Attorney Bankruptcy Lawyer: Best Referral Sources
Who should be sending you clients, and the rooms they are already sitting in.
Get the networking events worth showing up to
Tell us where you are. We will send you the best rooms for bankruptcy attorneys and the next meeting dates. Add a ZIP and this page will also show your local chapters and which seats are open.
Most business owners network where their competitors are, not where their referral partners are.
Your own trade group is for learning. Your partners' groups are where the work comes from. Everything below starts with one question. When something happens that makes people need bankruptcy attorneys, who else gets a call that same week?
Bankruptcy attorneys sell to both individuals and businesses, and most of the work starts when somebody gets sued. It moves fast, so being the name already in hand matters more than being the cheapest. Most clients buy once, so the flow of new names is the whole business.
- Lawsuit or claimwhen somebody gets sued
- Tax notice or auditwhen a letter shows up from the IRS
- Divorcewhen a marriage ends
- Sale of a businesswhen an owner sells the company
Who should be sending you clients
Who you should be sending clients to
Ranked by what starts the job, not by who sounds close to your trade.
The same list, turned around. Give first and the rest follows.
- 01
CPA / Accountant
They send you work75Trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS
CPAs hear about it when a letter shows up from the IRS, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 02
Attorney Business & Corporate
They send you work72Trigger: somebody gets sued
Business attorneys hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 03
Attorney Employment & Labor
They send you work65Trigger: somebody gets sued
Employment attorneys hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 04
Tax Resolution Specialist
They send you work63Trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS
Tax resolution firms hear about it when a letter shows up from the IRS, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 05
Real Estate Agent (Residential)
They send you work61Trigger: a marriage ends
Residential real estate agents hear about it when a marriage ends, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 06
Attorney Personal Injury
They send you work60Trigger: somebody gets sued
Personal injury attorneys hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 07
Bookkeeper
Two-way58Trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS
You and bookkeepers both get the call when a letter shows up from the IRS, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 08
Financial Advisor
They send you work58Trigger: a marriage ends
Financial advisors hear about it when a marriage ends, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 09
Attorney Real Estate
Two-way58Trigger: somebody gets sued
You and real estate attorneys both get the call when somebody gets sued, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 10
Private Investigator
Two-way57Trigger: somebody gets sued
You and private investigators both get the call when somebody gets sued, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 01
Tax Resolution Specialist
They send you work65Trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS
Tax resolution firms hear about it when a letter shows up from the IRS, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 02
Court Reporter & Litigation Support
You send them work59Trigger: somebody gets sued
You hear about it when somebody gets sued, before court reporters do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
- 03
Private Investigator
Two-way50Trigger: somebody gets sued
You and private investigators both get the call when somebody gets sued, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
- 04
Public Adjuster
You send them work50Trigger: somebody gets sued
You hear about it when somebody gets sued, before public adjusters do. Expect to give more than you get back here.
- 05
Attorney Employment & Labor
They send you work48Trigger: somebody gets sued
Employment attorneys hear about it when somebody gets sued, before you do. This one sends you work rather than trading it.
- 06
HR Consulting / PEO
Two-way48Trigger: somebody gets sued
You and HR consultants and PEOs both get the call when somebody gets sued, usually the same week. This one goes both ways.
Where those people actually are
Ranked by how many of your best partners are in the room, and how much work each one can send you.
State CPA society
Your partners are in this room: CPAs, tax resolution firms, and bookkeepers.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
- 01
State CPA society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: CPAs, tax resolution firms, and bookkeepers.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Chapter finder → - 02
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 04
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 05
Vistage
Paid peer groupYour partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and financial advisors.
Run CEO peer groups. You are buying advice, not leads, but the group turns into a warm list over time.
Chapter finder → - 06
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: CPAs and financial advisors.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 07
EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization)
Paid peer groupYour partners are in this room: business attorneys and financial advisors.
Owners above a revenue bar, meeting in private. Few referrals, but the ones that happen are big and close fast.
Chapter finder → - 08
BNI
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
The biggest referral group in the world. You meet every week. Only one person per job. They expect you to show up.
