Michael David Bruckman

My former husband and I filed chapter 13 Bancruptcy and Mr. Bruckman represented us. We never had a negative experience with him . We paid the trustee every month and never had any major issues. Unfortunately my husband and I divorced before we our bankruptcy was discharged and this left me in a ver...y bad financial state. The marital home was in my exhusband's name and I was struggling to keep it. Mr. Bruckman took me on as a client and has been nothing but wonderful in helping me through this traumatic ordeal! I am extremely grateful to him for his perseverance in helping me to hang on to what I am working so hard to keep! I have found that being open and honest with him , no matter how much pride you have to swallow is the only way he can fully represent you in the way you deserve .

Mr. Bruckman provided me with excellent service. I visited 3 lawyers in Gainesville and I finally chose Mr. Bruckman and he stated that I will be fine and that the bankruptcy will be completed and I will not loose anything. I filed $1,300,000 in debt in July 2012 and by Nov 2012 it was completed and ...not on penny in costs and no one item of person items were lost. I expected to lose everything on this issue and Mr. Bruckman assured me based on my individual issues that I will be fine and the final outcome was exactly what he stated it would be. No other lawyer gave me this confidence or assurance and Mr. Bruckman surely delivered on what he said he would. I am very glad I met with Mr. Bruckman and recommend him to everyone in the area. I truly hope I never have to file again but if I do I will absolutely use Mr. Bruckman's service and would recommend you do to.

I went to Mr.Bruckman for information. He told me chapter 7 was the way to go for me. I retained him and at that point I was informed to stop paying my debtors. Before this time I was never late nor did I ever miss a payment. After 3-6 months of getting information gathered for chapter 7 I was told I... do not qualify. My credit is now ruined. Thank you Mr. Bruckman.

I was originally told I did not "qualify" for Chap 7 , so he filed Chap 13, during which time I made payments to a trustee. Almost a year later, he informed me that NOW I qualified for Chap 7, even though none of my circumstances had changed. When I asked him about the money I had paid the trustee, h...e said it would come back to him. Oh, well..... A year after my final discharge, I found, after applying for a car loan, that a judgment entered before my discharge had never been removed , or shown as satisfied,in court records. I made an appt with him and when he checked the judgment, he realized he had not followed thru and said he would do so at his own expense. That was almost 4 years ago...I have called since and was told my file was on his desk. It must have been there as something amusing because it still has not been resolved as far as I know. How professional is THAT?

I went very prepared for a consultation with Mr. Bruckman. I had planned on retaining him if I felt good about our interaction and his knowledge regarding mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures. I was extremely dissatisfied with both our interaction and his knowledge. I certainly did my due dilig...ence and knew my facts of current issues and trends. At the beginning of our session, I went over several significant facts and factors that I was not aware of before researching. I specifically asked him if he knew of each of these items and he said yes. It became apparent to me toward the end of our conversation that he was definitely not aware of many of these extremely important issues. I am so glad I knew what was going on with current lawsuits and assistance programs. If I had blindly walked into the situation, knowing nothing, I am afraid what may have happened if I retained him. At the end, I learned that he had another appointment 30 minutes after mine,,,and I was supposed to get a 40 minute consultation. I knew as his 4PM appointment walked in early, when I was standing there. On the way out I said, "well hopefully I will get approved on the Florida's Hardest Hit Program"....he said, "they just ran out of money"....my response back was "no, Mr. Bruckman, you are incorrect, in fact the program just received another 1 billion dollars a few months ago". This was the final straw and proved to me that he was NOT up on current cases and programs I had just done fresh research on. I was extremely disappointed with him altogether. Please do your own DD before retaining an attorney. Ask them questions about why you should hire them and let them tell you about their experience. Make sure their are as up to speed as you are. Choosing the right attorney means everything. I'm sure many of them think you don't know as much as they do because that is why you are consulting with a professional lawyer. I learned the biggest lesson of my adult life and my eyes are now wide open. They are only human as are we. So, make sure you get a good referral from someone that has used a certain attorney. He had a high rating and that is why I went to him first.. Do not take ratings as the law. Make sure you know your facts, so you will KNOW if an attorney is right for you. In this case, a high rating meant nothing and was only based upon 1 past client rating. I am more disappoined by Mr. Bruckman than I am with my mortgage lender. Know your facts, as when you do, you will be able to make the right and informed decision for yourself. Only we can look out for ourselves.