use to get the best lawyer that is within your pocket’s reach. Here are the TOP 3 resources that are free to use.

LexisNexis’ Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Network located in lawyers.com

This is a version of Martindale-Hubbell’s comprehensive lawyer directory from LexisNexis.

1. Use the “Lawyer Search” to find an attorney from over one million lawyers and law firms in their online database.
2. Under the “Lawyer/Law Firm or Area of Law” input field type in ‘bankruptcy’.
3. Type your city under the “City” box and select your state.
4. Don’t forget to change the country to “United States”.
5. Click the “GO” button and you should see your list of bankruptcy lawyers.
6. If the results are too few, then you can widen your search criteria by removing the city on the search form. You can also use the adjacent towns near you. Make sure that you select lawyers or law firms that handle consumer bankruptcy.

Use Yahoo! Local located in local.yahoo.com

1. Key in the search term “low-budget bankruptcy lawyers” in the first search field.
2. Then type your location on the second box and click the “Search” button or press “Enter” on your keyboard.
3. Yahoo! will then show you a result of attorneys that corresponds to your search term.
4. You will also see a map with markers on it. Click any of the marker and you will see the actual phone number, web site address, and local address. You can also perform the above technique using Google Maps located in maps.google.com

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) located in nacba.org

This is a nationwide organization devoted to serving the needs of consumer bankruptcy lawyers and preserving the legal rights of consumer debtors in bankruptcy.

1. When you visit the home page of NACBA, click the “Find attorneys near you!” banner located at the right sidebar.
2. After the search page loads, key in your hometown or city and state in the search box.
3. You must choose one radio button under the “Location (within)” label, for example 20 miles.
4. Click the “Search” button. It should give you a location map with markers and a list of lawyers and law firms that are within the coverage area that you selected.
5. If the list is too big, you can trim the results by selecting a smaller area coverage under the “Location (within)” label, for example 5 miles.

There is a Shortcut Procedure of Completing This

Let’s assume for a moment you were able to find 10-20 candidates using the above resources. You then phone each one on your list. Assuming you can discuss your money crisis to one lawyer in half hour, it will take you 300 minutes or five hours for 10 attorneys and ten hours if you have twenty on your list! Can you imagine yourself babbling for ten straight hours.

Don’t you think it’s too uninteresting to do it that way? What if I tell you there is a faster method? The REAL SECRET in getting hold of cheap bankruptcy attorneys is to search lawyer networks. Wherein you complete a single internet form and your case is forwarded to every member on the network. Those who are interested to handle your case will reply to you or even call you. You will be in a good position to negotiate the costs before you actually hire the lawyer.