Allow me to begin first by stating that I AM an actual client, or I should say I WAS an actual client of Tony Ditocco's. So there should not be any confusion, or any ""untruths"" in what I am about to say here. \r
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I hired DiTocco, like probably most of those whose hired him, after finding him advertising on the internet, in one of those pay per click ads. Anyway, about me: I am a rather successful salesman, working for one of the large chain furniture stores here in South Florida. My yearly income is consistently over the $100,000 level. However, like a lot of people, I found myself drowning in massive debt that I simply could not dig myself out of. So reluctantly, I realized that it was about time to consult with a bankruptcy attorney. \r
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So I came to see Tony. He told me about all his credentials, so I decided to hire him. To make a long story short, he filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy for me back in April, even though I make a very high income, and everything that I had read told me that I probably wouldn't qualify for Chapter 7, because of the Means Test. Tony assured me not to worry, that he was an ""expert"" in doing these Means Tests, and if anyone could get me into a Chapter 7, it was him. So I listened, and we filed for it. \r
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Well, guess what... almost immediately after filing my case, Tony contacts me and tells me that the Office of the United States Trustee is looking into my case as a potential ""abusive filing"". That's right, they claimed that I made too much to be in a Chapter 7, and that my Means Test had some ""errors"" in it that needed to be addressed. Yep, the same Means Test that Tony assured me he was ""expert"" in. The Spanish Inquisition had to have gone smoother than my case was going! And Tony, well he mostly just fumbled around with the papers in my file when I confronted him at his office, feebly trying to explain why he filed my case as a Chapter 7 when it should obviously have been filed as a Chapter 13 case. He just didn't know... this ""expert"" couldn't explain why. \r
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Well, I know, or I should say, I know NOW why. The fact of the matter is Tony DiTocco had NEVER even FILED a Chapter 13 case before!!! He didn't even know what it involved! So, because of his lack of experience, or lack of knowledge, or BOTH, my case was about to be dismissed by the Bankruptcy Trustees Office!!! \r
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As only pure luck would have it, I found myself a real bankruptcy attorney, one who actually knows what he's doing, and he had to quickly convert my case to a Chapter 13, or it was about to be thrown out and dismissed with prejudice!! My new lawyer got my case through without a hitch, but he and everyone I have talked to since has told me that DiTocco had no business filing my case as Chapter 7, because it had absolutely no chance of success. What a kick in the you know what!! \r
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So after reading all this garbage about what an ""experienced"" bankruptcy attorney DiTocco is, and how ""successful"" he has been, I just had to come back here and post THE TRUTH!!! And the ACTUAL TRUTH, and Tony, from an ACTUAL CLIENT, is that Tony DiTocco doesn't have a damn clue how to REALLY practice bankruptcy, and that he is making a living using sites like this to post false and misleading reviews of himself and his abilities. If you ask me, there should be some way of preventing a guy like Tony DiTocco from misleading and duping the public about what he can do for them. \r
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I have since verified the fact that Tony DiTocco had never filed a Chapter 13 case before, and as of this posting, he still has never filed a Chapter 13 case!! He's sticking with the simple Chapter 7's. I guess that's a good thing.... at least for the unsuspecting public.
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