Why would a bankruptcy attorney hire a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant?
Compared to attorneys who practice law and have large companies as clients (which pays them more money), attorneys working in consumer bankruptcy are generally working with the public who does not have much money. They are filing bankruptcy. Your services actually save attorneys $1,000s of dollars per year. Plus you relieve the other employees from a mundane task so they can work on other bankruptcy-related duties.

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Attention Attorneys and Paralegals!
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The information contained in How to Start a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant Service is a great tool to increase the skills of paralegals and other legal staff employed at bankruptcy law firms.  In addition, attorneys have used the training material in this book to set up their own bankruptcy practice.  This information is NOT taught in any law school or paralegal training course.  If you are an attorney and wish to purchase multiple copies for your entire staff, call our office at 614-875-4496 for quantity pricing.

• What is a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant?
• Is This Business Right for You?
• Quiz Analysis
• Important Questions and Answers About the Job
• What Are the Job Duties of a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant
• How Much Money Can I Earn Working as a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant?
• Do I Need to be a Paralegal to be a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant?
• Can I Only Work for Attorneys in My Area?
• Is This Legal to Do in Any State?
• Is This Type of Business Considered to be Sharing Fees?
• How Can I Get Started in This Business?

• Should You Obtain Advanced Education Before Starting This Type of Business?
• Another Method of Obtaining Your Paralegal Education
• Structuring Your Client Base
• Starting at Ground Zero
• Setting Up Shop
• Saving Money on Office Start-Up Supplies
• Office Furniture
• Office Supplies
• Computer Equipment
• Recommended Computer Technician
• Laser Printer
• Fax Machine
• Bankruptcy Software
• Article: Don't Make This Marketing Mistake
• Establishing Good Office Procedures
• Sample Attorney Cover Page
• Establishing Procedures for First-Time Attorney Clients
• Should You Provide an Agreement to the Attorney for Your Services?
• Sample Agreement
• Naming Your Business
• Should You Incorporate or Get a Business License?
• The Next Step

• The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA)
• The Need for Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant Services is Increasing
• Bankruptcy Basics
• Some Bankruptcy Terms You Need to Know
• Common Bankruptcy Words in Layman's Terms
• Chapter 7 Basics
• Chapter 13 Basics
• Changes During a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
• Filing the Bankruptcy Petition
• Additional Forms Required to File a Chapter 13
• The Skeleton Bankruptcy Petition
• The Umbrella Effect of the Bankruptcy Stay
• What the Automatic Stay Cannot Prevent
• How Can Creditors Get Around the Automatic Stay?
• What Happens After the Bankruptcy Petition is Filed?
• The 341 Meeting (or Creditors Meeting)
• Other Basic Facts You Need to Know as a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant
• Debts That Cannot be Discharged in Bankruptcy

•  Free Client Intake Forms
• Scheduling the Appointment with the Debtor(s)
• Sample Letter Template
• The First Appointment
• Meeting with the Bankruptcy Attorney
• After the Attorney Meets with the Clients
• Reviewing the Client Intake Forms for Completion
• Reviewing the Debt Sheets
• Pending Lawsuits
• Titles and Deeds
• How to Do Online Courthouse Records Search
• What Are These Documents Necessary?
• Paycheck Stubs
• Meeting the Credit Counseling Requirement
• The Second Credit Counseling Requirement
• Recognizing Debtor(s) Who May Be Hiding Assets
• Other Questions the Debtor(s) May Ask
• Understanding Creditor Harassment
• Why Are Some Collectors So Cruel?
• Credit Card Collectors Are a Rare Breed
• Will Credit Cards Ever Be Paid Off?
• Collection Agencies for Medical Bills
• Other Outstanding Loans
• The Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant's Interaction with Collectors

• The Importance of Drafting a Detailed Bankruptcy Petition
• The Means Test
• The Credit Counseling Requirement
• Form 1: Voluntary Petition
• Involuntary Petition
• Application to Pay Filing Fee in Installments
• Form 6: Summary of Schedules
• Schedule A
• Schedule B
• Determining Market Values for Items
• What is a Cram Down?
• Schedule C
• Schedule D
• Schedule E
• Schedule F
• Schedule G
• Schedule H
• Schedule I
• Schedule J
• Balancing Schedule I and J
• Declaration Concerning Debtors Schedules
• Form 7: Statement of Affairs
• Form 8: Chapter 7 Individual Debtors Statement of Intention
• Compensation Statement of Attorney
• Verification of Creditors Matrix
• Creditors Matrix
• Form 21: Statement of Social Security Number
• Form 22A: Statement of Current Monthly Income/Means Test
• Form 22C: Statement of Current Money Income and Disposable Income Calculation
• Discharge of a Bankruptcy
• How to Be Alert to Potential Problems as You Draft the Bankruptcy Petition
• Other Unrevealed Assets and Liabilities
• Hands-On Workbook Available

