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I just got a call from DD#2, who is asking ol’ dad for some advice. It seems a co-worker and her husband have a checkered past regarding credit card debt and problems with the IRS. She is telling my daughter she and her husband are planning to respond to a daytime TV lawyer ad ("Call me and I’ll take care of all your IRS and credit problems!”) in an effort to get their financial lives straightened out.
DD#2 and others in her office have told the co-worker that the TV lawyer route probably isn’t a good idea, but they don’t know what to recommend to her. So I get the phone call this morning asking for my input.
My initial thougths were to seek credit counselling help (are any of those places reputable?) or to look for an attorney who specializes in bankruptcy/IRS problems but who isn't blasting ads over the tube every day. But then I thought maybe the lawyers with the ads had more volume and therefore maybe more experience?
Since I have never had to deal with this before (thankfully), I'm asking the forum for some ideas. Any thoughts I could pass along would be appreciated. And yes, I know this isn’t much information, but it’s all I’ve got.
DD#2 and others in her office have told the co-worker that the TV lawyer route probably isn’t a good idea, but they don’t know what to recommend to her. So I get the phone call this morning asking for my input.
My initial thougths were to seek credit counselling help (are any of those places reputable?) or to look for an attorney who specializes in bankruptcy/IRS problems but who isn't blasting ads over the tube every day. But then I thought maybe the lawyers with the ads had more volume and therefore maybe more experience?
Since I have never had to deal with this before (thankfully), I'm asking the forum for some ideas. Any thoughts I could pass along would be appreciated. And yes, I know this isn’t much information, but it’s all I’ve got.