I had a client come in recently. He first came to see me four (4) years ago because he was being sued. He paid me $200.00. I wrote a letter to the creditor advising that he would be filing bankruptcy soon, and he has not been in my office since. He is actually somebody I have known for years, and I run into him from time to time. Not once have I ever said to him, “oh by the way when are we going to finish your bankruptcy”, or “oh by the way you still owe me bankruptcy fees”. He came into my office and brought in a warrant he received. The Deputy Sheriff is threatening to arrest him. Now he has paid me off, and we have filed. Admittedly, four years is quite a long time. Usually, they do not wait so long. However, two facts remain universally true. The first is that I am not going anywhere, and the second is that the creditors are not going anywhere. As such, I can be comfortable knowing that my clients will eventually seek me out and demand that I take their money and file their petitions. In the meantime, they have enough problems without my pestering them as if I were just another debt collector.
