Stephanie Perez

Provide pro bono and low cost legal representation to people living with HIV/AIDS. Counsel clients on credit management, bankruptcy, real estate, tax, and estate planning matters.

Solo-practitioner providing knowledgeable advice and attentive service to individuals in real estate, bankruptcy, wills and trusts, and estate planning matters. Comprehensively advise small businesses in areas such as contract review, governance, organization, and incorporation. Assist nonprofit organizations develop launch plans and apply for tax-exempt status from the IRS and FTB.

Managed high-volume Chapter 7 and 13 consumer bankruptcy caseload and complete research and writing assignments in wills and trusts, family law, probate, and civil law matters as needed.
• Timely and comprehensively researched, drafted, and edited all petitions, motions, objections, oppositions to creditor motions, and discovery in bankruptcy matters
• Advocated for clients’ interests before the court in confirmation, motion, and objection hearings
• Drafted adversary complaints to litigate the dischargeability of a student loan for undue hardship; turnover of funds setoff from a debtor’s bank accounts; fraudulent foreclosure; and to quiet title in real property
• Participated in settlement negotiations and review of settlement agreements, including settlement with a major institutional lender for cancellation of a foreclosure sale
• Completed petitions for marital dissolution and answers to civil complaints for breach of contract; drafted family law motions and briefs regarding property division and child custody and visitation