ABOUT AAA

The Affordable Attorney Advice service was founded in 2004 and is operated by Steve and Catherine Elias. The primary goal of the service is to provide telephonic legal advice as an alternative to full lawyer representation. Currently, the service specializes in bankruptcy advice.

Stephen R. Elias, President of the National Bankruptcy Law Project Inc, is a practicing California bankruptcy attorney, co-author of Nolo’s How to File For Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and author of The New Bankruptcy: What it Can do For You. Prior to the development of the AAA service, Steve provided bankruptcy advice for a national telephone advice hotline over a ten-year period.

Catherine Elias-Jermany, Vice President of the National Bankruptcy Law Project Inc, is an author, mediator, radio talk-show host and producer. She is a member of the board of directors of HALT (Americans for Legal Reform) and co-author of The Independent Paralegal's Handbook (currently out of print). As a long time civil rights advocate and legal specialist, Catherine developed business and legal training systems currently being utilized throughout the USA. She has been an innovator for over forty years in these fields and in media and publishing. She also served as a health research specialist for the Children's Defense Fund and established and then directed the Paralegal Training and Career Development Department of the national Legal Services Corporation. She is also the founder of the California Association of Legal Document Assistants (CALDA).

Rubin Santiago Elias is BLP’s Webmaster and Coordinator of training events. Rubin is a graduate of Expression College for Digital arts in Emeryville California, and specializes in media production and database management.