Walter A. Metzen, Michigan Bankruptcy
Attorney profile
American Board of Bankruptcy Certification
Date and Place of
Birth
October 21, 1963, Detroit MI.
Professional background
For over 10 years, Walter A. Metzen has
represented thousands of consumers needing a
fresh financial start. The Attorneys at
Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyers PLLC pride
ourselves in giving personal attention to our
clients. Our law firm primarily represents
individuals and small businesses, not large
corporations. The firm believes that bankruptcy
is an honest solution and offers a free initial
consultation. Walter received his law degree in
1991 from the University of Detroit and his
undergraduate B.S. degree in 1987 from Michigan
State University. He is licensed to practice in
the State of Michigan and and before the U.S.
District Courts for the Eastern and Western
Districts of Michigan, as well as the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern and Western
District of Michigan.
Attorney Metzen is a member of the Michigan
Bar, the American Bar Association, the Consumer
Bankruptcy Association, the National Association
of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Inc., the
American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Debtor's
Bar Association of Detroit Michigan.
Firm Philosophy
Attorney Walter
Metzen, the principal bankruptcy attorney
here at Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyers PLLC, has
over 15 years experience in consumer bankruptcy
law, and has helped thousands of Metro Detroit
and Southeast Michigan residents get a fresh
financial start. All associate attorneys have
also successfully assisted thousands of clients
with their bankruptcy filings. We maintain close
communication with our clients by being readily
available in person (walk-in times everyday), by
telephone by fax and by email. We are not the
largest law firm in Detroit. We are not the
largest bankruptcy law firm in Michigan, nor do
we want to be. What we do have is a dedicated,
experienced staff that will provide you with
attentive, personalized service. We do not
believe that bigger is necessarily better. The
attorneys at Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyers PLLC
strive to know the law and know the Bankruptcy
Court system. We study the Bankruptcy Code, the
Bankruptcy rules and the Local Bankruptcy Rules
for the Eastern District of Michigan. We know
the Bankruptcy Judges the Chapter 7 Trustee's
and the Chapter 13 Trustee's. We know the other
local bankruptcy attorneys and we can guide you
through any bankruptcy proceeding. All attorneys
at Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyers PLLC stay current
in the latest developments in all our areas of
practice and frequently attend seminars,
bankruptcy conferences and workshops to maintain
the highest level of bankruptcy law counseling
as possible.
At Michigan Bankruptcy
Lawyers PLLC, the attorney you speak with is
the attorney who will go to Bankruptcy Court
with you. We will not send an attorney fresh out
of law school to represent you. At Detroit
Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyers .com, you will not
be treated as one more case in a huge bankruptcy
factory...but you will be given personal
attention and good old fashioned legal
services...where you can talk to your attorney
and paralegal when you need to. We have a
reputation in the Metro Detroit area for
providing our clients with superior service at
the lowest possible cost, keeping in mind the
client's needs for honest, and experienced legal
knowledge and service, while maintaining the
lowest fees possible. At Michigan Bankruptcy
Lawyers PLLC, our philosophy is to provide the
client with honest advice, whether bankruptcy is
appropriate for the client or not, and to stand
up for our client's best interests. You can
expect us to communicate with you every step of
the way, and explain to you all of our
recommendations. Our goal is to provide each
client with quality legal services and excellent
communication at a reasonable fee.
We offer free consultations, over the phone,
the internet, or in person. Michigan Bankruptcy
Lawyers PLLC Office is conveniently located just
one-block from the US Bankruptcy Court in
Detroit Michigan to better serve you. Because of
our close proximity to the Bankruptcy Court, we
can file your case the same day if needed to
immediately stop foreclosure, car repossession,
utility shut off (gas, phone or electric) and
stop those creditor calls!
We at Michigan
Bankruptcy Lawyers PLLC are focused on
serving our clients. Our professional calling is
to our clients and only our clients, on a
full-time basis, to the best of our abilities.
We at Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyers PLLC strive to
render bankruptcy legal services which are high
quality, ethical, and honest, and which bring
positive results. We fight for our client's
rights in court. We explain the law to our
clients as it affects your case. We promptly
return our phone calls and answer your questions
and keep you informed of the status of your
case. We are fair to our clients. We fully
disclose the fee basis on which your case will
be taken at the beginning. We strive to keep
costs as low as possible. All attorneys at
Michigan Bankruptcy Lawyers PLLC are highly
trained in the use of computer-based office
systems and legal research resources. We use
state-of-the-art technology including, Bestcase
Bankruptcy software which enables us to
electronically file your case immediately and
can constantly monitor and review your case via
the United States Bankruptcy Court's Public
Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER)
system.
A Word from Walter
"I am the last person that most of clients
want to see. Most of them have done absolutely
everything in there power to avoid bankruptcy;
from borrowing from other credit cards,
borrowing against their house, borrowing against
their pension, borrowing from friends and
relatives and even consumer credit counseling.
The purpose of this site is to counsel people in
this situation and offer them an alternative to
'borrowing'. The reason for this is that
continuous 'borrowing' adds to continuous
'borrowing', which almost always leads to a
worse financial problem. Clients will do almost
anything to avoid seeing me. But, all that
usually does is put them into a worse position
then had they come to see me in the first place.
Further, these people that try so hard to avoid
seeing me are the same people that tell me how
relieved they are that I can resolve their
financial situation." "We represent the working
class - so you won't find us wasting your time!
We promise to be fast, efficient, and
effective." "Since we represent people who work,
we understand your situation. Therefore, if you
need time to pay your fees, we will take
payments - for up to three months - you set the
amount."
