• 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.

• 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.

• 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 Courts

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 Forms

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

• 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

• 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
 

• Consumer Credit and Protection

Credit Scoring - How Does It Work?
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

Arizona Department of Housing

Bankrate.com - Consumer Information on Banking and Personal Finance

Better Business Bureau

Better Business Bureau Online

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
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

FICO CREDIT RATING SCORES
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 Veteran Legal Services Program

PersonalInsure.com - Consumer Insurance Information from About.com

Predatory Lending - Arizona Attorney General (PDF doc)

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

Telemarking rules - Federal Trade Commission
UltimateInsuranceLinks.com - Information on Insurance Companies

U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  

     Legal Resources - Real Property (realty, trustee sales, FED and foreclosures)

• Agencies, Departments and Organizations

                    Arizona School of Real Estate

                    Real Estate Recovery Fund

                    Arizona Banking Department - complaint form poor servicing of escrow/title agency

                    Arizona Department of Real Estate

US Department of Housing and Urban Development resources for home owners and  professionals

HUDCLIPS, is HUD's official repository of policies, procedures, announcements, etc. 

Fannie Mae - the nation's largest source of home-mortgage funds. 

HomePath - a consumer site that operates as a companion to its main page, provides information on buying and refinancing homes and tools to help locate a lender or mortgage. 

eFanniemae - designed for lawyers involved in lending, mortgage brokering, mortgage-backed securities and debt securities.    Complete library of downloadable forms and documents, regular news updates, information on mortgage products and services.

Freddiemac.com - created by Congress, supports home ownership by purchasing mortgages and repackaging them into securities.  Useful current and historical prime mortgage rate information, downloadable documents and library of mortgage instruments, organized by state.

FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.  federal banking laws and regulations; full text of publications and articles, survey of important federal laws related to banking; statistical reports on banks and banking.

FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency Site.  General guide before and after disasters, National Flood Insurance, US Fire Admin, official forms

• General Real Property Information

ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law

Arizona Residential Landlord - Tenant Law Guide - University of Arizona

Mexico Real Estate Law: an Overview - 1997 Gerrit M. Steenblik, Arizona State Bar Certified Specialist in Real Estate Law
Resources for Real Estate Practitioners

Tax Lien Foreclosures - article by Mark Manoil, Phoenix attorney

• Real Property Forms

General Arizona Forms - another law firm site
General Forms - Findlaw index of forms
General Forms - Findforms

• Real Property Laws

Arizona real property laws - Title 33
Beneficiary Deeds 33-405.

Trustee Sales

Judicial Foreclosure

Agreement for Sale

Forfeiture

Forcible Entry and Detainer

• Immigration Laws

                    Ninth Circuit - Court of Appeals - Immigration Outline ( covers areas such as: Asylum, Withholding and CAT, Suspension, 212(c) and Cancellation, Reopening, Criminal Issues and Habeas)

• Labor Laws & Resources
   

  l1-866-4US-WAGE

  lFAIRPAY@DOL.GOV

  lEmployment and Training Administration Regional Office, Region VI, San Francisco: (415) 975-4610

  lInformation presented here came primarily from the Department of Labor and SHRM

     Miscellaneous Resources

• Valuations

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  
Home Fair Value Valuations

• Bar Associations

American Bar Association

Association of Trial Lawyers of America

State Bar of Arizona

Maricopa County Bar Association

Pima County Bar Association

Arizona Women Lawyer's Association - Maricopa Chapter

National Conference of Women's Bar Associations

Arizona Young Lawyers Association  

• Consumer Credit, Protection and Safety

Arizona Department of Housing

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

books - used and searchable data base: Bibliofind
Center for Economic Justice - Consumer Advocate's Guide to Insurance Data

Consumer Credit Counseling Service - Dallas Division

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

Electronic Highway Safety Library

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

FraudBureau.com - Consume 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
Lemon Law Information - Arizona

Mortgage Calculators
Music

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)

Protecting Yourself from Consumer Fraud -  From Florida Attorney General

Public Interest Research Groups - Dedicated to Exposing Consumer Abuse
Research-It

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
Top Links: What is hot - well organized and searchable
Value of your Home

Victims Rights - Arizona Attorney General

UltimateInsuranceLinks.com - Information on Insurance Companies

U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  

• Law Schools

Arizona State University College of Law

University of Arizona College of Law
Phoenix Internatial School of Law

     People and Place Finders

• 555-1212.com - Telephone Numbers, Area Codes, E-mail Addresses

• AnyWho.com

• Area Code Lookup

• Area Code Map

• Arizona Doctors

• Arizona Lawyers

• BigYellow.com

• County Courthouse Addresses - Anywhere in the U.S.

• Geographic Names Information System - What County is that City in?

• InfoSpace.com - Yellow Pages and White Pages

• InfoUSA

• Internet 800 Directory - Toll Free Telephone Directory

• Maps from Expedia

• Maps from MapQuest

• MapsOnUs.com

• Official City and County Sites - Around the United States

• Research public companies - financial data, company profiles, SEC filings

• Reverse Lookup - Telephone

• Skipease.com - Good site for locating people and verifying SS numbers

• Social Security Death Index

• Switchboard.com - Find People and Businesses

• Toll-Free Telephone Numbers - From AT&T

• WhoWhere.com

• The Ultimates - Yellow Pages and White Pages

     Technology

• Arkfeld.com (Arizona's own Mike Arkfeld - the litigator's resource center and technology guide)

• Juris Research (Arizona's own Kathy Shimpock - an expert in Internet research and library administration).

• Spam : fight back  --
  - Professor Davidsorkin of John Marshall Law School in Chicago
  - Junkbusters, The Network Abuse Clearing House
  -  the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (CAUCE) and Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk E-mail
  - Prof. David Sorkin, John Marshall Law School

• ABA Law Practice Management Section

• Law Firm Management