Debtor’s Counsel’s Duty of Due Diligence–Did the Attorney Employ Such External Verification Tools as Were Available and Not Time or Cost Prohibitive? Part 4

By: Fredrick E. Clement. Mr. Clement is a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization.

“[D]id the attorney employ such external verification tools as were available and not time or cost prohibitive (e.g., on-line real estate title compilations, on-line lien search, tax “scripts”)”? (In re Withrow, 391 B.R. 217 (Bankr. D. Mass. 2008), aff’d, 405 B.R. 505 (1st Cir. BAP 2009))

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