# How do bankrupcy lawyers make money?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bankrupcy-lawyers-make-money/64499>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 6, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bankrupcy-lawyers-make-money/64499 "2001-05-06T02:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Outrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9d8465/32.png) [@Outrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Outrider)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bankrupcy-lawyers-make-money/64499/1 "2001-05-06T02:28:37Z")

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If I am a bankrupcy lawyer, how can I make any money off my clients?

Ok, I know that there are plenty of people who file for bankrupcy while still having a tidy sum in offshore accounts, but what about the ones who are genuinely bankrupt? How are they going to afford a lawyer?

Are there any court-appointed bankrupcy lawyers?

-Outrider

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**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bankrupcy-lawyers-make-money/64499/2 "2001-05-06T02:30:18Z")

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good quesion. how DO they make a buck?

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bankrupcy-lawyers-make-money/64499/3 "2001-05-06T02:34:48Z")

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I asked a similar question once and got some pretty good answers:  
[When you file for bankruptcy, does your lawyer make you pay him cash?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52301)

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**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-bankrupcy-lawyers-make-money/64499/4 "2001-05-06T02:58:22Z")

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A “friend of mine” who screwed his life up and filed was required to pay a 750 dollar lawyer fee. They used this nifty system in which “my friend” paid installments of 50 bucks per month.

Sir “friendless” Rhosis