Orlando Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Lawyer

Central Florida Business Bankruptcy Attorney

We at the office of James H. Monroe, P.A., represent all types of businesses, including corporations, LLCs and partnerships, in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Our firm understands that in some cases the only way to save a business is to file for bankruptcy. We view this as a positive, as bankruptcy can allow your business to stay afloat instead of folding. To schedule an appointment for a free initial consultation, call 407-872-7447 or contact our offices online today.

The Life Cycle of a Chapter 11

We meet with business bankruptcy clients to determine how our services can best be tailored to their needs. Once we are retained, we can get down to the details of how we need to move forward with the bankruptcy.

Unlike the personal bankruptcies, Chapter 7 and Chapter 13, Chapter 11 business bankruptcy clients do not take credit counseling courses. However, we do proceed with gathering documents and providing a questionnaire to clients, which allows us to fully prepare for the bankruptcy filing.

• Emergency hearings are often scheduled to ensure that some essentials are kept in place, such as officer salaries, keeping the utilities on and other orders for the business to continue to operate.
• Usually within a certain time period the business is then required to file a disclosure statement. This is essentially a financial statement saying what happened to the firm, detailing the current financial condition and projecting into the future how the business will operate.
• A Chapter 11 business must file a plan of reorganization, which sets out how each group of creditors is going to paid over the time period of the plan. Each group or class of creditors has similar characteristics, such as all unsecured creditors being grouped together. Each classification of creditor gets to vote whether or not to accept the plan. For the plan to be accepted without litigation, the plan must be accepted by the creditors. A majority of the votes in each class of creditors must be gained, plus that majority must equal two-thirds in amount in claims that have voted in that class.
• Once the confirmation order is entered by the court it creates a new contractual agreement between the debtor and its creditors.
• The goal of a Chapter 11 is for the business to get out of bankruptcy and move on based upon the terms of the plan.

Contact an Orlando Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Lawyer

For additional information on Chapter 11 bankruptcy or the life cycle of a Chapter 11, call 407-872-7447 or contact us online to schedule an appointment for a free initial consultation with attorney James H. Monroe.

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