CONSUMER AND BANKRUPTCY LINKS & RESOURCES

◙  Bankruptcy Resources

Bankruptcy Dictionaries
Agencies, Departments and Organizations

General Bankruptcy Information

Bankruptcy  Courts
Bankruptcy Trustees

Bankruptcy Laws, Regulations and Rules

Bankruptcy Discussion Groups
Help with Creditor Addresses

◙  Consumer Credit & Protection Resources
          Fair Debt Collection Practices (link to article at www.azlawhelp.org)

◙  Miscellaneous Resources

          Automobile Valuation

          Consumer Credit, Protection & Safety

          Miscellaneous

◙  Bankruptcy Resources For Lawyers

Bankruptcy Laws, Regulations and Rules
General Bankruptcy Information and News
Bankruptcy Organizations and Committees

Bankruptcy Discussion Groups & Forums

Bankruptcy Forms
Tax Issues in Bankruptcy

Public Records

◙  Bankruptcy Resources

• Bankruptcy Dictionaries

  Lawcom.com/bankruptcy
  BankruptcyData.com/glossary
   

• Agencies, Departments and Organizations

American Bankruptcy Institute (research and education on insolvency)
American Board of Certification (certifies attorneys as specialists in business bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors' rights law)
BNA's Bankruptcy Law Reporter
Bankruptcy Statistics
Business Bankruptcy Committee at ABA
Internet Bankruptcy Library  discussion groups, conferences, publications, resources
National Bankruptcy Review Commission (independent commission created to investigate and study bankruptcy code)
Office of the U.S. Trustee
Pacer - on-line access to Bankruptcy Court dockets
Pacer Service Center - Administrative Office of the Courts
US Bankruptcy Court - electronic document filing
US Party Index - Pacer
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Inc.
Commercial Law League of America (creditors' rights organization)

• General Bankruptcy Information

Bankruptcy and Credit Law - general site
Bankruptcy Clearing House - all bankruptcy data back to 1997.
BankruptcyData.com
BankruptcySales.com (trustees and debtors to post listings of assets)
Bankruptcy Yearbook & Almanac (data about filings & statistics)
Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology
Findlaw.com - bankruptcy and other specific legal sites
LexisOne - Legal resources for small firms.
Needs based analysis of pending bills - 3/2001
On-line bankruptcy course from Arizona's Professor Boyd, U of A School of Law
The Lawyer Assistant
Status of recent bankruptcy bill pending before Congress
US Bankruptcy Law - Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.

• Bankruptcy Courts

Federal Courts - link to all federal courts (Supreme, District, Appeals and Bankruptcy)

Federal Courts - Judicial Opinions

United States District Court of Arizona

United States Bankruptcy Courts

United States Bankruptcy Court - District of Arizona

9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

9th Circuit Court of Appeals

U.S. Supreme Court - Official Site

U.S. Supreme Court - Legal Information Institute

• Bankruptcy Trustees

Russell A. Brown, chapter 13 Trustee for Maricopa
Edward Maney, chapter 13 Trustee for Maricopa
Dianne Kerns - chapter 13 trustee in Tucson
Chapter 13 Trustee's Network
National Association on Bankruptcy Trustees (sales of assets)
National Conference of Bankruptcy Clerks
National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (forum for 13 issues)
U.S. Trustee Program is part of the Department of Justice, and oversees administration of bankruptcy cases. Their site contains information about the U.S. Trustee program and the bankruptcy system.
BankruptcySales.com allows trustees and debtors to post listings of assets being offered for sale.

• Bankruptcy Laws, Regulations and Rules

US Bankruptcy Code
Bankruptcy Court - Judges Procedures

Bankruptcy Court - Local Rules

Bankruptcy Court - General Orders

Bankruptcy Court - Chapter 13 Confirmation rules

9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Rules

9th Circuit Court of Appeals - Local Rules

9th Circuit Court of Appeals - General Orders

Federal Rules of Appellate Practice - 9th Circuit

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Evidence

U.S. Code

U.S. Code Table of Popular Names

U.S. Constitution

• Help with Creditor and Collection company's addresses

  • Do a search on Google, Yahoo and Dogpile for the creditor's name.
  • U.S. Postal Service Zipcode Look-up
  • Connecticut Dept of Bkg & Cons Cred: Collection Agencies
  • Bankrate.com - Lists Credit Card Banks +
  • Netscape Yellow Pages

  Consumer Credit, Protection and Safety

National Do Not Call Registry - stop telemarketing, file complaints

Center for Information Security
Credit Scoring - How Does It Work?

