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Ep 279: Upsolve’s Jonathan Petts and Ben Jackson on Building the TurboTax for Bankruptcy and Fighting UPL Restrictions

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Today, their nonprofit has helped over 16,000 low-income families discharge more than $700 million in debt through Chapter 7 bankruptcy all at no cost to users.

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On LawNext: Upsolve’s Jonathan Petts and Ben Jackson on Building the TurboTax for Bankruptcy and Fighting UPL Restrictions

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When former Wall Street lawyerJonathan Pettsjoined forces in 2016 withRohan Pavuluri, then a research assistant in Harvard Law Schools Access to Justice Lab, andMark Hansen, a software engineer, to create Upsolve, they had a simple but powerful vision: make bankruptcy filing as accessible as online tax preparation for Americans crushed by debt.

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Best Practices for Content Creation and Optimization

Martindale-Avvo

For example, a bankruptcy lawyer’s perfect client may be “George, age 47, whose family business recently failed and who has $10,000 in credit card debt.” It helps to create personas for each type of client you want to reach. A persona is a profile of your ideal client , written as a fully fleshed-out character.

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Lawyer Statistics for Success in 2025

Clio

The Legal Trends Report found that for law firms, bankruptcy was the practice area with the highest average hourly billing rate. Firms are billing 34% more of their cases on a flat fee basis compared to 2016. Which practice area has the highest average hourly billing rate? Different practice areas charge vastly different rates.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

This model is typically used when the anticipated work is predictable, such as simple estate planning, uncontested divorce and personal bankruptcy. In a flat-fee arrangement, also known as fixed pricing, the client pays a set amount at the beginning of the matter to cover the agreed-on work. 91-2 & Formal Advisory Opinion No.

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9 Must-Watch Attorney YouTube Channels to Draw Inspiration From

Lawmatics

They began posting quality content on their YouTube channel back in 2016. He has over 233K subscribers on his YouTube channel , which he started in 2016, and has been regularly posting videos since. They specialize in legal guidance related to real estate matters, Bankruptcy, estate planning, and probate.

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I was thinking about that this week when I saw Kevin Purdy at Ars Technica report that Drobo has stopped sales and is moving from a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to a liquidation-focused Chapter 7 bankruptcy. in late 2015 and 2016 , but I stopped using it last year when the future of the company become so uncertain.