Personal and Business Bankruptcy

Personal Bankruptcy (Chapter 7 & Chapter 13)

Bankruptcy relief has been essential to ensuring economic success in the United States for more than 200 years. The purpose of bankruptcy is to allow debtors to obtain a fresh start and to lift the weight and pressure caused by creditor calls, letters, lawsuits, garnishments and attachments. With an experienced Seattle bankruptcy lawyer, you can take advantage of the protections afforded by these laws.
At DC Law Group, we take pride in helping you to understand bankruptcy and in helping you to decide if bankruptcy is the best solution for you. If it is, a bankruptcy attorney will offer you personal attention from the day of your initial consultation through to the conclusion of your legal matter. We will assist you in navigating the complex bankruptcy process so you can enjoy greater peace of mind and look ahead to better days. Get started now with a free consultation. Our Seattle bankruptcy lawyers serve clients throughout Washington State.

• Preventing non-stop harassing phone calls
• Avoiding foreclosure
• Stopping evictions to buy relocation time
• Taking advantage of the revised Washington Homestead Exemptions
• Stopping repossession of your vehicle
• Eliminating credit card debt
• Preventing payday loan collections or other garnishments
• Removing past judgments against you

Read more about the difference between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy on our blog!

Business Bankruptcy (Chapter 11)

DC Law Group’s Insolvency and Reorganization team is comprised of some of Washington State's leading bankruptcy attorneys. Our clients benefit from the team’s extensive experience representing commercial creditors, debtors, debtors-in-possession, trustees, committees and third parties in all aspects of debt collection, credit relief, debtor-creditor litigation and asset transfers. We work closely with each of our clients to understand their business, their legal issues and their financial challenges, and we assist them in developing and implementing an effective strategy to accomplish their objectives. The principal state law services provided by the team include:

• Pre-bankruptcy loan restructuring, workouts and recoveries
• State law foreclosures
• Receiverships
• Judgment enforcement and collections
• Asset sales and liquidations
• State law avoidance actions
• Attachments, injunctions, restraining orders and provisional remedies

The team also represents clients in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including:

• Representing debtors, debtors-in-possession, trustees and committees in Chapter 11 proceedings
• Prosecuting and defending bankruptcy-related causes of action, such as preferences, fraudulent transfers, lien avoidance actions and non-dischargeability claims
• Prosecuting and defending relief from stay motions, cash collateral motions and adequate protection proceedings
• Providing and obtaining debtor-in-possession financing
• Negotiating, objecting to and prosecuting plans of reorganization
• Prosecuting and defending claim objections
• Seeking appointments of trustees and examiners