Top Chapter 13 Lawyers Near Me in Santa Ana Area

Rex Tran’s practice focuses on representing consumer debtors in Bankruptcy since becoming a member of the California Bar. Before starting this law firm, Mr. Tran was a Managing Attorney for the largest bankruptcy firm in the nation. To date, Mr. Tran handled over 1000 bankruptcy cases. As a managing attorney, Mr. Tran not only handled matters personally, but also trained staff and attorneys in all aspects of Bankruptcy.. Additionally, Mr. Tran also has experience in business/civil litigation and personal injury claims from his time as a law clerk for The Law Offices of L. Michael Wilson (formerly Apollo Law Group) from 2006 through 2008.. Military Experience. Mr. Tran also presently serves as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army Reserve with the 78th Legal Operations Detachment in Los Alamitos, CA. In 2008 he was deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq where he provided legal support for 1500 Soldiers of the 419th Combat Support and Sustainment Battalion. During his 12 year military career, he also worked on courts-martial cases and military boards, and provided legal assistance such as helping Soldiers obtain citizenship, wills and powers of attorney.. Bar Membership. California Bar. United States District Court, Central District of California. United States District Court, Southern District of California. Education. California Western School of Law. San Diego, CA, Juris Doctorate. University of California, Irvine. Irvine, CA, Bachelors of Science, Cum Laude

I am Orange County Bankruptcy Attorney, Michael D. Franco.. I know what I’m doing and I’m good at it. I have had the pleasure to help 1,000’s of individuals, couples and businesses get through their financial crisis and then watch them afterwards embrace a better, brighter future.. Bankruptcy is all I do. No need to be anxious. Let's see if bankruptcy makes sense for you!. I offer FREE phone or office consultations.  I will personally review your situation. I will not hand you off to staff, a paralegal or a junior lawyer. You will speak only with me.. I am a “CERTIFIED SPECIALIST” in Bankruptcy Law. I earned that designation in 2013. Very few California attorneys have earned the distinction as Certified Specialists in their focused practice area.. All my education, all my efforts, all my talents are focused on helping people solve their financial dilemmas.. EDUCATION & BAR:. California State University Fullerton (CSUF). University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). University of Southern California (USC). The State Bar of California. The State Bar of California – Board of Legal Specialization

Christopher Langley is an attorney admitted to practice in both California and Georgia. He was admitted to the California bar in 2008 and received his legal specialization in bankruptcy in 2017.. Born in Whittier and the second of seven children, Chris’s father worked in IT and systems administration for New Line Cinema and his mother was an English teacher turned stay-at-home mom. After High School, Chris spent six years in the seminary, first in Monterrey, Mexico doing outreach work, with the final two years in Rome, Italy where he graduated magna cum laude from Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum with a bachelors in Philosophy and a minor in Art History. While in Rome, Chris also worked as a translator in the Vatican and was the personal assistant of Fr. Alvaro Corcuera, LC who at the time was rector of the Roman seminary.. After Rome, Chris moved to Orange County and began a career in Human Resources and Recruiting. His work in human resources ultimately led him to law school and he enrolled at Loyola Marymount Law School. Chris gravitated towards bankruptcy law and in his final year of law school he externed for Honorable Richard Nieter, a bankruptcy judge in the Central District of California, Los Angeles. Upon graduating, Chris started working at a mid-sized law firm in Costa Mesa where he primarily represented banks and major vehicle finance companies in bankruptcy.. Within a few years, Chris decided to hang his own shingle and established “The Langley Law Firm” based out of a small loft in Downtown Santa Ana. The firm quickly expanded and within a few years, Chris partnered up with Steven P. Chang forming “Langley & Chang.” In the fall of 2020, Steven and Chris partnered with Gene Shioda in order to create a full service law firm and established Shioda Langley & Chang. In July of 2021, SLC moved into their office in San Gabriel.. Chris married Lupe Garcia, a special needs public school teacher, in 2017 at the Santa Barbara Courthouse. They have two boys together, Tiago and Luca.

Attorney Scott Dicus handles criminal defense, traffic and felony and misdemeanor post conviction matters. Having worked in the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, Scott understands legal matters from multiple perspectives, helping him to carefully evaluate his clients’ needs and prepare the best case possible. He has successfully argued motions on behalf of his clients in 37 California counties.