Jay S. Fleischman is a bankruptcy lawyer in New York. He will teach a course about consumer bankruptcy law at Solo Practice University®.

Jay is a co-founder of Bankruptcy Law Network, as well as the current President of the organization. Jay is a bankruptcy lawyer in New York, where he runs Fleischman Consumer Law Center, a law firm dedicated to protecting consumers from abuses at the hands of mortgage companies, collection agents, and creditors.

Jay is a frequent lecturer at national as well as local bar association groups on such topics as consumer bankruptcy, violations of the discharge in bankruptcy, debt collection abuse, foreclosure defense and technology and office management.

Jay was the first lawyer in New York to get the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to rule – in multiple cases – that the refusal of a creditor to update a credit report after bankruptcy to show the debt as being discharged and having a $0 balance was a violation of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. In the cases of Torres v. Chase Bank USA, NA, Russell v. Chase Bank USA, NA and Gilyard-McKenzie v. HSBC Bank USA, NA the courts agreed that consumers had the right to have their credit reports properly updated.

Jay is also a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (“NACBA”) as well as of the National Association of Consumer Advocates. He has been the New York State co-Chairperson for NACBA for over two years.

Jay is a lifelong New Yorker, born and raised in Brooklyn. His office is designed to make the most of technology. That doesn’t just mean he uses the Internet and send e-mail – it means his entire office is virtual. His team is scattered around the country, coming together to work on projects that call for specialized attention.