Attorneys are not known for their charity, most attorneys charge high fees for their legal work, especially for bankruptcy filing. But most attorneys also perform "pro bono" work - that's Latin for FREE. Pro Bono work is meant to assist the indigent or less fortunate members of our society.
Check for local legal aid societies and contact local law firms to see if they offer free bankruptcy filings. It's not something that they usually advertise, so you need to contact them.
It is also possible to file for bankruptcy yourself without using an attorney. Many ordinary people do it evary day. The bankruptcy forms are available online.
Below are some attorneys in your area that may be able to help:
Sean A. Kading 949-752-7100 Suite 700, 2600 Michelson Drive Irvine, CA 92612
S. Syd Rahe 310-553-4824 315 S. Beverly Drive, Penthouse Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Steven L. Bergh 714-547-2444 2122 North Broadway, Suite 200 Santa Ana, CA 92706
Stanley W. Minier 714-558-0181 2677 North Main Street, Suite 870 Santa Ana, CA 92705
Patricia S. Depew 310-284-8494 1801 Century Park East, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Stephen M. Lowry 213-624-7070 One Wilshire Building, 624 South Grand Avenue, Twenty-Sevent Los Angeles, CA 90017
Jess R. Bressi 949-476-2111 19800 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 600 Irvine, CA 92612
Einar Wm. Johnson 310-792-1435 South Bay Professional Building, 2370 West Carson Street, Su Torrance, CA 90501
Michael I. Gottfried 213-680-8400 777 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017
Amy M. Ghosh 213-479-8349 2500 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1201 Los Angeles, CA 90057
Alan V. Thaler 714-968-2481 18660 Cedar Circle Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Robert W. Pitts 949-720-4100 660 Newport Center Drive, Fourth Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660
Neil B. Katz 310-328-4327 2377 Crenshaw Boulevard, Suite 310 Torrance, CA 90501
Richard P. Towne 818-587-4838 Warner Center Plaza, 21550 Oxnard Street, Suite 900 Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Peter J. Gurfein 310-229-1000 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2400 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Paul P. Sagan 213-615-1700 333 South Grand Avenue, 38th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Steven J. Kahn 310-277-6910 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Robert R. La Spada Jr. 818-991-9936 30497 Canwood Street, Suite 100 Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Mel Aranoff 818-591-2121 23975 Park Sorrento, Suite 200 Calabasas, CA 91302
Robert B. Parsons 310-214-1477 City National Bank Building, 3424 Carson Street, Suite 500 Torrance, CA 90503
A. James Leeds 818-780-1409 1442 1/2 Sylvan Street Van Nuys, CA 91401
Kevin M. Brandt 213-891-0700 601 South Figueroa Street, 24th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Richard C. Pugh Jr. 213-683-6000 515 South Flower Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Glenn D. Dassoff 714-668-6200 695 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Peter Lianides 949-720-4100 660 Newport Center Drive, Fourth Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660
Robert B. Orgel 310-277-6910 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
William Michael Hensley 949-752-8585 2030 Main Street, Suite 1200, P.O. Box 19704 Irvine, CA 92623
Paul R. Glassman 310-586-7700 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400 East Santa Monica, CA 90404
Robert W. Hirsh 310-275-7800 8383 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 510 Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Scott W. Bowen 310-556-3700 28th Floor, 1900 Avenue of the Stars Los Angeles, CA 90067
Jonathon E. Cohn 310-277-2223 35th Floor, One Century Plaza, 2029 Century Park East (Centu Los Angeles, CA 90067
Gene R. Clark 949-474-4505 19732 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92612
Ira D. Kharasch 310-277-6910 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Raymond W. Hackbarth Jr. 949-833-2100 19800 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 1100 Irvine, CA 92612
Daniel S. H. Lee 213-487-2371 3580 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1050 Los Angeles, CA 90010
Paul J. Couchot 949-720-4100 660 Newport Center Drive, Fourth Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660
Robert W. Northup Jr. 626-577-1382 151 South El Molino Avenue, Suite 303 Pasadena, CA 91101
Alexandre Ian Cornelius 310-458-5959 1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 400 Santa Monica, CA 90401
Ben H. Logan III 213-430-6000 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Richard M. Neiter 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Lawrence J. Dreyfuss 714-972-1144 1851 East First Street, Suite 1100 Santa Ana, CA 92705
Kenneth J. Carl 213-620-1780 Forty-Eighth Floor, 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Brian A. Kumamoto 949-223-9601 19900 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 1150 Irvine, CA 92612
Stuart E. Bruers 310-516-8963 18411 Crenshaw Boulevard, Suite 220 Torrance, CA 90504
Thomas M. Geher 310-203-8080 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Seventh Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
David R. Calderon 800-548-8564 333 City Boulevard West, Suite 2050 Orange, CA 92868
