Caution and your best instincts go a long way, but the number one factor in choosing a bankruptcy lawyer is experience.<\/p>\n
During the great recession of recent years, bankruptcies have been occurring with frightening regularity. Rates are approaching those of the 1930s, when another prominent economic downturn occurred. If you are facing such an eventuality, you will need to choose an attorney.<\/p>\n
But this can be problematic. The downturn in the economy has affected lawyers, too. As lawyers discover that fewer potential clients are knocking on their doors, some have been forced to \u201cdownsize\u201d in a declining practice. In Florida alone, such \u201cdownsizing\u201d has occurred at thousands of practices across the state. Desperate, and yet resourceful by nature, many lawyers have been seeking out new practice areas with which they were previously unfamiliar. To these inexperienced lawyers, representing a debtor in a bankruptcy case seems like a no-brainer. The operative word is \u201cseems.\u201d<\/p>\n