I Live in Oakland, California. Where To File for Bankruptcy

Oakland Residents File for Bankruptcy in the Oakland Bankruptcy Court.

There are four bankruptcy courts in the Bay Area: Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose and Santa Rosa. Your county of residence determines which court you use to file your bankruptcy case. All residents of Alameda County and Contra Costa County who file for bankruptcy file in the Oakland Bankruptcy Court located at 1300 Clay Street, 3rd Floor.

Call Pixton Bankruptcy Law at (510) 451-6200 for more information about the filing requirements in the Oakland Bankruptcy Court. Attorney James Pixton is happy to talk with you. You can also contact him by email at james@pixlaw.com.

If you’re filing on your own, you’ll need to take all your documents to the clerk of courts office along the required number of copies. The clerk will stamp all your documents and give a copy back to you for your records. You should check the court’s website for additional requirements.

If you hire a Bay Area attorney to help with your bankruptcy case, however, things work a bit differently. Your bankruptcy attorney can file your case electronically right from his office. It usually works out great for people who don’t want even to have to set foot in the Oakland Bankruptcy Court! At Pixton Bankruptcy Law, attorney James Pixton prepares all the paperwork for his clients, reviews it with them in the Oakland or Alameda office or even on the phone and then instantly files over the internet to the Oakland Bankruptcy Court. You can walk out of James Pixton’s office with a copy of your bankruptcy case filing order showing your case number and a statement that you’re protected by bankruptcy law That sure beats going to court!

Once you’re ready to be debt free, call or email James Pixton, the hardest-working bankruptcy lawyer in the East Bay! Fill out the form below so we can contact you and make an appointment.

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If I told you Pixton Bankruptcy Law is located downtown at 1300 Clay Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA, you’d know just where to go, right? It’s right across the street from the big federal building and on the end of that outside shopping center that charges a lot for parking. If you come to James Pixton’s Alameda office, the parking is 50 cents for an hour. And you might want to do some shopping on Park Street afterwards. It’s an amazing place.

Author: James Pixton

James Pixton is a bankruptcy attorney in Alameda, California. He saves clients' home from foreclosure. He helps them wipe out tax debts, credit card bills and catastrophic medical bills through Chapter 7. He is an expert at eliminating second mortgages and lines of credit on underwater homes. When he isn't helping clients, he can be found playing water polo with his kids. Speaking of which, he is the father of four gregarious children, two of whom are also very serious water polo players. The other two are prolific readers and writers.

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