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:
Judith Sturtz Karp 202-778-9000 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., 2nd Floor Washington, DC 20036
Vicki C. Bryant 301-589-5018 9201 Three Oaks Drive Silver Spring, MD 20901
Robert L. Eskay Jr. 202-785-9100 1150 Eighteenth Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036
Matthew D. Osnos 301-572-7900 P.O. Box 689 Greenbelt, MD 20768
James M. Lewis 703-720-8600 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 700 Mclean, VA 22102
Richard H. Gins 202-537-7050 5028 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20016
George L. Brooks 301-567-1100 6130 Oxon Hill Road, Suite 100 Oxon Hill, MD 20745
Christopher L. Hamlin 301-441-2420 6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 200 Greenbelt, MD 20770
Laurence S. Kirsch 202-828-2000 1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036
Francis P. Dicello 202-414-9200 Suite 1100 - East Tower, 1301 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005
Richard D. Milone Jr. 202-772-2200 1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005
F. Robert Troll Jr. 301-572-7900 P.O. Box 689 Greenbelt, MD 20768
Roger Frankel 202-424-7500 3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007
Antionice D. Goodson 301-961-9200 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814
Jeffrey L. Tarkenton 202-857-4400 Suite 700, 1401 Eye Street Washington, DC 20005
Bradford F. Englander 301-654-0504 Suite 800, 7200 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814
Wendy A. Cartwright 301-459-8240 10111 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, Suite 101 Bowie, MD 20720
Steven B. Ramsdell 703-549-5000 206 North Washington Street, Suite 200 Alexandria, VA 22314
Jonathan P. Graham 202-434-5000 725 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005
Matthew Anthony Rizzo 703-218-2100 9302 Lee Highway, Suite 1100 Fairfax, VA 22031
Wendelin I. Lipp 301-656-7603 4800 Hampden Lane, Seventh Floor Bethesda, MD 20814
Adam J. August 703-720-8600 1600 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 700 Mclean, VA 22102
Bruce W. Gilchrist 202-637-5600 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004
Susan C. Brunhuber 703-449-5800 13135 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway Fairfax, VA 22033
Michael J. Lichtenstein 202-424-7500 3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007
Henry E. Seaton 703-573-0700 2240 Gallows Road Vienna, VA 22182
Stephen E. Leach 703-584-3280 8270 Greensboro Drive, Suite 850 Mclean, VA 22102
David C. Jones Jr. 703-273-7350 10617 Jones Street, Suite 301A Fairfax, VA 22030
Harvey A. Levin 202-659-5800 Suite 1200, 1155 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036
Ronald E. Reinsel 202-862-5000 One Thomas Circle, N.W. Washington, DC 20005
Craig M. Palik 301-441-2420 6411 Ivy Lane, Suite 200 Greenbelt, MD 20770
George A. Teitelbaum 202-783-7177 1025 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 1012 Washington, DC 20036
Kathleen McDermott 202-944-3000 Watergate, Eleventh Floor, 600 New Hampshire Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20037
C. Erik Gustafson 703-684-8007 225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 290 Alexandria, VA 22314
William Bradley Bauhof 301-682-4200 220 North Market Street Frederick, MD 21701
H. Mark Goetzman 703-528-4700 Courthouse Plaza, Thirteenth Floor, 2200 Clarendon Boulevard Arlington, VA 22201
Jon A. Geier 202-508-9500 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004
Robert M. Gants 703-684-2000 510 King Street, Suite 301 Alexandria, VA 22314
David E. Jones 703-591-3737 10621 Jones Street, Suite 301 Fairfax, VA 22030
William L. Callahan 301-937-3300 4743 Sellman Road Beltsville, MD 20705
Michael L. Lefkowitz 202-955-3000 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006
Jennifer A. Brennan 202-772-2200 1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005
John P. Forest II 703-691-4940 11350 Random Hills Road, Suite 700 Fairfax, VA 22030
Karen Bab Rosan 202-872-2890 Suite 1100, 701 Ninth Street NW Washington, DC 20068
Michael R. Murphey 202-659-8611 Suite 202, 1320 19th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036
Alan D. Eisler 301-656-7603 4800 Hampden Lane, Seventh Floor Bethesda, MD 20814
Jason W. Henderson 301-961-9200 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814
Priscilla G. Bornmann 703-299-8713 100 North Pitt Street, Suite 201 Alexandria, VA 22314
Michael C. Zisa 202-822-8838 3243 P Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007
Stephen K. Gallagher 703-684-8007 225 Reinekers Lane, Suite 290 Alexandria, VA 22314
Sumeet Sharma 202-585-8000 401 9th Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, DC 20004
