Several debtors' attorneys contacted for this article insist that they counsel clients carefully before agreeing to represent them, but others slough off first-time clients on paralegals. Still, the system has some built-in checks meant to halt bankrupts from filing multiple times within a short time span. We're under pressure not to liquidate those. We can even get hit with sanctions. For bankruptcy attorneys, efficiency is the key to a successful practice.
Attorneys pick their courtroom battles carefully.
Whatever doesn't get settled at the bus stop gets taken to the judge, and that takes time. Unless it's a good fight, it won't be fought here. The more cases attorneys file, the more money they make. The emphasis is on compromise, negotiation, and, most importantly, volume. There's not much substantive law being practiced.