Shilliday Law provides a broad range of bankruptcy, creditor rights, and workout services for individual and business clients. The Firm focuses upon providing bankruptcy relief for individuals and small businesses under Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. With an emphasis upon complex individual business debtors and small businesses, the Firm has assisted hundreds of individual and business clients in obtaining debt relief arising from failed or struggling businesses in diverse industries such as restaurants, grocery, clothing and furniture retail, franchises, real estate development, construction, and agriculture. 

Bankruptcy relief often is the last resort to debt relief. Shilliday Law offers a variety of services tailored to avoid the need for bankruptcy through out-of-court settlements and workout. We employ rights otherwise available under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable state law to structure settlements with creditors to avoid unnecessary lawsuits, foreclosures, garnishment, and other debt collection efforts. Although sometimes unavoidable, Shilliday Law emphasizes workout as a cost-effective alternative to bankruptcy relief and destructive litigation. Let us review your individual circumstances and propose creative solutions to your financial problems. 

Shilliday Law maintains a robust practice focused upon representing individual debtors in the defense of bankruptcy non-discharge proceedings seeking to except debts from discharge due to alleged fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, or other alleged wrongdoing. The Firm has successfully defended numerous clients against creditor claims seeking to except debts from discharge, preserving the client’s right to full discharge under the Bankruptcy Code.

    The Firm also maintains a creditor’s rights practice, representing banks, suppliers, and vendors with respect to a broad range of bankruptcy-related services, including relief from the automatic stay, prosecution of non-discharge claims, proofs of claim, contested matters, and objections to plan confirmation under Chapters 11 and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Business partners often leap into new business ventures without any exit strategy in the event things go wrong. Other companies simply want to cease operations but do not understand how to dissolve their business and pay remaining creditors. Shilliday Law specializes in advising clients who face irreconcilable disputes with their business partners and want a “business divorce.” Business dissolution can be a better alternative to bankruptcy where the goal is to cease operations and close the business.  Let Shilliday Law guide you through the available alternatives to get rid of a bad business partner.   

Shilliday Law represents clients in federal and state courts with respect to a broad range of business and commercial litigation matters, including breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, director and officer liability, misappropriation of trade secrets and intellectual property, fraudulent transfer, lender liability, consumer protection litigation, federal and state appellate practice, and professional responsibility and ethics issues. The Firm has successfully represented both plaintiffs and defendants in bench and jury trials throughout the United States.

    Let the extensive knowledge and experience of Shilliday Law make a difference in your next litigation matter. We will tailor a litigation strategy to meet your individual goals and expectations in a cost-effective manner. Litigation does not have to be cost-prohibitive. Shilliday Law will guide you to a successful litigation outcome within your budget.