What is Your Credit Score?
How to Dispute Credit Report Errors

IRS - Collection Standards (what is allowed by the IRS)

Kelley Blue Book - what is your car worth?
Stop Junk Calls
Value of your Home

Arizona Department of Housing
Arizona Banking Department - complaint form for poor servicing from escrow or title agency

Auto Insurance News - From Insure.com

Auto Insurance Tips - From SmartMoney.com

Auto Recalls - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Bankrate.com - Consumer Information on Banking and Personal Finance

Better Business Bureau

Better Business Bureau Online

Center for Economic Justice - Consumer Advocate's Guide to Insurance Data

Consumer Credit Counseling Service

Consumer Directory of Federal Agencies
Consumer Protection Agencies - General

Consumer Protection Division - Office of the Attorney General of Arizona

Consumer World - Catalog of Useful Consumer Resources

Consumer.gov - U. S. Government

Consumer-Action.org - Multilingual Library of Consumer Information

Copnet.org - Linking Community and Police

Credit Information - From the Federal Trade Commission
Doctors - Arizona - licensing and complaints

eBay - Smart Tools and Services to Help you Sell on eBay

Electronic Highway Safety Library

Fair Debt Collections Practice Act - 15 USCS SS 1692
Fair Credit Reporting - Federal Trade Commission article about your credit report and credit reporting agencies.

Federal Consumer Information Center - U.S. Government Consumer Protection Tips

FraudBureau.com - Consumer Scam Alerts

Funeral Consumers Alliance

Injury Prevention Internet Library

Insurance Center - Consumer Insurance Information from Fool.com

Insure.com  - Consumer Insurance Guide

Internet Fraud Watch - Distinguish Between Legitimate and Fraudulent Web Promotions

Internet Scambusters - Spotlights Internet Swindles

Junk Mail - how to stop, or sent two postcard to Direct Marketing Association, PO Box 9008, Farmingdale, NY  11735-9008 and the other to Polk "Opt-Out Program", List Order Services, 1621 18th St., Denver, CO  80202

Mortgage Calculators
Lemon Law Information - Arizona

National Association of Consumer Advocates

National Foundation for Credit Counseling

National Fraud Information Center

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

National Veteran Legal Services Program

PersonalInsure.com - Consumer Insurance Information from About.com

Predatory Lending - Arizona Attorney General (PDF doc) Household Finance - predatory lending
What are your privacy rights?

Protecting Yourself from Consumer Fraud -  From Florida Attorney General

Public Interest Research Groups - Dedicated to Exposing Consumer Abuse

Residential Landlord/Tenant Law - Arizona

SaferParks.org - Consumer Information on Amusement Park Safety Issues

SafetyAlerts.com - Information About Product Recalls

Safeshopping.org to learn how to shop safely on line. This site was created by the American Bar Association
Scams and Fraud prevention and enforcement:
      consumers
      merchants
Telemarking rules - Federal Trade Commission
UltimateInsuranceLinks.com - Information on Insurance Companies

Victims Rights - Arizona Attorney General

U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  

  ◙   Miscellaneous Resources

• Automobile Valuation

Autosite.com

Edmund's Automobile Buyer's Guide

Kelley Blue Book

Lemon Check - from CarFax

Microsoft CarPoint

N.A.D.A Official Used Car Guide  

• Miscellaneous

Books - used and searchable data base: Bibliofind
Flowers
Music

Research-It

Top Links: What is hot - well organized and searchable

• Budget/Living Expenses Data

USDA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Health & Human Services
 

• On-Line Calculators

SIMPLE INTEREST CALCULATOR
ANOTHER INTEREST CALCULATOR
BLOOMBERG CALCULATORS
BankRate.com CALCULATORS
PAYCHECK CALCULATOR
FAMILY BUDGET CALCULATOR
DEBT ELIMINATION CALCULATOR
CAPITAL GAINS TAX CALCULATOR

 ◙  Bankruptcy Resources For Lawyers

• Bankruptcy Discussion Groups & Forums

• bankr-unlv@law.unlv.edu

• Bankruptcy Roundtable is an e-mail discussion group for bankruptcy attorneys to exchange information and ideas. To be added to this group, simply send an e-mail message to listserve@bankrupt.com with "subscribe roundtable", without the quotes, in the message. This discussion group is not for debtors.

• Bankruptcy ListServe is another e-mail discussion group, and is a very good resource for bankruptcy attorneys. To subscribe to this group, simply send an e-mail message to listproc@polecat.law.indiana.edu with "subscribe bankrlaw", without the quotes, in the message. This discussion group is not for debtors.