Joseph P. Buchman 213-236-0600 611 West Sixth Street, 25th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Maria K. Pum 213-620-7700 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Beatriz C. Lee 714-736-5501 5661 Beach Boulevard Buena Park, CA 90621
Leo J. Presiado 949-752-7100 Suite 700, 2600 Michelson Drive Irvine, CA 92612
Traci R. McAllister-Glover 626-449-4424 711 East Walnut Street, Suite 113 Pasadena, CA 91101
Nathan A. Schultz 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Jamie R. Schloss 310-979-0325 1990 South Bundy Avenue, Suite 540 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Robbin L. Itkin 213-680-8400 777 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017
Stuart A. McKenzie 714-964-1638 9042 Garfield Avenue, Suite 312 Huntington Beach, CA 92646
Frank X. Ruggier 310-277-0077 2029 Century Park East, Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Eve H. Karasik 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Jay W. MacIntosh 310-789-2034 1925 Century Park East, Suite 500 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Michael R. Newhouse 323-852-1000 6500 Wilshire Boulevard, 17th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90048
Colin Batchelor 213-426-6900 801 South Figueroa Street, 18th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Susan K. Seflin 310-229-1234 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1120 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Karrin Feemster 310-481-6700 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Brian L. Holman 213-620-7700 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Khai LeQuang 949-442-1500 19900 MacArthur Boulevard, Seventh Floor Irvine, CA 92612
Henrik M. Mosesi 818-551-9600 138 N. Brand, Suite 301 Glendale, CA 91203
Jeffrey M. Reisner 310-277-1010 Suite 900, 1800 Avenue of the Stars (Century City) Los Angeles, CA 90067
John A. Moe II 213-892-4992 777 South Figueroa, Suite 3600 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Stacey D. Sarowatz 949-720-4100 660 Newport Center Drive, Fourth Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660
Jeffrey Spitz 310-553-3610 1900 Avenue of the Stars (Century City), 21st Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Alan Leigh Armstrong 714-375-1147 18652 Florida Street, Suite 225 Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Sharon R. Biederman 562-598-3700 330 Main Street, Suite 203C Seal Beach, CA 90740
Gary B. Rosenbaum 213-615-1700 333 South Grand Avenue, 38th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Diana Torres-Brito 818-225-3000 4500 Park Granada Calabasas, CA 91302
Michael F. Sitzer 714-641-5100 611 Anton Boulevard, Fourteenth Floor, P.O. Box 1950 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Eric D. Winston 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Richard L. Leeds 818-346-1300 21300 Victory Boulevard, Suite 265 Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Matthew A. Lesnick 213-680-6400 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400 Los Angeles, CA 90071
David L. Ray 310-481-6700 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Catherine Lia 213-622-5124 444 South Flower Street, Nineteenth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Leslie R. Horowitz 213-629-5700 800 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Michael A. Cisneros 818-547-4800 500 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 1030 Glendale, CA 91203
Walter K. Oetzell 310-277-0077 2029 Century Park East, Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Garrick Hollander 949-720-4100 660 Newport Center Drive, Fourth Floor Newport Beach, CA 92660
Steven Casselberry 949-476-9999 One Newport Place, 1301 Dove Street, Suite 940 Newport Beach, CA 92660
Ian Stewart Buda 310-276-9988 9460 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 830 Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Ferena Novin 323-954-8152 4929 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 601 Los Angeles, CA 90010
Maita Deal Prout 213-896-2400 633 West Fifth Street, 21st Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Eric D. Goldberg 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Randy P. Orlik 310-277-4222 2049 Century Park East, 28th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Scott Andrews 714-431-1100 535 Anton Boulevard, 10th Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Mitchell Sperling 818-992-6677 6355 Topanga Canyon Boulevard Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Daniel K. Fujimoto 949-720-9200 949 South Coast Drive, Suite 535 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Cynthia M. Cohen 213-683-6000 515 South Flower Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Leigh A. McGough 213-622-5124 444 South Flower Street, Nineteenth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
J. Scott Bovitz 213-346-8300 880 West First Street, Suite 502 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Kenneth D. Passon 949-752-2444 3337 South Bristol, Suite 147 Santa Ana, CA 92704
Sharon A. Morey 323-937-4730 Suite 655, 5750 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036
Michael A. Satz 310-768-1108 990 West 190th Street, 8th Floor, P.O. Box 2814 Torrance, CA 90502
Janice B. Kirk 714-566-1000 1600 East St. Andrew Place, P.O. Box 25125 Santa Ana, CA 92705
Craig A. Barbarosh 714-436-6800 650 Town Center Drive, Seventh Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626
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