Ins and Outs of Offering a $0-Down Option to Your Clients

In this live seminar, attorneys Dan Garrison and Matt Hartley - the nation’s top experts on bifurcation - will review the best practices to ensure you bifurcate and collect post-petition payments legally and ethically. Mr. Garrison and Mr. Hartley will review the ethical pitfalls to avoid, as well as the best practices from the moment a potential client contacts your office about a possible bankruptcy filing until the closing of the case. All participants will receive best-practice forms, including fee agreements for both pre-petition work and post-petition work, Form B2030 modifications and disclosures, Schedule J disclosures, fee calculator and client recapture email. Topics of the seminar will include:

Ethical Pitfalls to Avoid

• Proper use of two fee agreements

• When to complete and file the statements and schedules

• Client Disclosures

• Court Disclosures