Neeley Law Firm

Debt relief focus in Arizona

Kenneth Neeley founded the Chandler firm in 2009. Neeley Law Firm also has an office in Surprise. Its services focus on individuals dealing with debt, creditor claims, tax problems, and student loan matters.

The firm handles Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy. It also offers attorney-assisted debt settlement and tax problem resolution. These areas give clients several legal paths to consider when unpaid debts have become difficult to manage.

The website connects these services around a clear subject: relief from personal debt. Each listed area addresses a different form of financial pressure. In my opinion, this defined focus makes the firm's work easy to understand without relying on broad claims about unrelated legal fields.

Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 work

The website presents bankruptcy as one of several debt relief paths for individuals. The firm accepts matters under both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13. It does not treat bankruptcy as a single process that applies in the same way to every client.

The firm's work includes reviewing whether bankruptcy may address particular debts. Its tax materials discuss circumstances in which bankruptcy may discharge tax debt. That connection matters because some clients may face both consumer obligations and government claims.

Neeley Law Firm also handles debt defense litigation when creditors sue its clients. This work sits beside the firm's bankruptcy and settlement services. A client facing a collection lawsuit can therefore seek advice about the pending claim and the broader debt problem through the same firm.

Tax resolution and debt settlement

Tax problem resolution is a stated part of the firm's work. The website identifies an IRS Offer in Compromise and an installment agreement as options it handles. It also explains that the right approach depends on the client's tax debt and financial position.

The firm's tax work overlaps with its bankruptcy focus in a useful way. Its lawyers can consider whether a payment arrangement, an Offer in Compromise, or bankruptcy may address the issue. The site does not present every option as suitable for every taxpayer.

Debt settlement offers another path for clients who do not qualify for bankruptcy or prefer not to file. The firm describes attorney-assisted settlement as direct negotiation with creditors. This service concerns the terms for resolving debts outside a bankruptcy case.

Student loans and related debt matters

Student loan matters appear among the firm's stated services. The website places them within the same debt relief focus as bankruptcy, tax claims, and settlement. This gives prospective clients a clear indication that the lawyers consider education debt as part of the client's wider financial circumstances.

The firm's mix of services may matter when a person has several kinds of debt at once. A student loan concern may exist beside tax debt, credit accounts, or a creditor lawsuit. Neeley Law Firm identifies legal services that address each of those listed issues.

The firm's own descriptions stay centered on individual debt problems. They do not extend into a long list of unrelated legal categories. As a reviewer, that concentration provides a useful picture of the matters the team expects to handle.

Attorneys and documented experience

Kenneth L. Neeley

Before starting the firm, Kenneth Neeley owned a custom software development company. He founded Neeley Law Firm in 2009 and now holds the role of managing attorney. That background gives the firm's history a specific starting point and an identified founder.

Neeley reports two published appellate wins for consumer debtors. They are In re. Gray, 523 B.R. 170 (9th Cir. BAP 2014), and In re. Neidorf, 534 B.R. 369 (9th Cir. BAP 2015). The case names, citations, court, and decision years give readers concrete references for this part of his appellate work.

Geoff M. Khotim

Geoff Khotim has more than 27 years of bankruptcy experience as a consumer bankruptcy attorney and general litigator. He has also served as Past Chair of the Maricopa County Bar Association Bankruptcy Section. These facts connect his work directly to the firm's main service area.

Khotim earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of Arizona. He later graduated from California Western School of Law in San Diego. The website supplies both his education and his prior role with the county bar's bankruptcy section.

Other named attorneys

The firm also names John D. Yohe and J.C. Cox as bankruptcy attorneys. Their inclusion gives the listed team four attorneys, with Neeley identified as managing attorney and Khotim, Yohe, and Cox identified with bankruptcy work. The website also refers to paralegals as part of the team.

Offices and statewide service

The firm maintains its main office in Chandler and a second office in Surprise. Those locations place the firm in two parts of the Phoenix metropolitan area. The website offers consultations by telephone or in person, which gives prospective clients two ways to begin contact.

The services remain consistent across the firm's public description. They include Chapter 7, Chapter 13, tax problem resolution, debt settlement, student loan matters, and defense against creditor lawsuits. The firm states that it serves clients throughout Arizona.