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ELI5: How do bankruptcy lawyers make money if all of their clients are broke?
gpt
Rarely do companies go bankrupt because they have no money. They usually go bankrupt because they owe more money than they have. Most bankruptcy lawyers demand payment upfront, before the work is done. So, the company will take money from their dwindling reserves and use it to pay the lawyers who will help them through the bankruptcy process.