A : Legal process outsourcing describes the assignment and authorization of one or more of the associated elements in the legal process by law-firms and in-house corporate counsel to outside legal document preparation offices.   Lawyers of the 21st century are, more and more, outsourcing their tedious paraprofessional and document preparation tasks to an outside company away from their law office location.  Bankruptcy DIY legal is at the forefront of the growing Legal Process Outsourcing (“LPO”) movement currently sweeping the country.

This growing practice in the legal profession of obtaining legal support services, including bankruptcy petition preparation, from an outside company in order to limit expense has proved extremely cost effective (and so will only continue to expand).  As a Bankruptcy DIY Franchisee, you will be able to provide these same quality services, in a retail setting, to members of the general public representing themselves.  What’s more every customer will have the option of consulting with a local licensed attorney as part of the bankruptcy preparation services we provide.  Or should you choose, you can also provide legal process outsourcing to local bankruptcy attorneys in your area.

A : Yes, Bankruptcy DIY facilitates the provision of professional legal services to its customers. We have relationships with experienced bankruptcy lawyers all across the Country and can put you in touch with one of our lawyers in our network who can handle your customer’s legal services needs.

A : Bankruptcy Petition Preparers are experts on document preparation for bankruptcies. A petition preparer is a person other than an attorney or an employee of an attorney, who prepares, for compensation, a document for filing by the debtor in the United States Bankruptcy Court.  Section 110 of the United States Bankruptcy Code provides that a non-attorney can assist a debtor in the preparation of the bankruptcy petition for a fee.

A : No. A federal statute, 11 U.S.C. 110, specifically allows a person, other than an attorney or an employee of an attorney under that attorney’s supervision, to prepare a document for filing by a debtor in a United States Bankruptcy Court.  Furthermore, the non-attorney preparer is expressly authorized to charge a fee for his services.  The United States Congress has expressly recognized legislatively endorsed this business.

A : No degree or special training is required.  We prepare the bankruptcy petitions for you from the information you obtain from each customer’s in-take questionnaire.