Recognized Bankruptcy Leaders 2025

With nearly three decades of experience, Kevin S. Neiman has helped countless clients in state and federal courts. Providing exceptional client service and representing clients with superior professionalism are the primary goals of Mr. Neiman. His experiences have shaped him into a strong advocate and strategist for all his clients, regardless of the case's complexity. He strives to be the consummate professional and a responsible civic caretaker. Specializing in practice areas arising out of distressed situations such as personal or business financial problems and commercial disputes, his mission is to assist clients in achieving their goals in a professional, efficient, and effective manner.

Attorney John D. Sarai is an experienced and well-versed attorney specializing in the fields of bankruptcy, consumer protection and debt relief for consumers and businesses. He has filed thousands of successful bankruptcies and discharged millions of dollars for individuals and businesses struggling with debt. His clients have received fresh starts, clean slates, and a second chance and rebuilding and reestablishing credit without being burdened by debt. He has stopped and prevented foreclosures, repossessions, wage garnishments, bank levies, IRS levies, and other collection actions from creditors and collection agents. He has obtained countless dollars in settlements and judgments for personal injury clients involved in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, premises liability, dog bites, and slip and fall accidents. He also represents clients with claims against government agencies for injuries on public property and on other buses and public transportation, as well as accidents involving ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. John has also discharged millions of dollars through thousands of successful business and consumer bankruptcies. He has helped clients eliminate their debts and save their homes and businesses, all resulting in brand new credit, high credit scores, and bright financial futures.  Additionally, John advocates for clients being harassed by creditors and collection agencies. He has procured hundreds of thousands of dollars for clients against creditors who violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.

Bankruptcy,Commercial Litigation, Restructuring,Liquidation,Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors,Receiverships,Partnership Disputes,Shareholder Disputes,Corporate Transactions, and Real Estate Transactions

Ben Jackson is the founder of Talk About Debt, a platform that gives people a safe, judgment-free space to have the deeply personal conversations necessary to take control of their finances and get out of debt. Talk About Debt combines an expert AI chat assistant, online bankruptcy form preparation, and a network of attorneys and debt experts standing by to provide personalized help when needed. Ben previously co-founded Upsolve, the largest bankruptcy nonprofit in the United States, which has helped tens of thousands of families file Chapter 7 bankruptcy at no cost. His work is rooted in personal experience. He grew up on food stamps, watched his family struggle with debt collectors and garnishment threats, and nearly filed for the wrong chapter of bankruptcy himself before learning the system. That experience drives everything he builds. Ben is available to comment on bankruptcy (Chapter 7 and Chapter 13), debt relief and settlement, consumer rights and debt collector abuse, credit recovery, student loan debt, financial literacy, and the emotional toll of financial hardship.

Brad A. Galbraith is the Managing Partner at GW Law, PLLC’s Naples and Indianapolis offices. He focuses on providing creative, cutting-edge estate, tax, and business planning advice to business owners and other wealthy individuals. Brad is board certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates by The Florida Bar Association. Brad began his professional career as a Certified Public Accountant. After switching to the practice of law and seeing the ineffectiveness and inefficiency of traditional planning methods, he endeavored to find a better way to assist his clients with estate, tax and business planning. As an estate planning attorney, he developed a model designed to provide clients with comprehensive, personalized estate, tax and business succession plans that withstand the test of time. Brad maintains an Indiana CPA license and has taught estate and tax planning to CPAs and attorneys at conferences and continuing education events throughout the United States. Additionally, Brad is the co-author of an extensive continuing education program for CPAs which has been published and distributed nationally. That program, entitled Estate Planning for CPAs, has also been presented to thousands of CPAs throughout the United States. Brad is also the author of several books, including: Intentionally Defective Grantor Trusts Line By Line, Family Limited Partnership Agreement Line By Line, Family LLC Operating Agreements Line By Line, and is co-author of Disinherit The IRS, Don’t Die Until You’ve Read This Book, The Four Corners: Where Your Estate Plan Becomes A Living Legacy, and The Florida Domicile Handbook.

Daniel Cohen, Esq., the Founding Partner of Consumer Attorneys, began his legal career as a New York litigator in consumer protection law. Under his leadership, Consumer Attorneys has grown into a BBB A+ rated national powerhouse with over $100 million recovered for clients and recognition as a highly impactful consumer reporting law firm. With a primary focus on FCRA-related litigation, Dan maintains an active client roster, while also overseeing the firm’s strategic branding, marketing, client intake, and business development efforts. He is also an experienced class-action attorney, a member of both the National Association of Consumer Advocates and the National Consumer Law Center, and a regular contributor to national media stories seeking legal insight on consumer protection issues. Dan holds a degree in Humanities from Thomas Edison State College and a JD from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. He is licensed to practice in New York and Arizona. Dan is also incredibly proud to have harnessed personal experience and legal fortitude to become an outsized champion of disability rights in the workplace, the digital space, and beyond. In particular, Dan’s focus has been on advancing digital accessibility for low and no-vision consumers navigating an e-commerce industry that largely ignores their needs and rights. When he isn’t busy advancing consumer and employee protections, Dan exercises his business acumen through the creation and expansion of other legal-adjacent tech brands, each of which experienced extraordinary growth under his vision.

