Welcome
Congratulations! You made it to our website. We understand that this can be no small feat. By now you have likely been besieged with phone calls and letters from collection agents and sales people offering everything from debt settlement programs to loan modifications in the Walnut Creek area. As you may have noticed, many of these businesses are from outside the area, while some may not even be genuine. In your research you may also have come across websites promoting “local lawyers”. What they don’t tell you is that they are simply a referral service that sells your information to any number of firms for around $50 regardless of whether they are in fact a bankruptcy attorney located in Walnut Creek. Once you provide them with your information, you become the proverbial sardine in the seal tank. With this feeding frenzy of phone calls only adding to your stress, making it even more challenging to decide what is best for you.  Now you can rest assured that you have found a Walnut Creek bankruptcy lawyer who is reputable, professional and will provide you with superior legal representation at a fair price.

Our Philosophy
Even though it may often appear so, not all Bankruptcy lawyers are the same. Some will build high volume practices with the primary objective to sign up as many cases as possible only to spend very little time on each case. Firms such as these often don’t even have enough time to send their own attorneys to represent you on your case.  To make the required appearances, they tend to hire outside lawyers to appear for them. This is especially true in cases where the firm is located outside of your area.  Should you sign up with one of these firms, you are likely to have minimal access to your attorney and if you are dissatisfied with their service you will likely have a very difficult time getting your money back.   There is another problem to be aware of, attorney referral services who simply sell your request for information as a lead to one of the record number of new bankruptcy lawyers, many of whom have only recently entered the bankruptcy field and lack experience.

We not only offer experience, but the professionalism and accessibility you need to make a challenging time simpler. You can be assured, knowing that we will put care and attention into your case so that you are able to achieve your goals.  You will be able to speak directly with Stan Riddle as he and his team put a every effort into your case.

Debt Solutions
Don’t settle for the “mixed-bag” that the lawyer referral services offer.  Hire a qualified bankruptcy attorney directly.  We offer free confidential legal consultations in our Walnut Creek office to discuss the benefits and limitations of the many solutions available to solve your debt problems including:

Tax Resolutions Loan Modifications Litigation against your Lender

Bankruptcy (Ch7 and Ch13) Debt Settlement Short Sales

Pricing
The guidelines for the Bankruptcy Legal industry are to offer Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 cases for flat fees as a prevailing practice. Generally you should not see much difference in price from one firm to the next. You should expect to find that a typical Chapter 7 will be priced from $1,000 to $2,000 plus a Court filing fee of $306. The pricing at our firm falls well within this range for a Chapter 7 case.  Our quoted price will be based largely on the complexity of your specific situation.  The pricing for your case will always be provided to you as part of our free consultation. 

Warning: You should always be wary of firms that advertise rates below this range. Such low rates are generally a sign that they are either a non-lawyer document preparer, a “high-volume/scarcely accessible” firm OR a firm that is struggling to get clients in the door. Our advice is to hire the attorney in whom you have the most confidence and that you believe you will enjoy working with. This approach will serve you better than ending up with “buyer’s remorse” by trying to save a little money.

Our Location
We offer free legal consultations with our bankruptcy attorney in our Walnut Creek office (Appointment Only Please). We are located at 2175 N. California Blvd., Suite 805 (2 blocks from the Walnut Creek BART station).