Southern California Credit Card Debt Settlement Lawyer

Credit Card Settlement Process in California

If you have insurmountable credit card debt, our office may be able to assist you in negotiating with your creditors to repay only a portion of the amount owed. Settlement involves negotiating an acceptable payment that is less than what you owe on the account. In turn, the creditor releases any claim they may have against you in the future. This means that down the line they cannot come back and say that you still owe them money on that account.

Credit card companies are often willing to do this because receiving a discounted payment is better than the prospect of receiving no payment at all, which could happen if you pursue bankruptcy. The big advantage to hiring a law firm to settle your debt is that creditors are aware that we have the ability to file a bankruptcy case for you if they are unwilling to settle.

Is This The Right Option for Me?

Often times a bankruptcy filing is the best way to resolve your financial issues. However, there are many reasons that settling might be a better option for you.

How Does It Work?

During your free consultation, we will go over your entire financial situation with you to get an idea of what debts you have. Once you decide that you would like to proceed and retain our office, we must find out what credit cards you have and which ones you would like us to negotiate settlements for. We also must determine the current status of all the accounts (where they are now). For example, some of your accounts may have been transferred to a collection company or may be a pending lawsuit.

If you are unaware of the current status or location of an account, we can help to determine this for you. Once we locate all of the accounts that you wish to settle on, we begin the negotiation process of contacting the lenders and making settlement offers. This is a complicated process that differs greatly among each creditor. That is why it is essential to have an experienced negotiator who understands the process and the intricacies of each company. What works with one company may not work with another. Fortunately, our countless years of experience has given our firm superb longstanding relationships with creditors and solid insight into their negotiation techniques and practices. This allows us to get the best settlement available for you.

Recent Bankruptcy Filing

If you have previously filed bankruptcy and the requisite time has not passed before you may file another case, then settlement may be a good option.

Maintaining Relationship with Certain Creditors

In bankruptcy, you cannot pick and choose which creditors to include and which to keep out, you must include them all and all will receive notice of your bankruptcy filing. If, for whatever reason, you wish to maintain a good relationship with a certain creditor or want to fully pay off a few of your creditors and not others, then debt settlement is a better option. In bankruptcy, paying off one debt and not others is known as "preferential payment" and can be avoided by the trustee. See 11 U.S.C. § 547. Basically, this means that if any time in the 3 month period prior to your bankruptcy filing, you pay money to one of your creditors, which results in the creditor receiving more than it would otherwise in a bankruptcy, the bankruptcy trustee can make you return that payment. See 11 U.S.C. § 547.

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