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:
Jennie L. La Prade 213-488-7100 725 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2800 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Mark T. Flewelling 626-535-1900 199 South Los Robles, Suite 600 Pasadena, CA 91101
Gregory M. Salvato 213-683-6500 Twenty Seventh Floor, ARCO Center, 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Karen Rinehart 213-430-6000 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Robert J. McKennon 949-757-2800 19800 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 800 (Irvine) Irvine, CA 92612
Scotta E. McFarland 310-277-6910 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Brian L. Davidoff 310-286-1700 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2700 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Ted A. Galfin 949-752-2444 3337 South Bristol, Suite 147 Santa Ana, CA 92704
Arnold M. Quittner 310-277-6910 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Richard M. Pachulski 310-277-6910 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Peter F. Lindborg 310-552-3400 One Century Plaza, 34th Floor, 2029 Century Park East Los Angeles, CA 90067
Ian S. Landsberg 310-478-4100 11400 West Olympic Boulevard, Ninth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90064
Henley L. Saltzburg 310-481-6700 12121 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Thomas J. Leanse 310-788-4400 2029 Century Park East, Suite 2600 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Richard S. Busch 310-552-0130 2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Sara Dineen Harris 310-286-1700 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2700 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Andrew S. Rotter 213-452-4900 550 South Hope Street, Suite 825 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Michael J. Weiland 714-966-1000 Center Tower, 650 Town Center Drive, Suite 950 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Kerri A. Lyman 213-620-7700 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1900 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Bernard E. Schneider 949-760-4430 2101 East Coast Highway, Suite 230 Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Robert A. Klyman 213-485-1234 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Catherine Ken 626-821-8757 805 West Duarte Road, Suite 104 Arcadia, CA 91007
Daniel O. Iyayi 323-469-9259 6464 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 812 Hollywood, CA 90028
James Arthur Hayes Jr. 949-347-7900 28202 Cabot Road, Suite 100 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Ronald R. Cohn 818-591-2121 23975 Park Sorrento, Suite 200 Calabasas, CA 91302
Simon Jonathan Dunstan 310-207-9455 21031 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 750 Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Evan M. Jones 213-430-6000 400 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
William S. Brody 213-891-0700 601 South Figueroa Street, 24th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Ronald D. Halpern 949-249-2922 30011 Ivy Glenn Drive, Suite 112 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Peter M. Gilhuly 213-485-1234 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Ronald E. Ostrin 310-914-7991 11377 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 900 Los Angeles, CA 90064
Jeffrey H. Davidson 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Robert C. Shenfeld 213-457-8000 355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900 Los Angeles, CA 90071
C. Timothy O'Malley 213-623-7505 500 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90071
Michael D. Four 323-655-4700 6300 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000 Los Angeles, CA 90048
Todd C. Ringstad 949-851-7450 2030 Main Street, Suite 1200 Irvine, CA 92614
Sandra Khalili 310-277-8300 10390 Santa Monica Boulevard, Fourth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90025
Bennett J. Murphy 213-694-1200 601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3300 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Brian D. Kilb 213-229-7000 333 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90071
Eric P. Francisconi 949-852-1100 2030 Main Street, Suite 1050 Irvine, CA 92614
Allan S. Ono 310-277-7200 2029 Century Park East Los Angeles, CA 90067
Robert Jay Moore 213-892-4000 601 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017
Philip E. Strok 714-966-1000 Center Tower, 650 Town Center Drive, Suite 950 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Stuart I. Koenig 213-614-1944 611 West Sixth Street, 16th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Eric D. Houser 949-679-1111 5420 Trabuco Road, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92620
Steven J. Schwartz 310-277-0077 2029 Century Park East, Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Judianne Jaffe 310-478-2541 Fourteenth Floor East, 10960 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90024
Sharon M. Kopman 213-680-8400 777 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017
