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 .

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?

When my case first started, he told me I did not qualify for Ch. 7, I would have to do a Ch. 13. So for a year, I made payments to trustee. All of a sudden, I WAS qualified for a Ch. 7, with no changes in my situation whatsoever. When he was asked where that money was to go, he replied, "Back to me."... Not only that, once my debts were discharged (more than a YEAR after the case was filed), he did not have a judgment that had been filed by one of the creditors removed from official records.Almost 5 years later, it is still affecting my ability to get a loan. His office told me 6 months ago that he was working on it that day. TODAY? Still there, no action, no response. What a waste of money.