Below
is a list attorneys who practice bankruptcy law in the State of Iowa.
Their education, location of there practice and phone numbers are
included.
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Kevin
Ahrenholz
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Waterloo,
IA
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Dan
Childers*
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Cedar
Rapids, IA
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Paul
Gandy*
|
Fairfield,
IA
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Taraney
Olivencia
|
Des
Moines, IA
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Joseph
Peiffer*
|
Cedar
Rapids, IA
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James
T. Peters
|
Independence,
IA
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Laura
Range
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Cedar
Rapids, IA
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Types
of Bankruptcy (Business, Consumer and Municipal)
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- Chapter 7 - Can be filed by individuals, partnerships and corporations. The most common type of bankruptcy filing
- Chapter
9 - Adjustment of debts of a municipality
- Chapter 11 - Filed by large and small businesses. Individuals filing Chapter 11, are involved in business in some capacity, either as sole proprietors, or as principals of a corporation or partnership
- Chapter
12 - Adjustment of debts of a family farmer or fisherman
- Chapter
13 - Available for individuals only, no corporations
or partnerships may file
- Chapter
15 - Bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency
cases that have assets, debtors, creditors, and other
interested parties in multiple countries
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Attorney
Name - Education, Address and Practice
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Name
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Kevin
Ahrenholz |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: Wheaton College - Wheaton,
Illinois and American University - Washington D.C.
Law School: Marquette University Law School - Milwaukee,
Wisconsin |
Address: |
Kevin
Ahrenholz
Attorney at Law
620 Lafayette
Suite 300
Waterloo, IA 50703
Telephone: (877) 888-1766 |
Practice: |
Black Hawk, Polk, Cerro Gordo, Benton and Linn counties
Iowa State Bar - Admitted 1994
|
| Name:
| Dan
Childers* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Western Kentucky University - Bowling Green, Kentucky Law School:
University of Iowa College of Law - Iowa City, Iowa | Address: | Elderkin
& Pirnie Attorney Dan Childers* 115 1st Avenue SE Cedar Rapids,
IA 52401 Telephone: (319) 362-2137 Fax: (319) 362-1640 | Practice: |
Linn County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Iowa
State Bar - Admitted 1982
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| Name:
| Paul
Gandy* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts Law School: University
of Texas School of Law - Austin, Texas | Address: | Law
Offices of Paul D. Gandy 500 North 3rd Street Suite 111 Fairfield, IA
52556 Telephone: (641) 472-7762 Fax: (641) 472-7732 | Practice: |
Jefferson County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Iowa
State Bar - Admitted 1987
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| Name:
| Taraney
Olivencia | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Drake University - Des Moines, Iowa Law School: Drake University
Law School - Des Moines, Iowa. | Address: | Whitfield
& Eddy Taraney B. Olivencia, Attorney at Law 317 Sixth Ave. Suite 1200 Des
Moines, IA 50309 Telephone: (515) 288-6041 Fax: (515) 246-1474 | Practice: |
Polk County Iowa State Bar - Admitted 2009
|
| Name:
| Joseph
Peiffer* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Iowa State University of Science and Technology - Ames, Iowa
Law School: University of Iowa College of Law Iowa
- City, Iowa
| Address: | Day
Rettig Peiffer Law Firm 150 1st Avenue NE Suite 415 Cedar Rapids, IA
52401 Telephone: (319) 365-0437 Fax: (319) 365-5866 | Practice: |
Linn County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Illinois
State Bar - Admitted 1985 Iowa State Bar - Admitted 1982
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Name
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James
T. Peters |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: Luther College - Decorah, Iowa
and American University - Washington, DC
Law School: University of Iowa College of Law - Iowa
City, Iowa |
Address: |
James
T. Peters
Attorney at Law
309 First Street East
Independence, IA 50644
Telephone: 319-334-9992
Fax: 319-334-9993 |
Practice: |
Buchanan County
Consumer bankruptcy and creditor issues
Illinois State Bar - Admitted 1983
Iowa State Bar - Admitted 1983
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|
Name
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Laura
Range |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: University of Northern Iowa
- Waterloo, Iowa
Law School: University of Iowa College of Law - Iowa
City, Iowa |
Address: |
Laura
Range
Attorney at Law
222 3rd Ave. SE
Suite 299
Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Telephone: (877) 888-1766 |
Practice: |
Linn, Black Hawk, Polk, Cerro Gordo and Benton counties
Chapters 7, 11, 12 and 13
Iowa State Bar - Admitted 2005
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Bankruptcy
Specialist*
Attorneys
listed with an asterisk* (Dan Childers, Paul Gandy and
Joseph Peiffer) are specialists in certain areas of bankruptcy
law and are certified by the American Board of Certification (ABC),
located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and sponsored by the American Bankruptcy
Institute and the Commercial Law League of America. The three areas
of certification include the following; Creditors' Rights, Business
Bankruptcy and Consumer Bankruptcy. For
more information on this subject, please visit the Bankruptcy
Specialist section on the web site.

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