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If you are a consumer with financial problems, you may believe that you should hire the firm that files the most bankruptcy cases in the area. That probably isn't true. Bankruptcy mills are often like factories where each case is processed the same way each time and little consideration is given to the unique facts of each case. You may be directed to a Chapter 13 repayment plan, when you may qualify for a cheaper and easier Chapter 7. If you ever meet or speak with an attorney, it will probably be someone new and inexperienced. When you hire Mark Ian Agee, Attorney at Law, he will personally assist you through the entire process. He has 25 years of experience in Dallas, Plano, Denton, Fort Worth and the surrounding areas. There is nothing which could arise in your case that he has not seen before.
Businesses and creditors have the opposite problem—they may believe that they are best served by the largest firm in town. Often, that is not the case. Unless you are a high-value client, you may initially meet with an important partner, but your work will quickly be shuffled-off to a younger, less-experienced lawyer who is very green, but still very expensive. And those large law firms may actually have less experience working on smaller cases. This is true whether you are a client or a creditor or trustee.
A better alternative would be to hire an attorney with significant training from a large firm and decades of experience with thousands of cases in the Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and beyond. When you hire Mark Agee, Attorney at Law, you get HIM, not a junior associate. Mark will personally handle your personal bankruptcy, corporate bankruptcy or small business bankruptcy and will address any concerns you may have. What’s more, his fees and expenses will always be less than a comparable large firm.
Qualifications
With more than 25 years of Texas bankruptcy experience, Mark Agee has personally represented hundreds of consumers and troubled businesses. Mark Agee is exceptionally well-qualified to assist individuals and consumers through the bankruptcy process. With the passage of the Bankruptcy Reform Amendments in 2005, the assistance of qualified bankruptcy counsel, like Mark, is a must to avoid traps in the revised law. It is extremely unlikely that Mark Agee has not handled cases similar to yours, no matter how unique your circumstances.
Work Experience
Mark Agee graduated from the University of Houston Law Center in 1987. He served a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Harold C. Abramson, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division.
Following that clerkship, Mark Agee worked for one of the largest law firms in Texas, Johnson & Gibbs (later known as Johnson & Wortley), in its bankruptcy department. Later he moved to Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, one of the most respected “boutique” bankruptcy firms in the country. While with SMK, Mark Agee was directly supervised by Barbara Houser, who currently serves as chief bankruptcy judge in Dallas.
Mark Agee has been in private practice for about 20 years. He is licensed in Texas and California (inactive in California) and is certified by the Board of Certification of the American Bankruptcy Institute as a Business Bankruptcy Attorney. He was an inaugural member of the John C. Ford American Inn of Court, comprised on the most respected and prominent bankruptcy attorneys in the Dallas/Fort Worth area (since resigned due to time commitments). He is a member of the Dallas Bankruptcy Bar, has published extensive articles on bankruptcy law, and has instructed continuing legal education seminars in topics related to bankruptcy. He stays fully abreast of all developments related to bankruptcy. Mark is also member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and acts as the organization’s Eastern District Chair.
Honors & Awards
Mark Agee is a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and is licensed in Texas and California (inactive in California). Mark Agee is certified by the Board of Certification of the American Bankruptcy Institute as a Business Bankruptcy Attorney. He was an inaugural member of the John C. Ford American Inn of Court, comprised on the most respected and prominent bankruptcy attorneys in the Dallas/Fort Worth area whose mission is to establish and maintain programs to foster the mentoring of less experienced members by more experienced practitioners (since resigned, due to time commitments). Mark Agee is a member of the Dallas Bankruptcy Bar, has published articles on bankruptcy law, and has instructed continuing legal education seminars in topics related to bankruptcy. Mark Agee stays fully abreast of all developments related to bankruptcy. There is literally no aspect of bankruptcy law which is beyond his experience and capabilities.