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Surge in Filings create an enormous potential for Virtual Assistants Bankruptcy

Rising energy costs, fueled soaring personal debt and weakness in the housing market growth appear to the applications for bankruptcy in February 2008, according to Jenny Anderson in an article on the website for the automatic access to Court Electronic Records. AACER offers U.S. bankruptcy data for attorneys, lenders, employers and individuals.

After AACER, the average number of bankruptcy petitions filed in the country rose to an average of 3960 per day in February. This represents an increase of 18 percent from January and 28 percent increase over the Previous year.

The total number of its bankruptcy in March 2008 rose by 90 288 or 4299 per day. This was the first instance, as the bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCPA) went into effect in 2005 that the daily average for a given month exceeded 4,000.

University of Illinois College of Law Professor Robert M. Lawless quotes the general trend line as an important factor. Lawless, an expert in corporate and bankruptcy law, points out that the U.S. bankruptcy filings In January 2006, has grown less than 1,500 per day and by February 2008 this figure was just under 4000.

Lawless has predicted that the number of bankruptcy filings in this Land 1,000,000 by the end of the year upwards. Jack Williams, Georgia State University Professor and Scholar in Residence at the American Bankruptcy Institute, which pegs total 2008 nationwide fall between 1,2 and 1.4 million bankruptcies.

Lawless is an author on the blog Credit Slips bankruptcy (www.creditslips.org item.) Another Credit Slips blogger, Professor Elizabeth Warren at Harvard Law, said in Business Week, that more credit card companies do not reduce interest rates to consumers to help themselves in financial straits. "If fewer consumers can get any relief, more counseling plans fail," said Warren. "That means more bankruptcies…"

As the debtor bankruptcy law firms will react to this flood of business?

A 31 March 2008 article on the American Bar Association Journal website analysis be a survey, found that lawyers expect bankruptcy to the hottest growth area for law firms this year. 25 percent of the lawyers that the fastest Area of growth would work to bankrupt.

Marshall Huebner, Co-Chair of the bankruptcy group at Davis Pok & Wardwell, said his lawyers are "very busy. "In New York City, Skade, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom reports that the demand for bankruptcy services has increased strongly." In January and February, in behalf of its bankruptcy department 45 percent more hours than during the same period last year.

Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants are ideally positioned to benefit from this trend. While still in its infancy, this industry is ready to flourish, while demand for services escalates bankruptcy. As more and more consumer insolvency Attorneys aware of the benefits of contracting with a VBA grow to meet the opportunities for virtual assistants bankruptcy and create profitable career.

About the Author

Alan Higa is the owner/operator of Accel Petitions, a virtual bankruptcy service for licensed attorneys practicing consumer bankruptcy law. By preparing professional and comprehensive bankruptcy petitions for filing, he helps solo practitioners and new attorneys establish and grow their practice. To learn more, visit http://www.accelpetitions.com.

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