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Posted by AH/JS | January 27, 2012

Brilliant & Remarkable

There are not enough words to express how happy we were to have Barbie as our legal counsel. As unsecured lenders to former friends who filed for bankruptcy to avoid paying back their loan, we were certain that there was little to no hope in recovering any funds. Barbie guided us through the whole ...process offering a multitude of options that can be taken, and detailing the pros and cons of each. She is always swift in responding to any questions, whether it’s via email or phone. Any updates relating to our case were immediately passed on to us. Working with Barbie felt like having a family member fighting right beside us, always looking out for our best interest. As our case comes to a close, it looks like we’ll be able to recover, if not all, a large portion of the loan. Even if the outcome was different, we still hold Barbie in the highest regard. Her work ethic is unparalleled, and we are so lucky to have her as our attorney.

Posted by JT | December 15, 2011

Exceptional Lawyer & Outstanding Human Being

I have worked in the legal field for over 15 years and know many good lawyers but Barbie Lieber is a star among stars. Not only is she is an excellent lawyer (sharp, spot on with respect bankruptcy law, meticulous and thorough) but also an outstanding human being. My case was not simple (it involve...d some assets which Barbie Lieber was able to protect - legally). She listens carefully to her clients, holds no punches, advises what is possible and proceeds from there. After a divorce and career hiccup, I found myself in an unfortunate, impossible financial position. It was a difficult, scary and painful decision but bankruptcy made sense. It was a chance to start new. I was overwhelmed with debt and creditors were getting increasingly aggresive - to the point where I thought I would lose my job (they started to call work). I consulted with another lawyer (on a referral) but he was just not up to snuff and not responsive. After reading Barbie Lieber's testimonials and speaking with her initially, I knew this was the lawyer for me. She explained the process, prepared meticulously, anticipated where there may be problems with the Trustee and prepared me for the 341 meeting. I just returned from that meeting (it went well) and words cannot explain how grateful and fortunate I am for having Barbie Lieber represent me. I feel like a huge burden has been lifted and I am hopeful for the first time in a long time. Highly recommend, don't waste your time on mediocre lawyers (like I did initially) -- this is too important. Been there. Grateful and in awe, Joy

Posted by N. | November 14, 2011

Legal excellence

Barbie Lieber went above and beyond my expectations of any bankruptcy attorney (and with flying colors). I came to Miss Lieber as a young person in financial trouble, not sure what needed to be done, but knowing action needed to be taken. Barbie Lieber is extremely personable, and helped me consi...der my options, and provided her recommendations. She kept me in the loop 100% of the way - my questions never went unanswered nor concerns unaddressed. She was punctual with her calls, emails, and meetings. Her vast knowledge of filing bankruptcy, the process, procedures and even the people (i.e, trustees) left me feeling completely comfortable in her care. Barbie Lieber comes with my full recommendation for anyone even just considering bankruptcy - not sure where I'd be without her help.

Posted by Miguel & Claudia | September 02, 2011

The Best Bankruptcy Attorney In New York

After looking at all options to resolve our debt on our own, my wife and I decided to look for a bankruptcy attorney after credit card companies were not interested in working with us. They began calling our house constantly everyday which became very stressful. I search the internet and came acros...s Barbie’s contact information and read comments from people who she had helped. We decided to email Barbie and gave her information on our situation. Very soon after I sent the email, Barbie called me and we briefly discussed our issue. I was able to meet her at her office very soon after. Barbie right away discussed the bankruptcy process and how it can help remove all of our credit card debt. After speaking and meeting with her I felt we had made the right decision on having her represent us in bankruptcy court. For the creditors’ meeting, it was nerve racking for us. But Barbie assured us that it would be alright and guided us on how to answer questions from the Trustee. We practice on our way to the court house and felt prepared. It was interesting to see how other attorneys were not well prepared for this meeting, but Barbie is on top of everything. She had all the paper work with her and even wrote and sent a letter to the trustee way before our meeting. She took the time to listen, treated us like human beings and always there to answer our questions, either by phone or email. I would highly recommend Barbie to anyone in need of a GREAT attorney. Thank you Barbie for helping us through this difficult time in our lives. You are the BEST!!!!!!

Posted by Grisel and Humberto Pitre | August 17, 2011

Drowning in financial difficulties, but rescued by an excellent lawyer, Barbie Lieber

Drowning in financial difficulties, I was overwhelmed with shame. I also felt shame in the prospect of filing for bankruptcy, so it was the last thing that I would have expected to do. However, my husband went ahead and scheduled an appointment with Barbie Lieber. The prospect of bankruptcy caused me... to be anxious. However, as soon as I met Barbie and heard her speaking about the whole process to file a chapter 13, I felt instant relief because she gave me confidence and made me feel that things would be all right. Her professionalism, focus on the details, explanation about this bankruptcy process, motivation, good timely manner and effectiveness made me think that we were in good hands and helped ease the process. She made me us recognize this process as part of a human situation in life, as a common thing that could happen to anyone in a daily basis. We want to thank Barbie because she gave us great advice to wait to file the bankruptcy until we actually signed the loan modification agreement for our first mortgage so that we could be assured that we would not have to redo the whole loan modification process once in bankruptcy. Thank you so much for that. Finally, the level of anxiety went down the day of court. We finally could get through this in a confident and effective manner because we got to court an hour earlier than the time assigned and Barbie was there early to prepare us and gave us the best orientation possible before the court time. We successfully excelled in front of the judge because of Barbie’s professional preparation. I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about what other people I know said to me about the bad process they went through with bankruptcy court process. However, it was not like that for us, because Barbie had everything in order and under control due to her very well knowledgeable professional experience for us. Also, during our day in court, it was terrible to see other people who were with lawyers who did not prepare them with all the documentation necessary for the judge, not even having a simple Social security or an identification card or other important documentations. I also witnessed clients waiting for lawyers who never showed up to court, while our Barbie prepared us in such a professional way. Barbie was always available for any questions we had. I consider Barbie a wonderful lawyer that I would recommend her to any one. She was very precise with the explanation on the forms she has to render to the court on the schedule J and I. She prepared these forms so well that even the judge did not question the forms too much; that’s how good they were prepared in a truly and accurate way. Barbie is so thorough. She calls over and over to us to strategize with us for our meeting; thinking of all the questions that could be asked of us and we were prepared to answer them with confident in front of the trustee. She prepared all the documents so thoroughly, the trustee only asked us just three to four questions and the process resulted in the closing of the hearing. This great lawyer is she treated us all the time with dignity, respect and showed compassion and support; however, I don’t have more words to gratify her for the wonderful work she did with us representing us as a Bankruptcy lawyer. We Thank God we found Barbie in our path, I think she is like an angel from God, to relieve us and wake us up from our nightmare we went through all these years with all the debts we had. We will always appreciate her dedication and good treatment she had for us, Thanks to Barbie, now we can have a secure and pleasant sleep at night. Finally, we just heard the wonderful news that Barbie was able to successfully strip off an

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