• What is the Means Test?
• Understanding The Purpose of The Means Test
• How Schedule I is Relational to The Means Test
• What Are the Differences Between Schedule I and J and The Means Test?
• Getting Ready to Learn
• The General Tab
• The Income Tab
• The Median Income Tab
• The Living Tab
• The Housing Tab
• The Car Tab
• The Necessary Tab
• The Additional Expenses Tab
• The Debt Payment Tab
• The Summary Tab
• The Special Tab
• Means Test Summary
• Additional Means Test Study Materials

• Signing Up with PACER
• Signing Up with the Chapter 13 Network
• Joining a Paralegal Organization
• The Major Paralegal Organizations
• How Can you Find the Paralegal Regulations for Your State?
• Frequently Asked Questions from Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants
• Do You Have More Questions?
• Outline of Some Commonly Used Pleadings
• Answer to Trustee's Motion to Dismiss
• Amendment to Schedule F
• Sample Amendment to Schedule F
• Motion for Relief from Stay
• Application to Incur New Debt
• Motion to Convert
• Objection to Proof of Claim
• Summary of Pleadings
• Where Can I Find Pleading Samples?
• Foreclosure Procedures
• The Complaint is Filed
• Filing Bankruptcy After Service of Complaint
• Overview of the Foreclosure Process
• How Long Does the Foreclosure Process Take?
• What if the Debtor(s) Want to Keep Their Home?
• Repossessions
• Chapter Summary

• How I Built The Lawyer Assistant - the first online virtual bankruptcy assistant service
• Bankruptcy Paralegal Services is Born
• My Prayer of Relief
• How This Defeat Turned into a Blessing
• The Birth of The Lawyer Assistant
• Against All Odds
• Understand How to Market to Attorneys
• Attorneys Things Differently Than Most People
• Finding Attorneys on the Internet
• How Did I Manage the Tremendous Workload?
• Transition from Business Owner to Training Instructor
• How Did the Term Bankruptcy Forms Process Start?
• Other Business Building Ideas
• Beware of Advertising in Legal Directories
• Developing a Company Brochure
• How to Determine the Size of a Law Firm
• Developing the Cover Letter
• Sample Cover Letter
• Sample Brochure
• Putting it All Together
• How Many Brochures Should You Mail Out?
• What Happens Next?
• Other Ideas for Marketing
• How Word-of-Mouth Advertising Helped Jo Anne Sessom Start Her Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant Service
• Marketing Through Magazine Advertising
• Marketing on the Internet
• Sample Press Release
• Subscribe to Bankruptcy Ezines
• How do the Changes in the New Bankruptcy Law Effect Marketing for the Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants?
• Start a Local Legal Clinic
• Summary of Marketing
• Suggested Fees for Drafting Bankruptcy Petitions

• Setting Up Your Business
• General Bankruptcy Information
• Means Test Information
• Credit Counseling Requirement
• Paralegal Education
• Places to Find Attorneys on the Internet
• Marketing and Web Design Links
• Press Release Submission
• National Advertising
• Legal Employment
• Legal Software
• Bankruptcy Software
• Legal Associations
• Publications and Chat Boards
• Web Resources Available from 713Training.Com

• Legal Dictionary for Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants (provided by Rick Raddatz, Radco Publishing)

How much money can you earn?

According to the American Bankruptcy Institute there are a record number of bankruptcy petitions filed every day in the United States. (Source: American Bankruptcy Institute.)  The Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant field is growing fast since electronic filing are now required by ALL bankruptcy courts in the United States.

You can earn from $250 to $400 or more per bankruptcy petition you draft because most bankruptcy attorneys charge upwards of $1,500 for a Chapter 7 and $2,000 for a Chapter 13.  Because you will be doing most of the actual labor drafting the bankruptcy petition, attorneys are more than happy to pay $250 to $400 or more for each one you process if you do a detailed and professional job.

The only key to earning this level of income and making this field of law a long-lasting career is good training, which can only be obtained (at this time) from 713Training.Com