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Your Legal Helpers Milwaukee bankruptcy lawyer can protect up to $40,000 in equity in your house.

Your Legal Helpers Milwaukee bankruptcy lawyer understands the state law as well as the local rules, the Trustees' preferences, the local judges' rulings, and how to work with the local creditor attorneys. As an experienced Milwaukee bankruptcy lawyer, he will be able to plan the best strategy for your case.

A Legal Helpers Milwaukee bankruptcy lawyer can offer a wide range of exemptions for Wisconsin.

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The Homestead Exemption of $40,000 is just one example of the tools your Milwaukee bankruptcy lawyer can use to protect your property. Having handled many other clients, however, your bankruptcy lawyer also understand that, if he uses this exemption under the Wisconsin State Statutes, it will limit the amount of other bankruptcy exemptions that can be used.

It is therefore important that you work through your entire financial picture with your Legal Helpers Wisconsin bankruptcy lawyer to ensure that your case gains the best possible results. Our bankruptcy attorneys are highly experienced and dedicated to look for your best interests. If you think you may need advice on whether bankruptcy is right for you, contact Legal Helpers.

Here is a brief look at what other Wisconsin exemptions may apply to your case:

Motor Vehicle Exemption -- Legal Helpers can use this exemption to protect $2,775 of the value of any one motor vehicle listed in your bankruptcy. Additionally, if you file with your spouse we can use both vehicle exemptions to protect up to $5,550 of the vehicle's equity as long as both you and your spouse are on the title to the car.

Personal Household Goods Exemption -- This exemption allows Legal Helpers to protect your interest in various personal items such as your clothing and personal heirlooms and furniture. You can protect $9,300 if you are a single person, or $18,600 if married.

Qualified Retirement Plan Exemption -- Legal Helpers can prevent creditors from touching the proceeds of your hard-earned retirement plan. We can use this exemption to protect anything from stock bonuses, pensions, profit sharing plans and annuities as long as we determine that your savings are in a qualified retirement plan.

Tools of the Trade, Professional Books Exemption -- This is a useful exemption that we use to protect up to $1,750 of the tools you use in your profession, $3,500 if married. For example, shears, scissors and combs are the tools of a hairdresser, as are wrenches and hammers for a mechanic and carpenter.

Wildcard Exemption; (Any Personal Property of Debtor) - The last but probably most important of the exemptions is the Wildcard Exemption. Using the Wildcard Exemption in your case, Legal Helpers can protect up to $9,650 of any type of personal property, and $19,300 if you are married. We can protect anything you own that has equity in excess of the above exemption limits, including real estate.

As the nation's largest consumer debt consolidation law practice, Legal Helpers has helped over 40,000 clients eliminate over $500,000,000 in debt by providing high quality legal representation at a fraction of the cost charged by other firms.

Talk to one of Legal Helpers' Wisconsin attorneys to begin a fresh financial start.