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a) You will not be treated like a mere faceless case number, whose only contact with a licensed attorney was at the initial consultation and/or 341 meeting. INSTEAD, your licensed Texas attorney will be reasonably available-throughout your case-to answer your case-related questions and to explain case related court documents.**

b) Your case will not be handled by or assigned to a paralegal. INSTEAD, a licensed attorney will handle your case and (only if necessary) paralegal staff will be utilized to provide supervised routine clerical and document handling support to your attorney.

c) Through your licensed Texas attorney, you will enjoy access to:

1) The vast collective knowledge of a group of experienced bankruptcy attorneys who together have filed over 10,000 bankruptcy cases (one of whom is a Chapter 7 Trustee).

d) A highly trained paralegal staff, with experience in efficiently managing the document support needs of a high volume consumer-debtors legal practice with over 3,500 open cases on any given month. AND

e) An established working relationship with contacts at common national creditors. This working relationship reduces the uncertainty that normally involves creditor negotiations, increases the overall success and reduces the amount of time required to settle a debt.

* NOTICE: Vanhemelrijck Law Offices, LP. (Texas) and Koffel and Jump, Attorneys (Ohio) maintain financial and administrative independence. Neither firm is liable to the others firm's creditors or clients.
** In order to better serve you and to have time to adequately prepare, all office consultations must be by appointment only. You may call or use the Online Scheduler to schedule an appointment.

Joris Robert Vanhemelrijck (ROBERT)
Attorney-Texas

Bio

- Founding and Managing Partner of Vanhemelrijck Law Offices, LP.
- Provides Bankruptcy Litigation Support to Koffel and Jump, Attorneys, in Columbus, Ohio.
- Formerly, worked for Koffel and Jump, Attorneys, where he was responsible for managing all mortgage and lien avoidance matters. Also, while working for Koffel and Jump, Attorneys, he provided litigation support to W. Mark Jump and Christal Caudill (a Chapter 7 Trustee), on cases involving Bankruptcy and Tax issues.

- Assisted a United States District Judge from the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division, with the writing of Court orders and/or decisions.
Assisted a United States Bankruptcy Judge from the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division (Columbus), with the writing of Court orders and/or decisions.

- Provided substantial assistance with the drafting and preparation of three (3) Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Presentations, which were used to teach bankruptcy practitioners about the effects of the 2005 amendments to the Bankruptcy Code.

- These CLE presentations were:

o "Divorce, Alimony and Support Under the New Bankruptcy Act"-Presented by Bankruptcy Professor Creola Johnson, of the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
o "The Automatic Stay, Effects of the Dismissal of a Prior Case(s) that was Pending Within the Previous Year: The Need to File a Motion to Extend the Automatic Stay and a Motion for an Expedited Hearing"-Presented by W. Mark Jump.
o "The Treatment of 910 PMSI Claims on Vehicles Purchased for Personal Use Under Amended Code Section 1325's Hanging Paragraph"-Presented by W. Mark Jump.

- Member of the Texas State Bar Association.
- Member of the American Bar Association.
- Member of the Federal Bar Association.
- Graduate of The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (Columbus, Ohio), where he received his Juris Doctor degree and earned the "Excellence for the Future Award."
- He received his undergraduate degree from Texas State University (San Marcos, Texas). His major was in Political Science (B.A.) and his minor was in Business Administration. He graduated with honors-summa cum laude.
- He is a fluent Spanish speaker and writer.
- He is an animal lover, with two (2) dogs, one of which was rescued from a San Antonio humane society called The Animal Defense League.
Community Service includes serving as a volunteer at the Political Asylum Project of Austin, Texas.

* NOTICE: Joris Robert Vanhemelrijck (JRV) is not licensed to practice law in Ohio. Thus, any work done on the cases of Ohio clients must be done with and through their Licensed Ohio Attorney, unless, JRV requests and is granted permission to personally represent an Ohio client by valid court order. Even though bankruptcy law is designed to be applied uniformly across all 50 states, JRV may not represent clients in Ohio courts or give Ohio-non-lawyers legal advice, unless JRV requests and is granted authority to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction. Such permission is usually granted Pro Hoc Vice, which means: for a specific case or particular matter only. Therefore, if you are an Ohio client of Koffel and Jump, unless JRV has been formally granted permission to represent you on a specific case or matter by a court order, please direct all legal questions to and/or through W. Mark Jump, or another attorney licensed to practice law in Ohio.

W. Mark Jump (MARK)
Attorney-Ohio

Bio

- Founding Partner of Vanhemelrijck Law Offices, LP. *
- Also Founding Partner of Koffel and Jump, Attorneys, where he is in charge of that Ohio firm's Consumer and Small Business Bankruptcy Practice and other Debtor related practice areas.
- Considered one of the best in his profession and recently named a Rising Star by Ohio Super Lawyers, representing 2.5% of the best and up and coming lawyers in Ohio under the age of 40.
- Rated BV on Martindale Hubbell. BV is the maximum rating a lawyer can receive who has been admitted to the bar from 5-9 years.
- Included in the 2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America
- Member National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA)
- President and former Trustee of the Creditor Education Coalition (CEC) where he has been featured as a speaker and panel member at numerous seminars alongside Judges and Trustees.
- Sits on Consumer Bankruptcy Law Committee of American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
- Member Columbus Bar Association (CBA), where he has been featured as a speaker and panel member at numerous seminars alongside Judges and Trustees, including teaching new practitioners the fundamentals of consumer bankruptcy.
- Authored articles " Consumer Debt: Easy to Get Into, Hard to Get Out ", Summer 2003, and " Bankruptcy Reform: The new Long and Winding Road out of Debt", Fall 2005 , both articles published in Columbus Bar Briefs, a quarterly legal publication for members of the Columbus Bar Association and Columbus legal and business community.
- Member Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA)
- Member American Bar Association (ABA).
- Seminar Speaker for the National Business Institute
- Has been turned to as a leader in the field by others and interviewed and/or featured by numerous Ohio news broadcasts and publications, including: Channel 6 News, 610 WTVN Radio, Business First, and the Columbus Dispatch.
- He is a graduate of Capital University Law School where he received the Dean's Award.
- He received his undergraduate degree from Miami University in Business Administration, including a summer abroad studying and living at Regents Business School in London, England.
- Married, with two daughters.

* NOTICE: W. Mark Jump (WMJ) is not licensed to practice law in Texas. Thus, any legal work done on the cases of Texas clients must be done with and through a Licensed Texas Attorney, unless, WMJ requests and is granted permission to personally represent a Texas client by valid court order. Even though bankruptcy law is designed to be applied uniformly across all 50 states, WMJ may not represent clients in Texas courts or give Texas-non-lawyers legal advice, unless he requests and is granted authority to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction. Such permission is usually granted Pro Hoc Vice, which means: for a specific case or particular matter only. Therefore, if you are a Texas client, unless WMJ has been formally granted permission to represent you on a specific case or matter by court order, please direct all legal questions to and/or through Joris Robert Vanhemelrijck, or another attorney licensed to practice law in Texas.