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No. If you use Upsolve, you will not have to pay any lawyer anything to file for bankruptcy. 

Written by Jonathan Petts. 
Updated July 22, 2020

No. If you use Upsolve, you will not have to pay any lawyer anything to file for bankruptcy. 

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Jonathan Petts has over 10 years of experience in bankruptcy and is co-founder and CEO of Upsolve. Attorney Petts has an LLM in Bankruptcy from St. John's University, clerked for two federal bankruptcy judges, and worked at two top New York City law firms specializing in bankrupt... read more about Jonathan Petts

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