Where to find information
Resources:
Resources for
Lawyers
Out-of-the-Box Lawyering (a blawg to help lawyers arrive at
practical, creative solutions)
Blogs
Blogs for Lawyers - Robert J.
Ambrogi -
rambrogi@legaline.com
Ethics Issues
for Arizona Attorneys (another attorney's web site)
Tech
Forums
Bankruptcy
Resources
Official web site for US Bankruptcy Courts
Newsletters and Opinion Summaries - Findlaw
American Bankruptcy Institute
Bankruptcy LawTrove
Commercial Law League of America
monthly newsletter from international law firm Weil, Gotshal &
Manges
LexisNexis
Matthew Bender
National
Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys
Bankruptcy
Data
Bankruptcy Clearing House
Internet Bankruptcy Library
U.S.
Trustee Program
For a huge collection of sites see:
www.DianeDrain.Com
116 Best Bankruptcy
Web Sites from Bankruptcymedia.com:
1. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS &
INFORMATION
U.S. BANKRUPTCY CODE
(Cornell Law)
U.S. BANKRUPTCY CODE
(ABI)
U.S.
BANKRUPTCY CODE (Findlaw.com)
BANKRUPTCY OFFICIAL RULES
(Cornell Law)
BANKRUPTCY OFFICIAL FORMS
(Admin.)
BANKRUPTCY Local Rules
Filing Fees
Adjusted Dollar Amounts April 1
2004
EXEMPTIONS
(BankruptcyAction.com)
CHAPTER 13 Statis
(National Data Center)
FIND Bankruptcy Judges
(ABI)
BANKRUPTCY COURT WEB SITES
U.S. TRUSTEES
(Office of U.S. Trustee)
Find Chapter 7 Trustee
CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEES' Handbook
U.S. TRUSTEES' Manual
U.S. TRUSTEE'S Compensation
Guilelines
Fing Chapter 13 Trustees
ELECTRONIC FILING
- Court links
ELECTRONIC FILING
- ECM home page
ELECTRONIC FILING
- Courts using ECF
DIRECTORIES
2. BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS
Bankruptcy Statistics
(U.S. Trustees)
American Bankruptcy Institute
3.
PUBLIC RECORDS
PACER
Accurint.com
QueryData.com
Banko.com
Knowx.com
Property legal descriptions
MerlinData.com
Freeerisa.com
ffiec.gov/nic
Student Loan Locator
Loislaw Public Records
4. LEGAL RESEARCH
SearchCases.com
LoisLaw.com
Aspen / CCH
LexisNexis.com
ABIWorld.org/research
ABI Bankruptcy Opinions
FindLaw.com
OTHER RESEARCH LINKS
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
5. NEWS & LAW UPDATES
BKThisWeek.com
BankruptcyFinder.com/newcases
The Consumer Bankruptcy Letter
BankruptcyMedia.com
CLLA.org
Bankrupt.com/freenews
BankruptcyReformNews.com
ABIWorld.org/headlines
NACBA.com/news
BKinformation.com
NABT.com
BankruptcyData.com
FindLaw.com
BankruptcyCaseLaw
Supreme Court Daily Opinions
CNN/Money Alerts:
Bankruptcy
6. BANKRUPTCY
DICTIONARIES
The Bankruptcy Dictionary
Lawcom.com/bankruptcy
BankruptcyData.com/glossary
7.
SEMINARS & CLE
BankruptcyFinder.com/seminars
Bankrupt.com/conferences
ABCWorld.com
8. BUDGET / LIVING EXPENSES DATA
USDA
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Health & Human Services
9.
VALUATION GUIDES
Kelly Blue Book
NADA VEH Value
EDMUNDS.COM VEH. VAL
Home Fair Value Valuations
10.
ONLINE CALCULATORS
Simple Interest Calculator
Another Interest Calculator
BLOOMBERG Calculators
BankRate.com Calculators
Paycheck Calculators
Family Budget Calculator
Debt Elimination Calculator
Capital Gains Tax Calculator
11.
DISCHARGING TAXES
King's Tax Discharge Library
McKENZIELAW.COM
TAXJUSTICE.COM
IRS.gov
TaxSites.com/state.htm
NAEA.org
IRS Actuarial Tables
12.
LIBRARIES & ARTICLE COLLECTIONS
The Bankruptcy Library
Topics and Articles
Tax Discharge Library
BriefReporter.com
Bankrupt.com
Bankruptcy Explained
OTHER LIBRARIES
ABI Cracking The Code ARCHIVES
BankruptcyMedia.com
13.
DISCUSSION GROUPS & FORUMS
Bankruptcy Roundtable
Cracking the Code
NACBA ListServe
(req. membership)
14.
BOOKS - SOFTWARE - PERIODICALS
BankruptcyBooks.com
Periodicals
Liquidator Resources
15.
SPECIAL TOPICS
ZIP Code
Lookup
Abbreviations for States
Bank Addresses
722 Redemption Funding
ONLINE Client Intake Forms
Marketing A BK Practice
Find Bankruptcy - Lawyers
Bankruptcy Organizations
Other BK Directories
Jobs & Career Placement
Free Credit Report ONline
Specialist Certification
ETHICS
THE LAWYERS' PAGES
THE CONSUMERS' PAGES
THE CREDITORS' PAGES
Bankruptcy Humor
TECHNOLAWYER.COM
BANKRUPT.NET
FEDERAL TRADE CMSN STAFF LETTERS
FICO CREDIT RATING SCORES
Patents and
Trademarks Resources
The U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office
Search European and international Patents
esp@cenet.
All About Trademarks
- collection of links to trademark resources and general IP
information.
IP database at
Delphion, complete text and images of all US patents issued
since 1971
MicroPatent
- offers both patent and trademark searching.
www.trademark.com - full-test searching of federal, state and
common law trademark collections.
Thomson &
Thomson - offers Saegis trademark service - initial screening
of a name to the policing of a registered mark.
CCH
Trademark Research Corp - search federal, state, Canadian, and
Mexican trademark
GetThePatent.com - USPTO and European patent documents
QPAT - full text
database of US and European patents
Software Patent
Institute - free access to its database of software
technologies
Patent Searching - government and commercial patent sites
World Intellectual
Property Organization - U.N. agency responsible for protection
of intellectual property worldwide.
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy - launched in
2003 - provides free access to decisions issued in accordance with
the Uniform Dispute
Resolution Policy of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers
Creative
Commons - allows creators to dedicate their work to the public
domain or license it with terms more flexible than copyright,
allowing some users access under certain conditions.
