Merkel, TX Bankruptcy Law Firms & Lawyers

Bankruptcy costs are relative to the time the attorney believes it will take to complete the file. The level of debt is relevant, as are the assets. One of the other factors is income and how it's earned. Self-employment can be time consuming to present to the court. The most simple bankruptcies are where the parties are traditionally employed and the debts are credit cards or medical. Those are less expensive.

There you have it, another perfect answer from Mr. Markus.  At this point refiling, is all you can do.  Did you contact your bankruptcy lawyer when you were getting close to being dismissed?  They should have been able to help you.  There are several avenues you could have taken.

Since Chapter 13 means that you'll have a relationship with your attorney for the next five years, I'd recommend that you find a new attorney that is more responsive to your needs. It might not cost you anything, by failing to communicate with you (it's obviously BS that an email was sent that you didn't receive, there is no such thing as a lost email), didn't get your schedules filed on time and didn't fully and completely explain the schedules he wanted you to sign and didn't explain what will happen in a Chapter 13 - he's violated the requirements of a bankruptcy attorney. I recommend that you tell him that you're going to get a new attorney and demand that he refund everything that he paid you. When you ask for a refund, tell him that if you don't have your money back today, you'll file a complaint with the US Trustee's office. The US Trustee's office is responsible for policing bankruptcy attorneys and he knows (or at least every competent attorney knows) that he's screwed this up and the US Trustee will force him to repay your fees and possibly cause him additional problems.