Bankruptcy and Information Technology Services Overview
Counsel Support offers a full range of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistance services to support your bankruptcy law practice. On a regular basis or as a fill-in for unexpected busy periods, vacations or sick leave, we can help keep your practice running smoothly and help you provide top level client services.
Working remotely but always under the direct supervision of an attorney, our Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant service gives you everything an inhouse paralegal provides including: (click on each 
for a more detailed description of the service.)
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Client Initial Consultation
Streamline your client intake process. This database-driven basic financial overview form is meant to take your client about 5 minutes to prepare, and quickly gives you the information you need to get to the heart of their financial situation. A PDF version of the form is available on our "Get Started" page, and an online version can be integrated into your firm's website or hosted on our private, secure server.
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Full Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Case Preparation
We have over 10 years experience in preparing cases under both chapter 7 and chapter 13 before some of the most demanding judges and trustees in the country. Your clients can provide information using either our paper questionnaire or our database-driven online questionnaire. We will review the information provided by your clients and ensure that information is complete, accurate and consistent. We'll even prepare a paystub analysis and calculate the chapter 13 plan.
We also supply a full supporting document checklist to assist client in providing paperwork needed to meet the reasonable investigation requirements of Rule 9011 and Section 707(b)(4). These documents can be overnighted, faxed, emailed or uploaded directly to our secure case document repository.
We consult with the client to gather any missing information. When it's all done, we provide you with a complete answer file in either BestCase or EZ-Filing format, a ready-to-print and sign set of documents including the petition, schedules, statements and plan, and scanned images of the supporting documents with a detailed summary of any issues we discovered along the way.
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CaseManagerBK*
Our CaseManagerBK service offers you and your client a one-stop site to view the current status of each bankruptcy case, a list of upcoming deadlines, events and hearings, and have immediate access to all the documents filed in the case. This will dramatically reduce the time your inhouse staff will spend responding to requests for this information. As part of this service, we'll maintain copies of your client's case documents on our secure, private server for as long you remain a retained client of Counsel Support. Your clients can retrieve copies of their documents as often as they like at no extra charge and no hassle to you. (*CaseManagerBK is currently in beta test, but will be available soon.)
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Research and Drafting
We have a well-tested library of pleadings addressing a wide range of bankruptcy-related matters, and we are able to research and prepare pleadings to address any additional issues that might arise in your practice.
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Document Automation
Document Automation improves quality and consistency, and dramatically reduces pleading preparation time. We have years of experience in creating document templates in Word and WordPerfect format for use with HotDocs and Amicus Attorney. Have our pleading library integrated into your practice management system, or have us convert your own pleadings into automated document templates.
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Web Design, Search Engine Optimization and Pay Per Click Campaign Management
Practicing Law and marketing your practice requires wearing a lot of hats. We can improve your website and your position in organic search results. We can also conduct key-word research and manage your online pay per click ad campaign.
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Computer Hardware, Software, Networking and IT Support
Believe it or not, we built our first computer clear back in 1982, six months before IBM introduced the PC, and we started working with software specifically designed for the legal field back in 1994.
We can train your staff on a range of applications, and we can provide custom-built computers or assist you in purchasing name brand workstations, servers and the software you need for your practice. One-site and remote IT support options are available as well.
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Training and Support
We can train your staff in bankruptcy law and procedures and we can train them on the different software applications you will need to keep your practice running smoothly. Legal and technical support are available on very flexible schedules to suit your needs, with customer service our driving goal. It isn't 24/7, but you may not be able to tell the difference.
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Free Online Chapter 7 Means Test
Our totally free chapter 7 means test service is available online 24/7. Regularly updated with the current means test data, this service reproduces Official Form B22A and allows you to do a quick analysis of chapter 7 eligibility on the quickly anywhere you have internet access.
Retained clients of Counsel Support have links to their firm website prominently located near the top of the site.