Electronic Disbursements to Debtors’ Attorneys
Attention Debtors’ Attorneys: You can now have my office pay your fees to you via direct deposit instead of by
Practice Tips for Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Attorneys in the Eastern District of Kentucky, by Beverly M. Burden, Trustee
Attention Debtors’ Attorneys: You can now have my office pay your fees to you via direct deposit instead of by
Are you adequately and accurately disclosing to your clients and to the court what your fee agreement is for representing debtors in chapter 13 cases in the EDKY? Many attorneys, I fear, are not.
You agree to the $3,500 “no-look” fee. Sometime before confirmation, you and your client part ways, and you do an agreed order of substitution with the debtor’s new attorney. Who is supposed to be paid, and how much?