Bankruptcy cases filed in federal courts for fiscal year 2009 totaled 1,402,816, up 34.5 percent over the 1,042,993 filings reported for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2008, according to statistics released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Even if you try to steer clear of bankruptcy court, you could still find yourself in need of information about bankruptcy issues. Family law practitioners, litigators and transactional attorneys occasionally run into bankruptcy issues that affect their clients.
The Bankruptcy Checklist from the Texas Collections Manual takes you through a list of questions you should be asking if you find that bankruptcy has become an issue for your client.
