Recommendations in Dealing with the Self-Employed Debtor

Few word combinations sting a Trustee’s office quite like the one-two punch of “self-employed.” The “self-employed” debtor immediately faces additional concerns regarding feasibility.

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Chapter 13 Standing Trustee for the District of New Jersey (Cherry Hill)

Andrew B. Finberg was born in Washington, DC and raised in Fairfax, VA. Andy is a graduate of Virginia Tech University and received his Juris Doctorate from Delaware Law School – Widener University. During his college and legal studies, he worked at The White House, the Pentagon and the United States Attorney’s Office.

Andy moved to New Jersey in 1998 and started representing automotive creditors with the Law Office of John R. Morton, Jr. In 2000, he began a career in consumer bankruptcy as an associate with Wizmur & Gordon, LLP. In 2001, he became a partner at Wizmur, Gordon & Finberg, LLP and thereafter a partner at Wizmur & Finberg, LLP in 2008. In 2015, he formed the Law Office of Andrew B. Finberg, LLC. Over the course of 23 years, Andy has assisted thousands of individuals seeking a financial fresh start under Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 protections.

He has served as the Chairman of the Chapter Subcommittee for the Lawyers Advisory Committee for the District of New Jersey, as an Attorney Member of the Supreme Court of New Jersey District Ethics Committee, a Founding Member & Organizer for South Jersey Bankruptcy Practitioners’ Group and speaker for numerous legal education programs.

On January 1, 2020, Andy was appointed a Chapter 7 Trustee by the Office of the United States Trustee and subsequently appointed as the Chapter 13 Standing Trustee, Camden Vicinage effective October 1, 2023.

Andy resides in Voorhees, NJ with his wife and has two sons attending Penn State University.

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