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Nicholas Michal Wajda
About Nicholas
Biography
Attorney Nicholas M. Wajda received his Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Nicholas finished law school ranked first in his graduating class and was heavily involved in the Thomas Jefferson Law Review as both a writer and article’s editor. In addition, Nicholas received recognition for his work as an articles editor for the law review, receiving the articles editor of the year award for 2007-2008.
Prior to law school, Nicholas attended Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina on a combination academic and athletic scholarship. Nicholas received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics while balancing a full schedule as a four year letterman on Furman’s Division I Varsity baseball team. During his senior season, Nicholas helped guide the Paladins to a Southern Conference (SoCon) Championship and a spot in the NCAA Regional Tournament.
Currently, Nicholas is licensed to practice law in both California and Nevada. Nicholas is admitted in the Central, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of California, as well as the District of Nevada. Throughout his career, Nicholas has filed over 2,000 successful bankruptcy cases and helped many other clients with their debt issues through non-bankruptcy avenues. Along with his strong work ethic, Nicholas prides himself on being completely available for his clients. Because he feels that a good attorney should be there for his clients, Nicholas takes all his own calls and prides himself on maintaining fully open lines of communication with all of his clients.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
50%
18 years | 2,200 cases
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
35%
18 years | 275 cases
Bankruptcy and Debt
5%
18 years | 50 cases
Fees and Rates
Cost
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in Nevada for 16 years
State: Nevada
Acquired: 2009
Lawyer disciplined by state licensing authority in 2023
Licensed in California for 17 years
State: California
Acquired: 2008
Location
Wajda Law Group, APC
11400 W Olympic Blvd., Ste 200, Los Angeles, CA, 90064
Wajda Law Group, APC
11801 Pierce Street, Suite 200, Riverside, CA, 92505
Wajda Law Group, APC
871 Coronado Center Drive., Suite 200, Henderson, NV, 89052
Wajda Law Group, APC
777 Campus Commons Road, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA, 95825
Wajda Law Group, APC
200 S. Virginia, 8th Floor, Reno, NV, 89501
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Practice Areas
Bankruptcy & Debt (81)
Debt Settlement (12)
Lawsuits & Disputes (9)
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy (7)
Debt Collection (6)
Credit Repair (4)
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy (2)
Corporate & Incorporation (2)
Ethics & Professional Responsibility (2)
Foreclosure (2)
Wills & Living Wills (2)
Business (1)
Chapter 11 Bankruptcy (1)
Class Action (1)
Consumer Protection (1)
Contracts & Agreements (1)
Divorce & Separation (1)
Estate Planning (1)
Family (1)
Partnership (1)
Personal Injury (1)
Securities & Investment Fraud (1)
Social Security Disability (1)
Tax (1)
What Clients Mention
Case Results (51)
Recommendation (44)
Communication Style (36)
Responsiveness (35)
Professionalism (33)
Practice Area Knowledge (27)
Character & Conduct (20)
Advocacy (18)
Cost of Services (16)
Staff & Support (15)
Payment Plans (14)
Trustworthiness (14)
Compassion (13)
General Knowledge (11)
Punctuality (4)
Free Consultations (2)
Showing 11 - 15 of 17 reviews | 1 star
Posted by anonymous | December 27, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Bankruptcy & Debt
Scam Scam Scam
I have been paying for a bankruptcy service for the past five months and nothing has been done. Collectors are contacting me. No case or any sign that any has been done. Collectors have not received anything from the law firm. If this is truly a Law firm. Feels like a scam. They get paid for nothing...
Nicholas Wajda
Replied last December 28, 2023Because you left this as anonymous I am unable to look up the details of your case. However, generally speaking, as is fully explained and you get an email with the same instructions the day you hire the firm, we are not filing your case at the time you start to pay the fee but once you have paid the fees in full and turned in all required documents. Upon hiring the firm and starting the payments, which it sounds like you have, we spent time on the phone with you actually completing the first draft of your entire bankruptcy petition and schedules. During that same call, we would have pulled your credit report and emailed you specific letters that you were to mail to each creditor, and then send us a picture of those, to make the creditor calls stop. You also received email instructions, and were told, that if creditors still contact ed you after that to report such calls to [email protected]. Lastly, you have a full email with the contact phone number and email of every department in the firm, including the direct number of your attorney, so if you ever had questions about the status of your case or of what has been done, the appropriate thing to do would be to contact us instead of jumping online and writing a bad review.
Posted by anonymous | July 27, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Contracts & Agreements
Awful experience
Terse, rude, treated me like I was beneath him, did not answer calls or emails, ignored my request to cancel services (via email as he had verbally instructed me to do) only to continue charging my bank twice monthly, and then refuse to refund what he owed.
Posted by Robert | July 31, 2022 | Hired Attorney | Bankruptcy & Debt
A time waster
It's been quite an ordeal working with this law firm. I have been trying to file for the past 8 months but each time I'm told everything is ready, another delay is thrown my way. My recommendation is to find a local firm that is willing to file on your behalf in a timely manner. Update. Another mo...
Posted by anonymous | June 15, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Bankruptcy & Debt
I thought wrong
I thought this would be a great lawyer. I needed to file bankruptcy and have my paperwork filed before the fees were finished being paid for. I asked specifically if my filing would take place before I was done paying payments. I was told yes by Nicholas and his employees. As soon as I started to mak...
Nicholas Wajda
Replied last June 15, 2021As a general response, we, as bankruptcy attorneys are typically required to collect the fees for a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing prior to the case being filed. This is stated during the initial consultation and is found in our retainer agreement. There are some rare circumstances where cases are filed as emergency filings but even in those the case would require the $338 filing fee to be paid before filing. Under no situation would we file, or say that we would file, for $100. However, upon a payment schedule set up with us, which can be as low as $100 per month, we do start work on the case and we pull credit reports (a $30-40 fee per person that we cover) and send notices to the creditors to get them to stop calling. Because of this time and cost put into the case upfront, and simply based on the scheduled payments, it is true that we are not able to refund payments and this is clearly stated (in bold) within our retainer agreement. In the end, I am sorry if the reviewer here felt misled in any way but I am very clear about all of this upfront and it is all put in writing as well.
Posted by Greg | November 05, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes
Cost me because he dropped the ball
Did not handle my case as agreed. Farmed our my case to a "court appointed" "attorney " who did not know anything about my case. Nicholas mishandled my paperwork more than once. Both times blaming his assistants for the errors. He lost me thousands of dollars that I had to pay because his assistants ...
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Experience
Professional misconduct
This lawyer was disciplined by a state licensing authority in 2023.
Reprimanded issued in NV, 2023
updated on 11/06/2023This means the attorney did something wrong, but the Bar did not suspend the lawyer. Typically in this case the lawyer's poor behavior is exposed to the public in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior.
Honors
2018
Client Champion Award, Martindale-Hubbell
2013
Preeminent 4.9 out of 5, Martindale-Hubbell
2008
Editor of the Year, Thomas Jefferson Law Review
2008
Graduated Top of Graduating Class, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Work Experience
2012 - Present
Owner, Wajda Law Group, APC
2008 - 2012
Attorney, Price Law Group. Los Angeles, California
Associations
2009 - Present
State Bar of NevadaAttorney
2008 - Present
State Bar of CaliforniaAttorney
Education
2008
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
2005
Furman University
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Publications
2007
Thomas Jefferson Law Review
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Languages
English
Activity
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