About
I’ve been assisting others find a sparkling start via financial disaster and divorce for nearly 20 years. When I was in regulation college I just happened to be working for a financial ruin lawyer. One of my first cases was a pair whose daughter suffered from a mind tumor, and after a large number of surgical procedures and remedies, the circle of relatives was left with payments in extra of $2 hundred,000 after coverage. They had no preference however to record financial ruin and get some reprieve from the overpowering amount of payments important to save their daughter. Soon after, I met a younger mom who had an inordinate quantity of debt. She got pregnant via the affection of her lifestyles, and the younger man satisfied her to shop for a vehicle along of a myriad of different gadgets of cost in her name. When the baby came, the young man took off with the automobile, leaving this penniless younger mother by myself with a child and a ton of debt. This female’s handiest option to get lower back on her ft was thru a financial ruin. Case with the aid of case, I commenced to look how financial disaster supplied opportunities for human beings in unfortunate situations to comprehend a clean start and determined to devote myself to this practice of regulation. Every day I take pride in supporting my customers paintings closer to a brighter destiny whether it’s through financial ruin or divorce. I am a graduate of Regent University School of Law and maintain an advanced regulation diploma from Georgetown University. I am a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Lawyers and the Tidewater Bankruptcy Bar Association. I even have written books about bankruptcy, and had been selected to oversee law student interns in bankruptcy. I stay with my husband in Virginia Beach where we are active in our church, Virginia Beach United Methodist Church. I additionally volunteers with Stand Up For Kids, an organization that works with homeless and at danger young people and young adults. › ›
Location
Legal Issues
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter thirteen Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Debt Relief
- Divorce
- Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
Costs
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Free Consultation
We provide one free session for financial disaster instances and a unfastened cellphone session for divorce cases. -
Payment With Credit Card
We receive debit playing cards for financial ruin expenses and credit score cards for all other sorts of instances.
Certificates
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Managing Lawyer
Hampton Roads Legal Services
2007 - Partner
Garfinkel and Pfeiffer, PC
2003 - Associate Lawyer
Law Office of Martin Garfinkel
2001 - Associate Lawyer
Berg Legal Clinic
1998
Educations
Graduation year: 1997
Graduation year: 1994
Graduation year: 1981
Graduation year: 1976