• Internet Bankruptcy Library  discussion groups, conferences, publications, resources

• If you would like to subscribe to some really good "insider" bankruptcy discussions lists, send an email to <mailto: majordomo@bankrupt.com>.  When you send your email, DO NOT type anything on the SUBJECT line.  All you type is the following word in the BODY of your email message:  lists
  You will receive a return email of a list of all the "insider" bankruptcy discussion lists.  Choose the ones you want to subscribe to; then send another email message to <mailto: majordomo@bankrupt.com>.  When you send your email, DO NOT type anything on the SUBJECT line.  All you type is the following words in the BODY of your email message:  subscribe name of list here (example: subscribe bizroundtable)
  You will begin receiving email from members of the group.  If you decide to join in the discussion you simply reply to the email with your comments or feedback and everyone who subscribes to the group will receive your message

• CRACKING THE CODE

• NACBA ListServe (req. membership)

• Bankruptcy Organizations and Committees

• American Bankruptcy Institute - Comprehensive information about legislative news related to bankruptcy, bankruptcy statistics, judges' opinions, bankruptcy code and analysis. ABI is "the nation's largest multi-disciplinary, non-partisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency." ABI publishes a newsletter 10 times per year, distributed to ABI members.

• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Inc. is an organization of attorneys representing mostly debtors. Their site contains information about their organization and cases of interest.

• The Commercial Law League of America claims to be America's oldest creditors' rights organization. Their site contains a special update on the final report of the Bankruptcy Review Commission and other bankruptcy info.

• National Bankruptcy Review Commission is an independent commission created to investigate and study bankruptcy code. You can read its final report and other info on this site.

• The American Board of Certification certifies attorneys as specialists in business bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors' rights law. It is a non-profit organization, sponsored by The American Bankruptcy Institute and The Commercial Law League of America, dedicated to serving the public and improving the quality of bankruptcy and creditors' rights law bars.

• General Bankruptcy Information and News

ABIWorld.org/headlines
Bankruptcy and Credit Law - general site
BankruptcyData.com.
Bankrupt.com/freenews
BankruptcyReformNews.com
Bankruptcy Lawfinder - bankruptcy resources, case notes, and a bankruptcy discussion group
BankruptcySales.com (trustees and debtors to post listings of assets)
Bankruptcy Yearbook & Almanac (data about filings & statistics)
BKinformation.com
BKThisWeek.com
BankruptcyFinder.com/newcases
The Consumer Bankruptcy Letter
BankruptcyMedia.com
Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology
BNA's Bankruptcy Law Reporter is a weekly publication
CLLA.org
CNN/Money Alerts: Bankruptcy
Findlaw.com - bankruptcy and other specific legal sites
NACBA.com/news
Needs based analysis of pending bills - 3/2001
New Generation Research's Bankruptcy Yearbook & Almanac contains data about bankruptcy filings, corporate statistics and more. Some information in the publication is available on site. Also see BankruptcyData.com
On-line bankruptcy course from Arizona's Professor Boyd, U of A School of Law
Status of recent bankruptcy bill pending before Congress
US Bankruptcy Law - Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.

• Bankruptcy Forms

Arizona Bankruptcy Court Approved Forms
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (PDF forms)
The Lawyer Assistant

• Bankruptcy Laws, Regulations and Rules

THOMAS - For up-to-date information about pending bankruptcy legislation
US Bankruptcy Code
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Federal bankruptcy forms are available in PDF at the web site of the  The A.O.U.S.C. also has a PDF of bankruptcy basics on its website.
Bankruptcy Court - Judges Procedures

Bankruptcy Court - Local Rules

Bankruptcy Court - General Orders

Bankruptcy Court - Chapter 13 Confirmation rules
US Bankruptcy Law - Bankruptcy code courtesy of the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.
Bankruptcy Lawfinder has links to all kinds of bankruptcy resources on the web, including case notes, bankruptcy law resources, and a bankruptcy discussion group, and is a site sponsored/maintained by Warren Agin, a bankruptcy attorney in Massachusetts.
Bernstein's Dictionary of Bankruptcy Terminology published by Attorneys at Law Bernstein Bernstein Krawec & Wymard, P.C
Internet Bankruptcy Library hosted by Bankruptcy Creditors' Service, Inc. has news about bankruptcy filings, on-line bankruptcy discussion groups, conferences, publications, resources material, and more.

9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Rules

9th Circuit Court of Appeals - Local Rules

9th Circuit Court of Appeals - General Orders

Federal Rules of Appellate Practice - 9th Circuit

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Federal Rules of Evidence

U.S. Code

U.S. Code Table of Popular Names

U.S. Constitution

• Tax Issues in Bankruptcy

KING'S TAX DISCHARGE LIBRARY
McKENZIELAW.COM
TAXJUSTICE.COM
IRS.gov
TaxSites.com/state.htm
NAEA.org

• Public Records

PACER
Social Security Death Index
Bankruptcy Statistics (U.S. Trustees)
Bankruptcy Statistics (American Bankruptcy Institute)
Bankruptcy Statistics (Congressional Budget Office)
QueryData.com
Banko.com
Knowx.com
Property legal descriptions
MerlinData.com
Freeerisa.com
ffiec.gov/nic
Student Loan Locator
Loislaw Public Records