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The Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., is a debt relief agency committed to helping financially distressed individuals obtain a fresh start through bankruptcy relief. This Firm offers personal, discreet, and affordable legal representation.

THIS FIRM IS YOUR ALTERNATIVE TO THE LAS VEGAS BANKRUPTCY MILL!

All consultations are FREE and COMPREHENSIVE. You can expect personal and thorough legal advice without further obligation from this Firm. Consultations typically last one hour or more because you deserve more than canned or boilerplate advice. An open and honest attorney is a better advocate than one who withholds information to pressure people into paying first for services. All too often at other law offices, paying clients then fall off the radar in the law office's perpetual search for new paying clients.

At the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., clients irrespective of payment are the number one priority always! Your case is handled at every stage by an attorney and will not be handed off to a paralegal or legal assistant. The attorney also returns phone calls promptly and personally.

Your case should not be just another file. This Firm offers INDIVIDUAL FILING DATES because your case should be filed when you need it filed. This Firm does not batch file cases so your case is filed when most convenient for you. With Individual Filing Dates, clients also receive the attorney's undivided attention at the creditors' meeting. Other firms have scheduled batch filing dates and will shelve your case until their next filing date. Don't get lost in the crowd, you deserve better.

This Firm offers LOW flat fees to all clients and gladly offers PRO BONO services to qualifying low-income individuals.

At the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., your case is not just another file. This Firm has a LIMITED CASELOAD to ensure that your case gets the attention that it requires.

Avoid being a victim of the local bankruptcy mills. Quite simply, the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C., offers BETTER SERVICE FOR LESS!

PROFILE OF DAWN M. PAPAELIOU, ESQ.
Dawn M. Papaeliou graduated with a Juris Doctorate from the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in May 2002. Ms. Papaeliou passed the State Bar Exam on her first attempt and was admitted to practice law in the State of Nevada in December 2002.

Dawn Papaeliou has represented hundreds of debtors in chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcies as an associate attorney at two local law firms. She also acquired extensive bankruptcy experience while working for local chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee Yvette Weinstein from 2003 to 2005. Ms. Papaeliou assisted the Trustee in the administration of chapter 7 bankruptcy estates, liquidation of assets, and distribution of estate funds to creditors.

Ms. Papaeliou operated the Law Office of D. M. Papaeliou, P.C., and provided legal services through the City of Las Vegas Senior Citizen Law Project in 2006, until she joined the Department of Justice Office of the United States Trustee in Reno, Nevada. While employed with the Office of the United States Trustee, she investigated the eligibility of debtors in chapter 7 cases, examined chapter 7 debtors under oath at creditors’ meetings, and pursued the dismissal and/or conversion of cases to chapter 13 relief. Dawn Papaeliou also provided oversight of chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, monitored chapter 11 reorganizations in the Reno area, and otherwise ensured compliance with the United States Bankruptcy Code.

In late May 2007, Ms. Papaeliou returned to the Las Vegas area as debtor's counsel. Today, Ms. Papaeliou continues her dedication to debtors' issues as a bankruptcy lawyer for the Law Office of Dawn Papaeliou, P.C. Dawn Papaeliou also continues her commitment to the Las Vegas community as an active member of Habitat for Humanity and Clark County READS.

William joins Rainey Legal Group as a Partner and will be overseeing the development of the Firm's bankruptcy and debtorâ's rights practice areas, as well as adding his expertise to the firm's existing intellectual property practice area.

Prior to becoming an attorney, William was a technology consultant in the emerging Internet industry, and has held various technical management and executive positions with multiple technology start-ups in and around Houston, Texas for a nearly ten year period during the dot-com era.

William uses his vast technology experience to improve the efficiency of, and client communication during, the practice of law.

William is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, Clark County Bar Association, and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys. William is also an active participant in the UNLV/Boyd Alumni association, Clark County Bar Association New Lawyerâs Committee, and an annual speaker for the UNLV MBA New Ventures Management course speaking to the business aspects of intellectual property law.

William is admitted to practice in the State of Nevada in all state and federal courts, including the Nevada Supreme Court, and both the U.S. District Court and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the State of Nevada.

William is also a member of the National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) serving on the programs committee of the Las Vegas area Regional NESA group, and a Tribal member of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma serving on the Tribeâs Constitutional Review Committee.

Honors and Awards:
William S. Boyd â Deanâs Award, awarded for work as two-term president of the student Gaming Law Association, and outstanding overall community service participation. (2007)
William S. Boyd Award for Best Bankruptcy Community Service student (2005)
Eta Kappa Nu â Engineering Honors Society

Martin Crowley has been practicing law in Nevada since 1987. He practices in a wide range of areas including bankruptcy, adoption, divorce, personal injury, criminal defense and more.
Wills and trusts as well as probate and estates is a large part of Mr. Crowley's practice.
Admitted to practice before all State and Federal Nevada Courts and the Federal 9th Circuit Court of Appeals