Kansas City, KS bankruptcy attorney Hunter Gould explains how you can pay for a bankruptcy lawyer if I can’t pay my bills. He shares that he often heard that question, and he acknowledged that affording a bankruptcy could sometimes be one of the challenges to filing. However, his firm had made it fairly easy for clients to manage the cost because they accepted installment payments. They also kept their services affordable in many cases, largely due to the way Mr. Robinson had built the firm. Robinson had done an excellent job of streamlining the process so clients weren’t required to pay hourly fees just to speak with an attorney or submit documents. The staff was trained to guide clients through much of the process, gathering the necessary documentation and answers, and then passing them along to the attorneys.

One of the biggest benefits of installment payments, he explained, was that once high-pressure debts—like payday loans, credit card payments, or garnishments—were stopped, clients finally had the ability to redirect that money toward paying for their bankruptcy case. More often than not, the issue wasn’t that clients couldn’t afford bankruptcy itself. The real problem was that their creditors were holding them back, making it difficult to cover both the cost of filing and the other necessities of daily life. By filing, they could lift that burden and regain the financial breathing room they needed.