Getting Affordable Bankruptcy Lawyers 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 free bankruptcy lawyer directory that you can search 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 LexisNexis’ online version of Martindale-Hubbell comprehensive attorney directory.

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 field type in ‘bankruptcy’.
3. Type your city under the “City” field and select your state.
4. Don’t forget to change the country to “United States”.
5. Click the “GO” button and you should have your result of bankruptcy attorneys.
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 phrase “inexpensive bankruptcy attorneys” in the first input box.
2. Then type your location on the second field and press “Enter” or click the “Search” button.
3. Yahoo! will then give you a list of law firms that matches your search query.
4. You will also see a map with markers on it. Click any of the marker and you will see the actual phone number, address, and their web site address. You can also do the above method using Google Maps located in maps.google.com

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

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

1. When you go to 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 50 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 inside the area coverage that you selected.
5. If the list is too big, you can narrow down the results by selecting a smaller area coverage under the “Location (within)” label, for example 10 miles.

There is an Easier Procedure of Getting This Done

Let us assume for a minute 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 financial 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 twenty on your list! Try to imagine yourself babbling for ten straight hours.

Don’t you think it is too tiresome to do it that way? What if I tell you there is a quickier procedure? The REAL SECRET in getting hold of cheap bankruptcy lawyer is to use lawyer networks. Wherein you fill out a single web form and your case is forwarded to every member on the network. Those who want to take your case will reply to you or even call you. You will be in a better position to negotiate the legal fees prior to retaining the lawyer.