For Attorneys

Trained VBAs. Ready to Work.

Stop spending attorney hours on petition preparation. VBA Academy CPDS graduates are trained to do this work accurately, under your supervision.

The Problem

Petition prep consumes attorney hours it doesn’t need to.

In a busy bankruptcy practice, petition preparation can consume 3–6 hours per case. At attorney billing rates, that’s expensive work being done by the most expensive person in the office.

A trained Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant handles petition preparation under your supervision at a fraction of that cost — freeing your time for client counseling, legal strategy, and court appearances.

The challenge has always been finding assistants who are actually trained in this specific work. VBA Academy exists to solve that.

North Star Petition Services

We also prepare petitions directly.

VBA Academy is the training arm of North Star Petition Services. If you’re an attorney looking for an experienced, reliable petition preparation contractor — not someone to train — we do that work too.

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Chapter 7 Preparation

Complete petition preparation for Chapter 7 cases — all schedules, means test, SOFA, creditor matrix — delivered attorney-ready.

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Chapter 13 Preparation

Full Chapter 13 petition and plan preparation, including income/expense schedules and proposed repayment plan structure for your review.

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Document Review & Intake

Client document collection, organization, and intake review — delivered as a complete, attorney-ready file package before you open the draft.

Staff Training

Send your existing staff through our curriculum.

Many attorneys enroll their existing paralegals or legal assistants in VBA Academy to build specific bankruptcy petition preparation competency. The self-paced format works around office schedules, and the CPDS credential gives you documented proof of their training.

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