Q: My attorney won't return my calls. I've already paid her for bankruptcy services.
What can I do and please tell me how to find FREE legal services in Portland Oregon? I'm asking for FREE services as my attorney took the money I had for filing my bankruptcy.
A:
Dear Asker,
If you can not get ahold of your attorney via her phone or email you can contact the Oregon State Bar about reaching out to her to resolve any misunderstanding or fee dispute. https://www.osbar.org/feedisputeresolution
You can call oregon legal aid to discuss potential free bankruptcy if you qualify for their services.
https://lasoregon.org/locations/
A: I'm a bit confused. Your location says Los Angeles so are you sure you need an Oregon Attorney? Also did your Attorney file or not file your bankruptcy? Are you correctly stating that you paid the full fee your Attorney required prior to filing your bankruptcy or is the situation that you paid some money but not all the money your Attorney told you was needed? As for free services, there may be some program that your local legal aid offers to help low income file bankruptcy. But you will probably have to pay otherwise for legal help. Also whether you need to file bankruptcy or not is really the question you need to be asking an Attorney. If you have no assets and no money, you may be Judgment Proof and not really need to file a bankruptcy. If you do have some assets and money, then maybe you should thinking about how to pay an Attorney to help you.
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