Inside A United States Bankruptcy Court

Posted by Nick Niesen on October 29th, 2010

For people who have had to consider bankruptcy, they will eventually have to go to a United States bankruptcy court. The people?s attorney will be there with their client and that takes away most of the fear involved with the court. When people go to the United States bankruptcy court, they are not alone with their attorney.

There will be several other attorneys with their clients. There always seems to be safety in numbers and there will be other people doing the same thing that others are doing. The person?s attorney will tell them how to dress, what to say, and how to act. This is important because the judge is paying close attention to the peoples all around appearance.

Without the attorney being present it might attract the judge?s eye because the person may wear something that looks expensive or they may say something that a judge might pick up on. There are people that will represent themselves in United States bankruptcy court and it is allowable to do so but it isn?t really recommended for people to handle it by themselves.

The court is just another room with the judge and attorneys to do business in. Most people will stress out just knowing that they have to be there, but with adequate counsel from an attorney, people have nothing to worry about.

United States Bankruptcy Court Questions

When people show up for United States bankruptcy court, their attorney should quickly sit down with them and review all of the information pertinent to the court. The attorney will go over the possible questions that they may be asked and how to answer the judge with proper decorum.

One question that the judge may ask people is if they understand why they are in the United States bankruptcy court. The attorney will brief their client to answer with yes and to not ramble on. The last thing someone should do is to keep talking after answering the judge?s question.

Another question that a United States bankruptcy court judge might ask is if this is the persons first time to file bankruptcy or not. If people have filed before and this is not the first time in front of a bankruptcy court, the judge will want to know when the person last filed for protection. As long as the allotted time has passed between filings, the proceeding can continue.

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