Lathram & Herbert, LLP Collinsville, Illinois Office Profile

About this office:

In addition to being widely recognized for our expertise in bankruptcy, we are passionate -- both about the law and our clients' rights to a fresh start under the United States Constitution.

Clients who have called us to find out how bankruptcy really works often tell us later that initially they felt "guilty" or "ashamed" about having asked for this information.

We always remind them that the founders of this nation intended that every citizen would have the right to a fresh start under bankruptcy law rather than being condemned to a debtor's prison and indentured servitude.

In fact, the idea that debts should not become unmanageable because of high interest rates, which will take food from the table or the roof from over your head, and ultimately, also should be forgiven if they cannot be repaid in a reasonable amount of time is firmly established as a moral virtue in the Judeo-Christian ethical tradition.