Jeff Burr has been recognized as one of the top tax and estate planning attorneys in Southern Nevada and has been practicing for over 40 years. Through his years of community service and continual hard work, his personal client list contains many of the most prominent families in southern Nevada. Under Jeff's leadership, the firm has received the highest and most prestigious AV rating from Martindale Hubbell. Jeff's community involvement includes having been elected to the Clark County School Board and serving on boards such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Nevada, KLVX Planned Giving, St. Rose Dominican Foundation, Nevada State College, The Giving Tree, LDS Philanthropies and others. Jeff has been named by his peers as one of the top estate planning attorneys in Southern Nevada in every edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Jonathan Feniak is a non-traditional attorney, entrepreneur, founder, and social media influencer who has helped thousands of founders launch and maintain their businesses. Prior to obtaining a Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, Order of the Coif in December, 2019 and being admitted to the Colorado (#54568) and Wyoming (8-6599) Attorney Bars, he obtained a Masters of Business Administration degree from Rutgers University Graduate School of Management in 2003 and was previously registered as Broker-Dealer Agent and/or Investment Advisor Representative in 16 States. Jonathan's experience in financial services includes working with start-ups, hedge funds, large alternative investment firms, and "wirehouse" broker-dealers.

I am a Denver, Colorado bankruptcy attorney. I help people who have been blindsided by life's unexpected events find their way to financial recovery.

Kesha Tanabe is an experienced bankruptcy attorney at the Vogel Law Firm, with a regional and national practice. She previously served as a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Minnesota from 2022-2025 and sat by designation in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of South Dakota from 2022-2024, during which time she was appointed by Chief Justice Roberts to serve on the Advisory Board of the Federal Judicial Center (“FJC”). Kesha brings exceptional academic credentials to her practice. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She earned a master's degree with honors from the London School of Economics before receiving her J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. During law school, she gained international experience studying at Central European University in Budapest and working at Reczicza White & Case LLP. Kesha is a board-certified Business Bankruptcy Specialist through the American Board of Certification (2021), and she has served as a Subchapter V Bankruptcy Trustee in Region 12. Her comprehensive understanding of bankruptcy law is reflected in the broad range of constituencies that she has successfully represented in bankruptcy courts nationwide. She is also an educator, having taught bankruptcy law as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and as regular faculty for the FJC, bar associations, and several national bankruptcy organizations. She is admitted to practice in several U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, including Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, and Texas, as well as the Fort Berthold District Tribal Court. Kesha maintains an active membership in the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees. Her exceptional contributions to the legal profession have earned her numerous honors, including the prestigious 2024 MNAPABA Trailblazer Award, recognition as a SuperLawyer, North Star Lawyer, and inclusion among Top Women Lawyers.

As Founder and CEO of Direction Inc., I architect organic search engine strategies driven by expert teams where technical excellence meets revenue acceleration. Our proven approach delivers an average 312% increase in quality leads, and 70% drop in patient acquisition costs for healthcare practices.Our mission at Direction? To create an organization where our team and customers thrive, delivering at least a 3x ROI within 12 months for our healthcare partners.Our values of Innovation, Value Creation and Elite Performance drive our operating system as we strive toward our vision of becoming the undisputed leader in healthcare SEO, helping practices attract 50-200+ new patient inquiries monthly.We engineer strategies to match intent at scale, creating sustainable inbound patient growth systems for dental practices, orthodontists, mental health providers, and plastic surgeons ready to be the leader their market.The Direction Difference:-Healthcare-Focused: Unlike broad-market SEO firms, we've targeted our expertise solely to healthcare SEO-Search Intelligence Architecture: We convert complex organic search and generative engine algorithms into revenue opportunities-Optimized Lead Acquisition Engineering: We building fast, sustainable growth frameworks with 61% lower cost per patient vs. paid ads-Market Dominance Blueprint: We transform websites into reliable lead and patient-acquisition powerhouses-Systematic Organization: We run on EOSMy obsession with business and digital marketing began early—from running an eBay business at nine, to coding my first website at 14, to buying and selling domain names, then going all-in on SEO since 2014. This foundation, combined with leading elite military intelligence teams through multiple overseas deployments, created a unique methodology:-Military precision and resilience into digital strategy and algorithm update intelligence, anticipating and capitalizing on search engine changes-Intelligence-driven market and competitor analysis, transforming search data into actionable strategies while identifying untapped market opportunities through systematic pattern recognition and prediction modeling-Team-centric leadership execution models forged in military intelligence operations, creating rapid-deployment SEO teams that adapt to algorithm shifts with military precision while maintaining focus on targetsReady to transform your digital presence from visible to unstoppable? Let's architect your path to practice growth with proven results that speak for themselves.

As the owner of Bad Girl Bail Bonds, I have served Las Vegas families for over 20 years, specializing in navigating the Clark County detention system and providing 24/7 emergency bail assistance. My expertise includes DUI bonds, domestic cases, and complex release situations, with a focus on discretion, compassion, and efficiency during high-stress legal circumstances.

I established The Peterson Law Firm to focus on the individual and families involved in the legal process. I focus on the family and the end goal to come to a optimal resolution for my client. My practice areas include include Divorce & Family Law, Bankruptcy & Debt, and Tax Resolution Services.

I was bankrupt at 27 and spent the next decade building a global media brand from nothing. In 2025 I exited to a US acquisition and bought back the one thing no deal can put a price on, my own time. I'm 39, mortgage free, self-determined and building again. Not from pressure or urgency or anything to prove. From peace. This time I'm building a one-woman 8-figure empire on my own terms, with two decades of pattern recognition, a sharp instinct for infrastructure and the kind of clarity that only comes from having already done it once and walked away at the top. I write about wealth, freedom and the life they told you wasn't possible. You can find that work at laurabartlett.live