Consumer Bankruptcy: The Complete Guide to Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Personal Bankruptcy
- Determine if bankruptcy is finally the best path for you to take
- Select an alternative means of financial restoration if it is not
- Understand the myriad forms involved when filing
- Prepare for the sometimes complex proceedings once the paperwork is done
- Effectively use such "shields" as automatic stays and exemption provisions
- Capitalize on the many advantages of using bankruptcy court as a forum
- Work more wisely with your attorney--and much, much more!
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Book details
- Author
- Henry J. Sommer
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 356
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Law › Civil Procedure
- Topics
- chapter 7 bankruptcy · chapter 13 bankruptcy · bankruptcy law · debt relief · bankruptcy code · consumer finance · legal rights
- ISBN-13
- 9780471585275 (Paperback)9781620456439 (Hardcover)
About the author
HENRY J. SOMMER is a bankruptcy attorney with over twenty-one years of experience in consumer law and Editor in Chief of Collier on Bankruptcy. He is also co-author of Collier Family Law and the Bankruptcy Code.
Sommer received his A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College and his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. He is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and was the first recipient of the Vern Countryman Consumer Law Award.
When not writing, Sommer serves as President of the National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center and is a past president of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. He has taught as a lecturer-in-law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and as an adjunct professor at Temple University School of Law.
Henry is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.