Below
is a list attorneys who practice bankruptcy law in the District of
Columbia (Washington DC). Their education, location of there practice
and phone numbers are included.
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Harris
Ammerman
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Washington,
DC
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Joseph
M. Goldberg
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Guy
Neal
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Paul
Pearlstein*
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Jeffrey
Rubin
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Roger
E. Smith
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Andrew
Zimmitti
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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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Harris
S. Ammerman |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: Temple University - Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Graduate School: Temple University - Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Law School: George Washington University Law School
- Washington D.C. |
Address: |
Ammerman
& Goldberg
Atty. Harris S. Ammerman
1115 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, D.C., 20005
Telephone: 202-559-1428
Fax: 202-638-5858 |
Practice: |
Washington DC
Chapter 7, 11 and 13
Pennsylvania State Bar - Admitted 1972
District of Columbia State Bar - Admitted 1974
Maryland State Bar - Admitted 1978
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Name
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Joseph
M. Goldberg |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: Franklin & Marshall College-
Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center- Washington
D.C. |
Address: |
Ammerman
& Goldberg
Atty. Joseph M. Goldberg
1115 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, D.C., 20005
Telephone: 202-559-1428
Fax: 202-638-5858 |
Practice: |
Washington D.C.
Foreclosures, Chapter 7, Chapter 13
Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1981
District of Columbia State Bar - Admitted 1980
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Name
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Guy
S. Neal |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: College of William and Mary
- Williamsburg, Virginia.
Law School: Georgetown University Law Center - Washington,
D.C |
Address: |
Sidley
Austin Law Firm
Guy S. Neal
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Telephone: 202.736.8041
Fax: 202.736.8711 |
Practice: |
Washington D.C.
Chapter 11 business bankruptcies
Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1993
District of Columbia State Bar - Admitted 1994
Maryland State Bar - Admitted 1995
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| Name:
| Paul
D. Pearlstein* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Law
School: University of Virginia School of Law - Charlottesville, Virginia | Address: | Paul
D. Pearlstein Attorney at Law 1730 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W. Suite 205 Washington,
DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 223-5848 Fax: (202) 223-8737 | Practice: |
Washington DC Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy Maryland
State Bar - Admitted 1998 District of Columbia State Bar - Admitted 1963 Virginia
State Bar - Admitted 1992
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| Name:
| Jeffrey
Rubin | Education: | Undergraduate
School: George Washington University - Washington, D.C.
Law School: Georgetown University - Georgetown,
Washington D.C. and Syracuse University College of Law
- Syracuse, New York
| Address: | Shulman,
Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker Jeffrey W. Rubin, Attorney at La West
Tower Suite 500 1100 New York Ave, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Telephone:
(202) 872-0400 | Practice: |
Washington, DC District of Columbia State Bar - Admitted 1980 Maryland State
Bar - Admitted 1986
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| Name:
| Roger
Smith | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Kalamazoo College - Kalamazoo, Michigan Law School: Northern
Illinois University College of Law - DeKalb, Illinois | Address: | Schiff
Hardin LLP Roger E. Smith, Attorney at Law 1666 K Street NW, Suite 300 Washington,
DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 778-6400 Fax: (202)778-6460 | Practice: |
Washington DC Illinois State Bar - Admitted 1985, District of Columbia State
Bar - Admitted 2005
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| Name:
| Andrew
Zimmitti | Education: | Undergraduate
School: University of Chicago - Chicago, Illinois Law School: Georgetown
University Law Center - Georgetown, Washington D.C. | Address: | Patton
Boggs Law Firm Andrew Zimmitti, Attorney 2550 M Street, NW Washington,
D.C. Telephone: (202) 457-6000 Fax: (202) 457-6315 | Practice: |
Washington DC Connecticut State Bar - Admitted 1995 District of Columbia
State Bar - Admitted 1999
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Bankruptcy
Specialist*
The
attorney listed with an asterisk* (Paul Pearlstein) is a specialist
in Business Bankruptcy and certified by the American Board of Certification
(ABC), located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 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.

Content
written by Jack
Garchar
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