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BUILDING & MANAGING
A CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE
With Special section on the home-based practice

Cheryl L. Sommers, Esq. Author

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Cheryl L. Sommers, Esq.

Of The California Bar

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For over 10 years Cheryl has run a firm handling a wide variety of consumer oriented matters, including family law, probate, estate planning, and bankruptcy.

With principal office in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 10 years, the Sommers firm has expanded their services to Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado County areas. Convenient for the greater Sacramento area as well as El Dorado Hills, Cameron Park, Placerville, and Auburn.

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CONTACT

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Web site Sommerslawfirm.com

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• Email

  cheryl.sommerslaw@gmail.com

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• Phone

  (510) 659-9800

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• Fax

  (510) 474-1695

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MANAGING A BANKRUPTCY PRACTICE

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I - THE OFFICE

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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Chapter 2. The Office
Chapter 3. Practicing Law at Home

Chapter 4. Checklists and Forms for Office Procedures
Chapter 5. Office Documents, Deadlines, Preservations Procedures
Chapter 6. Accounting, Profit Margin, Hourly rate, Retainer Fees, and Billable Time

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PART II - BUILDING THE PRACTICE

Chapter 7. Finding Clients: Referrals, Marketing, Advertising, Web Presence
Chapter 8. Client Contact
Chapter 9. Conducting the Client Meeting
Chapter 10. Letters and Memos
Chapter 11. Required Notices and Disclosures

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PART III - PROCESSING THE CASE

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Chapter 12. Fees, Fee waivers, Installment payments
Chapter 13. Due Diligence, Warning Signs
Chapter 14. Completing and Filing Forms
Chapter 15. District Courts
Chapter 16. Next steps - trustee assignment, 521 documents to trustee

Chapter 17. The 341 hearing – What it is, How it’s Conducted, and the Attorney’s Role
Chapter 18. Obtaining the Discharge and Closing the Case.
Chapter 19. Post-Discharge Attempts at Collection
Chapter 20. Adversary Hearings

Appendix A, Sample forms
Appendix B, Title 11 U.S. Code, Legal Citations

Appendix C Federal H.H.S.  Poverty Guidelines

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