Hydee R. Feldstein 213-683-6000 515 South Flower Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Lawrence H. Miller 714-431-1100 535 Anton Boulevard, 10th Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Robert C. Bloom 213-622-5124 444 South Flower Street, Nineteenth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Adam E. Chaikin 310-451-9714 501 Colorado Avenue, Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90401
Michael G. Spector 714-835-3130 2677 North Main Street, Suite 870 Santa Ana, CA 92705
Greg M. Nitzkowski 213-683-6000 515 South Flower Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Kathryn E. Van Houten 818-242-6859 Suite 900, 100 West Broadway Glendale, CA 91210
Jeffrey A. Paris 310-392-8722 Paris Law Building, 424 Pico Boulevard Santa Monica, CA 90405
Alan H. Martin 714-513-5100 650 Town Center Drive, 4th Floor Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Gary E. Klausner 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Kristin L. Connor 213-622-5124 444 South Flower Street, Nineteenth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Craig M. Fields 310-550-7222 9460 Wilshire Boulevard, 5th Floor Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Dawn M. Coulson 213-229-2868 333 S. Hope Street, 36th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Marvin D. Heileson 213-892-5200 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90013
Owen H. Prague 818-225-3000 4500 Park Granada Calabasas, CA 91302
Benjamin S. Seigel 213-891-0700 601 South Figueroa Street, 24th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90017
Linda L. Northrup 310-207-8300 12400 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Robert E. Huttenhoff 949-340-3400 26632 Town Centre Drive, Suite 300 Foothill Ranch, CA 92610
Stanley E. Goldich 310-277-6910 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Patricia M. Bakst 310-470-1700 Fourth Floor, 10801 National Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90064
Meredith S. Jackson 310-277-1010 Suite 900, 1800 Avenue of the Stars (Century City) Los Angeles, CA 90067
Charles F. Rosen 714-546-0445 6 Hutton Centre, Suite 880 Santa Ana, CA 92707
David W. Crumpacker Jr. 310-551-7400 1900 Avenue of the Stars, 25th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Barry R. Gore 310-542-0111 3424 Carson Street, Suite 350 Torrance, CA 90503
Shai Oved 818-992-6588 20700 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 220 Woodland Hills, CA 91364
Sidney P. Levinson 213-694-1200 601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3300 Los Angeles, CA 90017
Steven R. Fox 818-774-3545 17835 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 206 Encino, CA 91316
Henry Hwang 323-937-4730 Suite 655, 5750 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90036
Jacqueline L. McIntyre 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Susan S. Davis 310-277-4222 2049 Century Park East, 28th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Gary A. Mitchell 818-886-2516 19420 Business Center Drive, Suite 109 Northridge, CA 91324
Margreta M. Sundelin 310-228-5600 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 12th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Edgar C. Smith III 949-348-8300 Suite 200, 26522 La Alameda Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Charles M. Levy 310-471-3000 815 Moraga Drive Los Angeles, CA 90049
David J. McCarty 213-620-1780 Forty-Eighth Floor, 333 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071
Susan V. Noonoo 310-282-2000 Suite 2200, 10100 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90067
Richard L. Knickerbocker 310-314-1600 233 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 400 Santa Monica, CA 90401
Paul J. Sievers 714-641-5100 611 Anton Boulevard, Fourteenth Floor, P.O. Box 1950 Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Linda M. Blank 310-203-9393 1925 Century Park East, Suite 1150 Los Angeles, CA 90067
James S. Cochran 310-312-4000 Trident Center, East Tower, 11355 West Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90064
Eric D. Brown 213-485-1234 633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, CA 90071
C. Alexei Brenot 818-547-4800 500 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 1030 Glendale, CA 91203
John H. Irons Jr. 310-201-8900 1925 Century Park East, Suite 1700 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Karen Sue Naylor 714-708-3900 200 West Santa Ana Boulevard, Suite 400 Santa Ana, CA 92701
Sundee M. Teeple 714-692-6598 22605 La Palma, Suite 510 Yorba Linda, CA 92887
David K. Eldan 213-624-0222 500 South Grand Avenue, 21st Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071
Eric C. Peterson 310-286-1700 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2700 Los Angeles, CA 90067
Kevin J. Leichter 310-553-3000 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Eighteenth Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Melanie Gardner-Pawlak 818-883-4400 21271 Burbank Boulevard, Suite 100 Woodland Hills, CA 91367
James P. Doan 949-472-0593 25401 Cabot Road, Suite 119 Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Martin R. Barash 310-407-4000 Fox Plaza, 2121 Avenue of the Stars, Thirty-Third Floor Los Angeles, CA 90067
Madhu Kalra 213-487-2700 23720 Arlington Avenue, Suite 5 Torrance, CA 90501
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