Jerald I. Ancel 202-833-8833 1666 K Street, N.W., Suite 1010 Washington, DC 20006
Bryn Hope Sherman 301-961-9200 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20814
Richard E. Lear 202-955-3000 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006
Jonathan S. Shurberg 301-585-0707 8720 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Michael J. Sgarlat 703-549-2000 216 South Patrick Street Alexandria, VA 22314
Richard E. Hagerty 703-734-4334 1660 International Drive, Suite 600 Mclean, VA 22102
Richard A. Medway 202-347-0066 6th Floor, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004
Michael J. Wade 202-452-2140 1801 K Street, N.W., Suite M-110 Washington, DC 20006
Marilyn J. Brasier 301-572-7900 P.O. Box 689 Greenbelt, MD 20768
Emil Hirsch 202-887-1400 Suite 500, 1666 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006
Kevin P. Kennedy 301-230-5200 11921 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852
Joseph O. Click 202-944-3000 Watergate, Eleventh Floor, 600 New Hampshire Avenue N.W. Washington, DC 20037
Tonya J. Turner 202-216-0500 1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036
Roderick B. Williams 202-672-5300 Washington Harbour, Suite 500, 3000 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007
Steven L. Schwarcz 202-682-3500 McPherson Building, 901 Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005
Greggory B. Mendenhall 202-218-0000 Eleventh Floor East, 1300 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20005
Matthew W. Cheney 202-424-7500 3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20007
George W. Campbell 703-525-8500 2841 Hartland Road, Suite 200 Falls Church, VA 22043
Richard A. Cohn 202-508-6000 700 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005
Stephen A. Metz 301-230-5200 11921 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852
Joel I. Sher 202-331-0200 1800 K Street, N.W., Suite 716 Washington, DC 20006
Thomas J. Catliota 202-663-8000 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037
H. Bradley Evans Jr. 703-684-2000 510 King Street, Suite 301 Alexandria, VA 22314
Douglas Mataconis 703-503-8088 P.O. Box 7514 Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Patrick J. Kearney 301-986-9600 4416 East West Highway, Fourth Floor Bethesda, MD 20814
Michael L. Bernstein 202-942-5000 Thurman Arnold Building, 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004
John E. Rinaldi 703-330-7400 9324 West Street, Suite 300 Manassas, VA 20110
Nancy V. Alquist 202-661-2200 601 13th Street, N.W., Suite 1000 South Washington, DC 20005
Lee Warner Shubert 202-625-3500 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W., East Lobby, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20007
William McCarron Jr. 202-887-1500 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 5500 Washington, DC 20006
James R. Schroll 703-525-4000 2000 North 14th Street, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22201
J. Eric Crupi 703-712-5000 1750 Tysons Boulevard, Suite 1800 Mclean, VA 22102
Bradley R. Duncan 703-714-7400 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 1700, Tysons Corner Mclean, VA 22102
Joseph G. Cosby 202-454-2800 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, DC 20006
Caren S. Hersh 240-314-0100 200-A Monroe Street, Suite 233 Rockville, MD 20850
Jesse B. Wilson III 703-273-2288 Fair Oaks Plaza, 11350 Random Hills Road, Suite 500 Fairfax, VA 22030
Alan N. Gamse 202-822-8250 1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036
Dominique V. Sinesi 703-256-6200 7700 Little River Turnpike, Suite 604 Annandale, VA 22003
Christopher C. Fogleman 301-294-2110 451 Hungerford Drive, Suite 600 Rockville, MD 20850
C. William Phillips 202-662-6000 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20004
David I. Steinberg 301-589-4597 8630 Fenton Street, Suite 320 Silver Spring, MD 20910
Alexander M. Laughlin 703-905-2800 7925 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 6200 Mclean, VA 22102
Tamara A. Stoner 301-986-1300 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 460 Bethesda, MD 20814
Thomas W. Repczynski 703-525-4000 2000 North 14th Street, Suite 100 Arlington, VA 22201
Alan M. Noskow 703-773-4000 1775 Wiehle Avenue, Suite 400 Reston, VA 20190
Tammy Cohen Drescher 703-684-8800 218 North Lee Street, Third Floor Alexandria, VA 22314
William E. Tabot 703-330-4515 9248 Mosby Street Manassas, VA 20110
Majorie Gabbett DiLima 301-251-0100 One Church Street, Suite 800 Rockville, MD 20850
Philip Tucker Evans 202-955-3000 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006
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