Bayer Wishman & Leotta

Their free consultation was thorough and they really settled me down and got me thinking about taking the right kinds of action instead of just getting beat up. These guys are pros and always respond to my calls and emails. I recommend them to friends and family whenever someone needs help with debt.

My colleagues at Bayer Wishman & Leotta are very experienced bankruptcy practitioners with the highest integrity.

Quick, efficient, affordable; very busy office, but was made to feel like an important client, not just one of many. Jeffrey Wishman got the job done!

Bankruptcy is a difficult process. I was in a situation where I needed clear, strategic advice about the fubar mess I faced. It was a unique case, because there was personal credit at stake as well as entrepreneurial businesses crashing in the Great Recession. I needed an attorney who would be able to look at the whole picture and make a considered recommendation. This is a little different than simply saying «I’ll file for you, give me a fee.»
What is it like to seek bankruptcy advice as a businessperson right now? Not fun. A typical example is a bankruptcy attorney I was professionally recommended to in the Valley (I won’t name his location out of totally undeserved professional respect). He had great bookshelves. He took $ 350 to look things over and recommend I give him a lot more money. He was very, very reluctant to answer even the most fundamental initial questions for fear that I was simply trying to get «free» information out of him. «Free»? I just paid you $ 350! Such was my experience, on top of the obvious stress.
Then I said, screw the professional recommendations, let’s do some good old-​fashioned Googling. And there was Leon. Now, I brought my headache to Leon, I explained the complexities of the situation, and I explained what I had experienced prior among his professional brethren. Leon gave me, a hardened skeptic who just wants some no-​bull professional advice, hope that it could be done, and hope that I could afford it. He provided exactly enough details to convince me he knew what he was doing and could provide ongoing strategic advice, which IMO is the sign of a good, judicious attorney. And he did that much for FREE.
So I went with Leon, and he ended up handling a handful of cases for me and providing the advice and roadmap I needed to get through the experience. He did exactly what I needed, and he was smart enough and had a good enough sense of humor to make it all less stressful than it needed to be. Looking back I’m glad I decided not to file myself. I strongly considered it, but I gambled that a good attorney’s services would be worth the hard questions that needed to be answered right now. I bet on Leon and it paid off!
I guess some would consider it professional suicide to even review a bankruptcy attorney. But in this day and age it’s rare to find a guy who’s truly competent and does what he says he’ll do. I recommend Leon.
(Also, regarding the negative review below, please take in the context of Leon’s business. He does not have fabulous bookshelves in the Valley. He has a business that performs a service for people who don’t have any more money. That’s tricky. Know that it’s a cash-​based business serving clients who have made a strategic decision to have an attorney help them, and have accepted that that costs some money upfront. Once you pay the man it’s right down to business.)