Consumer Bankruptcy Law and Practice: 1.1.3 Bankruptcy’s Past as a Neglected Remedy
Despite its potential importance to consumer clients, the use of bankruptcy law is avoided by some attorneys. These practitioners see bankruptcy as an intimidating maze of paperwork in an unfamiliar and sometimes (for rural offices) inconvenient forum. And, perhaps, a touch of the old-time stigma still remains from the early days of consumer debtor representation, that saw bankruptcy as a lazy cop-out, either for client or lawyer, if not just a bit immoral.