July 29, 2005

• I have this one client, she's driving me up a wall.  It is a
  bankruptcy (BK) case, and a couple months ago I have her a series of
  worksheets to complete so I could gather all of the necessary data to
  complete her BK schedules.  She took over a month to complete the
  worksheets, and when she finally brought them back to me, she was all
  in a panic because certain of her creditors were starting to get nasty.

  So, I reviewed her worksheets, completed all the BK paperwork, had her
  come back in to my office and review the completed papers, and asked
  her NUMEROUS times "are you certain you've listed all creditors here?"

  We had the meeting of creditors about 3 weeks ago.

  She called me this morning.  "If I don't pay X, can they come after me?" 

  Yes, you guessed it.  X is a creditor for her business and for
  whom she personally guaranteed the debt.  And no, X was not listed
  on her creditor matrix.  Because she didn't bother to tell me about it.

  Needless to say, I am quite pissed off about it.  She's been
  incredibly annoying up to this point anyway, and now I am going to have
  to amend her creditor schedules, etc etc.  Grrrr.  AND, and
  and!!!!!  She says she wants me to file a BK for her business as
  well now.  Grrrr.

  It is true that I essentially don't practice in the bankruptcy arena
  any longer, and I certainly won't be taking any more BKs after October
  1 (the "reform" law takes effect in mid-October).  And I was
  pretty much looking forward to this being my last BK.

  Grrrr.

  Just Grrrr.

  • 3:10 pm
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