Brett Weiss literally wrote the book on bankruptcy law, co-authoring the LexisNexis-published Chapter 11 for Individual Debtors. An Honors graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, he is a nationally known bankruptcy attorney representing individuals and businesses in complex liquidation and reorganization cases (Chapter 7, Chapter 13, Chapter 11, and the Small Business Reorganization Act).

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With over 40 years of experience representing individual and corporate debtors and creditors in all phases of a bankruptcy case, Brett is dedicated to solving his clients’ most challenging problems.

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Brett Weiss has been involved in a number of consumer and business bankruptcy cases of first impression, and he has lectured to thousands of lawyers on a variety of bankruptcy topics, including Chapter 11 and the Small Business Reorganization Act reorganizations and Chapter 7 liquidations. He has spoken before the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the American Bankruptcy Institute, the National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees, the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, the Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association, and the Maryland State Bar Association, among others.

 

Brett has twice testified before Congress on bankruptcy, student loan, and credit issues and before the Bankruptcy Rules Committee and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He recently served on the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Individual Chapter 11 Task Force, and is on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys and the Maryland State Bar Consumer Bankruptcy Section Council.

 

Brett Weiss is a prolific author. In addition to a book about Chapter 11, he has written articles for the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal and The Consumer Bankruptcy Journal, and hundreds of articles and blogs on bankruptcy issues, from the basic to the most complex. He has received international media attention in connection with his work, including an interview by Barbara Walters on The View. He has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News with Peter Jennings, National Public Radio, The Montel Williams Show,  AARP-TV, the BBC World Service, and numerous local radio and television programs. The Washington Post, Money Magazine, The Daily Record, and many others have quoted Brett Weiss on newsworthy bankruptcy topics.

 

More About Brett

 

Brett Weiss and his wife, Chrissy, are Walt Disney World fanatics, having cruised with Disney nearly two dozen times. Brett is also a professionally trained singer, performing with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and The Royal Philharmonic at the Royal Festival Hall in London. His chorus even performed (and recorded) Handel’s Messiah at the National Cathedral with a 100-piece orchestra playing 18th-century instruments from the Smithsonian Institution!

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