Chapter finder →
State CPA society
Your partners are in this room: CPAs, tax resolution firms, and bookkeepers.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Find your local chapter →Give someone nine choices and they pick none. If you do one thing from this page, do this.
- 01
State CPA society
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: CPAs, tax resolution firms, and bookkeepers.
A CPA is the person most business owners trust most. Sponsors can go to chapter meetings and classes.
Chapter finder → - 02
LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities
Online communityYour partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
Works when your buyer has a job title. Useful comments on your partners' posts beat posting your own.
Chapter finder → - 03
Your city or county chamber of commerce
Chamber of commerceYour partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
Too big and too broad on its own. The value is in one committee. Pick one and go every time. The same fifteen people show up, and they get to know you.
Chapter finder → - 04
Your local Realtor board or association
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: residential real estate agents and real estate attorneys.
Join as a vendor and you are in front of hundreds of agents. They need people they trust at every closing. Ask about the vendor committee and the classes for new agents, not just the parties.
Chapter finder → - 05
Vistage
Paid peer groupYour partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and financial advisors.
Run CEO peer groups. You are buying advice, not leads, but the group turns into a warm list over time.
Chapter finder → - 06
Your local estate planning council
Your partners' associationYour partners are in this room: CPAs and financial advisors.
Estate lawyers, CPAs, bankers, and insurance people in one room on purpose. It was built for this kind of referral.
Chapter finder → - 07
EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization)
Paid peer groupYour partners are in this room: business attorneys and financial advisors.
Owners above a revenue bar, meeting in private. Few referrals, but the ones that happen are big and close fast.
Chapter finder → - 08
Prime Time Business Network
Structured referral groupOne seat per category, so your competitors are excluded by rule and the seats around you are the partners above.
A South Florida referral group. Only one person per job in each chapter. So your competitors are kept out, and your referral partners have the other seats.
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State bar practice sections
Most bankruptcy attorneys join this room first. It is also the one most likely to be the wrong pick. Classes, standards, and lawyers who share cases. The exception is across practice areas. Estate and family lawyers refer to each other all the time. Everyone in it does what you do. Join it for the training, the licences, and the ties to manufacturers. Do not join it for referrals, and do not join it instead of the rooms above.
State bar practice sections →Let us be straight with you. For bankruptcy attorneys, a weekly referral group is not the best pick. Your partners gather in professional groups instead, so spend your time there. We would rather say that than sell you a seat you do not need.
Is your seat open?
Prime Time takes one attorney bankruptcy per chapter. Put in a South Florida ZIP above and we will show you which seats are open.
Add a ZIP code at the top of the page to see which seats are open.
Prime Time doesn't operate where you are yet.
We have fifteen chapters in South Florida and none near you. Telling you to join would be bad advice. The rooms above are the real answer where you are. We can email you the one page version and let you know if we open near you.
Send me those roomsHave the next meetings sent to you
The rooms above are the answer. This is when they meet. Tell us where to send it and we will email you the next dates for bankruptcy attorneys, with the one page plan.
We already know your trade and your area from this page, so there is nothing else to fill in. We do not ask for a phone number. Every email we send has an unsubscribe link.
Your one-page action plan
Five partners, five things to say, three rooms. Print it and keep it in the car.
Networking plan: Attorney Bankruptcy
The five people who should be sending you clients
- CPA / Accountant (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS - Attorney Business & Corporate (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody gets sued - Attorney Employment & Labor (They send you work)
Shared trigger: somebody gets sued - Tax Resolution Specialist (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a letter shows up from the IRS - Real Estate Agent (Residential) (They send you work)
Shared trigger: a marriage ends
The three rooms to be in
- State CPA society: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, tax resolution firms, and bookkeepers.
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
- State CPA society: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, tax resolution firms, and bookkeepers.
- LinkedIn groups & local B2B communities: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
- Your city or county chamber of commerce: Your partners are in this room: CPAs, business attorneys, and employment attorneys.
Don't confuse this with networking: State bar practice sections. Learning and supplier access, not referrals.