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Employment Opportunities
• None currently available
Company Vision
Methner and Associates will change the face of legal services nationwide by creating awareness of available legal and non-legal options, and providing consistently high quality and professional legal services, with a compassionate and human touch, to people who need legal help in consumer areas of the law, such as:
• Bankruptcy
• Tax Problems
• Debt Settlement
• Collection Abuse — Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) Representation
Strategic Objective
Clients will receive no-pressure objective advice on how to best reach their goals regardless of the firm’s profit motive. Clients will be able to come into the office for personal one-on-one assistance or utilize our firm’s website to explore their legal and non-legal options. Regardless of the method used, clients will receive the same high quality professional advice through our quality controls, consistent case steps, and efficient technology. The firm’s website and the office will portray a sense of straightforward simplicity, professionalism, compassion, and honest education. Services will be provided by a team of professional and approachable employees who are empowered, bright, compassionate, and personable.
Methner and Associates will be a diverse organization, designed to help all ethnic and economic classes. Although the firm will attract all types of clients, it will appeal primarily to middle-class families who desire high quality, objective, professional advice on handling consumer issues.
Every aspect of Methner and Associates will be standardized through specific case steps, quality control, and technologies that handle duplicative tasks consistently and efficiently. This standardization will allow team members to handle routine matters effectively and free more time for attention to the client and complex legal issues. Standardized case processes will be created with the goal of increased customer satisfaction through reduced barriers to client case information, and increased efficiency for team members handling of the case, such as the use of the Internet to gather and process client information and allow for client self-service.
Services offered will consist of Chapter 7 and 13 Bankruptcy (Personal and Business), Estate Planning, Family Law, and Collection Abuse (FDCPA, UDAP, FCRA, etc.).
Employees will dress in suits and other appropriate law firm/court attire. Employees will possess the education and licensure necessary for their respective position, and will be selected for their skills and personal strengths over their experience.
Company Story
The Law Office of Brian G. Methner had just opened and placed a small bankruptcy advertisement in the free TV Directory of the local newspaper. The first bankruptcy client that filed with us, Anthony, had a host of problems, but his main concern was that he had placed his entire savings as down payment on a car a few months earlier and the car had been repossessed.
Anthony was extremely distressed when he called. The repossession had only happened a few hours earlier and he was about to lose the entire $14,000 down payment he had made. This situation was rare, as his vehicle had substantial value and he was about to lose all of it. He did not know what to do; he had spotted our advertisement, and called for help.
I researched the law and came up with a solution. Anthony could get his car back through a Chapter 13 Bankruptcy. I immediately filed an emergency Chapter 13 and contacted the Creditor’s attorney to negotiate the return of the vehicle. The negotiation did not work out as planned. The Creditor’s attorney was unwilling to release the vehicle. Unknown to me, the attorney was notorious throughout Colorado for taking a hard line on turning over vehicles.
I was not going to back down — Anthony needed legal help. I knew I had to come up with a new strategy and course of action to help him. I drafted a complaint requesting the vehicle be turned over and damages be paid by the Creditor for holding the property in violation of the bankruptcy laws. Shortly before the hearing, I received a call from the Creditor’s attorney informing me he had just learned that a week earlier the Creditor had sold the car at auction. This was a blatant violation of the federal bankruptcy laws.
The hearing was approaching quickly and the Creditor’s attorney did not want the case to go to trial due to the serious nature of his client’s violations. I negotiated an agreement between Anthony and the Creditor requiring the Creditor to pay Anthony for the damages he had suffered in losing the car. The agreement allowed Anthony to pay his attorney fees and dismiss the bankruptcy. Our continued pursuit of Anthony’s goal made it so he no longer needed the protection of the bankruptcy laws, and did not lose the money he had saved and used for his down payment.
This is just one example of our commitment to helping not just clients, but people. Compassion and perseverance has propelled us from the solo practice of the Law Office of Brian G. Methner into the growing professional corporation of Methner and Associates, P.C., a company dedicated to people and their goals.
Contact our Denver-AREA Law Firm
Please contact Methner and Associates today to schedule an informative, one-hour, initial consultation with one of our experienced Colorado lawyers. We can help you understand your options.
Our office is conveniently located in Denver, CO just off Interstate 25 and Colorado Boulevard. Our attorneys proudly represent clients throughout Central, Southern, and Northern Colorado, including the communities of Denver, Lakewood, Littleton, Thornton, Aurora, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Greeley, and Ft. Collins.
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