2018 Consumer Bankruptcy Filings:

• 743,383 filings – 1.9% less than 2017 – less than half of 2010 filings
  
• Eighth consecutive annual decrease
• Lowest filing volume since 2006
• Chapter 13s were 38.2% of total – highest percentage since 2007
• Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee were all in top 10 of Chapter 13 percentage and filings per thousand households

Rule Change Reduces Time to File Claims

• Time to file Chapter 13 claims cut in half
  

Bankruptcy Attorneys Disciplined

• Sanctions and Revocation of Filing Privileges