"Whether the credit card company would catch it is another thing," Ms. Wright said, "but no bankruptcy attorney would advise you to do this."

Last Thursday, in fact, Mr. Chowdry made a formal proposal to the company's bankruptcy attorneys to provide additional cash.

To the bankruptcy attorney we brought lists of everything I owned: house, truck and trailer, bank accounts, computer, clothes, car-copyrights to every book I had written.

Nazr Mohammed paid half the fee of Walker's bankruptcy attorney.

Bruce Bennett, the county's bankruptcy attorney, emphasized: "This doesn't improve the overall financial situation of the county.

I've already spoken to a bankruptcy attorney and used most of my savings to keep going.

"Now, my conception is that every attorney in the state has become a bankruptcy attorney," he said.

Peter Francis Geraci is a prominent Chicago-based bankruptcy attorney.

Happy Holidays, and if you have trouble paying those credit card bills come March, we know a good bankruptcy attorney.

Most bankruptcy attorneys predicted that this will result in increased attorneys fees and will make attorneys less likely to take on some cases.