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Finding Cheap Bankruptcy Attorneys in Your Home Town

Do you feel like your financial state is in ruin? There is hope! Finding cheap bankruptcy lawyers is easier than you think. There are many bankruptcy lawyer directory that you can search to find the best legal professional that is within your budget. Here are the top 3 resources that are free to use.

Use Yahoo! Local located in local.yahoo.com

  1. Type the search phrase “low-priced bankruptcy lawyers” in the first search field.
  2. Then type your location on the second field and click the “Search” button or press “Enter” on your keyboard.
  3. Yahoo! will then show you a list of businesses 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 method using Google Maps located in maps.google.com

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” search box type in ‘bankruptcy’.
  3. Type your city under the “City” input field 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 result of bankruptcy lawyers.
  6. If the results are too little, then you can widen your search criteria by removing the city on the search form. You can also use the adjacent towns close to you. Make sure that you select attorneys or law firms that handle consumer bankruptcy.

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

This is a exclusive organization committed to serving the needs of consumer bankruptcy lawyers and protecting 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 item 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 many, you can trim the results by selecting a smaller coverage area under the “Location (within)” label, for example 10 miles.

There’s a Better Method of Getting This Done

Let’s assume for a minute you were able to find 10-20 prospects using the above resources. You then call each one on your list. Assuming you can discuss your debt problems to one lawyer in half hour, it will take you 300 minutes or five hours for 10 lawyers and ten hours if you have 20 on your list! Try to imagine yourself speaking for ten straight hours.

Don’t you think it is too uninteresting to do it that way? What if I tell you there is a faster procedure? The TRUE SECRET in finding cheap bankruptcy lawyers is to search lawyer networks. In which you use a single web form and your case is forwarded to every member on the network. Members who want to take your case will reply to you or even call you. You will be in a good position to negotiate the costs before you actually retain the lawyer.

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