Kevin W. Willhelm

I have NEVER known an Attorney like Kevin— and there’s four attorneys in my family circle— after my ex walked out on our family and left me to deal with every single one of our bills (the collectors said they couldn’t find him so they were going after me), I had no choice but to file bankruptcy— Kevin was recommended to me by a coworker. He (and his PL Amy) were WONDERFUL. I had to go in front of the court and it was absolutely humiliating and I had to answer as to why, when my ex had made so much money, I was sitting in front of the court asking for a bankruptcy— all the while still trying to wrap my head around why someone I’d been with for over 16 years could just leave me and my girls to fight through the pieces he left behind. When the trustee laid out that I had to pay them every month, along with every/any tax return refund for the next five years… and after losing EVERYTHING my girls and I had (I lost the house we loved, where my daughter was baptized in the pool) and I had to trade in my truck for a used car that would only be $150/mth because although I only had 6 months to finish paying off my truck, I couldn’t swing the payment for a meet 6 months), I still had no idea as to how I’d put the pieces back together, Kevin said to me, “I promise you, you WILL get through this”… As time went on, when things were at their worst, I remembered those words… when I wasn’t even able to get my youngest anything but an $89 cent bottle of orange soda for her 16th birthday (she said that’s all she wanted so she could share it with her best friends at school). I’d have to work so much that there were mornings where I could hardly walk just to get her off to school because my feet hurt so bad… and I’d remember those words. So many times I’d have to just try and keep things moving ahead for my kids… and I’d remember those words. I even had to write a letter to the VA asking if they’d reinstate my benefit to help buy a house because one of the things I had to include in the bankruptcy was a house my ex and I had bought on my VA, which is discovered he had t paid the mortgage, in 15 months… Now, here we are almost FOURTEEN YEARS after he dumped our family, and I am OVER the effects of the bankruptcy— ya know MEN who divorce and/or have to file bankruptcy, people tell them,”Oh, I’m sorry you’re having to go through this!”, but as a WOMAN, going through all of this crap that wasn’t even our fault, all I got was,” Well, you’re divorced and you’re a bad credit risk because you have all of these regular bills on just your salary and you’re in a bankruptcy”… and every time, I’d remember the words,”You WILL get through this”. You may think that 14 years is a long time— how come ya couldn’t get ahead in the 5 years you had to pay the court? I believed the same thing— that it’s only take 5 years and then everything would be done and I’d easily be able to start fresh without any hardships—- it ruins you for SO long, especially if you’re a single mom with two kids… but I can’t finally say, I DID get through it… Kevin is a godly man and has a wonderful family… and I’m here to tell you that had it not been for his support, I know I probably wouldn’t have made it through it all. It’s still one of the most humiliating experience, sitting in front of that court trustee as he read me the rioting act that day for something I didn’t cause… and I’m grateful for everything he’s done for me and my kids…