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Distenfield takes stand in bankruptcy

By   /  Monday, February 1st, 2010  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Distenfield takes stand in bankruptcy

Ira and Linda Distenfield asked the American people to trust them with their legal documents. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, they built We the People, their discount legal filing business, into a nationwide chain of more than 1,000 stores. They garnered the endorsement of Rudy Giuliani and inked a deal to sell their Read More →

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State order targets PRstore sales pitch

By   /  Thursday, August 27th, 2009  /  Top Stories  /  Comments Off on State order targets PRstore sales pitch

[Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Aug. 21 print edition of the Business Times. Ira Distenfield’s response, attached below, will appear in the Aug. 28 print edition. Source documents used to report this story are also attached below.] Ira Distenfield, the Santa Barbara man who built up and sold legal services franchise We the Read More →

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Distenfield taken into custody

By   /  Tuesday, March 17th, 2009  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Distenfield taken into custody

Ira Distenfield – who grew legal services franchise We the People into a national brand and sold it to Dollar Financial in a much-litigated transaction – was booked into a Los Angeles County jail March 16 on a five-day sentence for contempt of court, according to the county’s records. Distenfield’s sentence stemmed from a legal Read More →

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Legal jam leads to Ch. 7 filing for Distenfields

By   /  Sunday, January 25th, 2009  /  Law  /  Comments Off on Legal jam leads to Ch. 7 filing for Distenfields

Ira and Linda Distenfield, who grew legal services firm We the People Forms & Service Centers into a national brand, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Jan. 14. The Summerland residents listed $515,000 in assets and more than $5 million in liabilities. The Distenfields sold We the People for $12 million and $2 million in stock Read More →

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Distenfields file for bankruptcy

By   /  Friday, January 16th, 2009  /  Latest news  /  Comments Off on Distenfields file for bankruptcy

Ira and Linda Distenfield, who grew legal services firm We the People Forms & Service Centers into a national brand, have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The Summerland residents listed $515,000 in assets and more than $5 million in liabilities. The Distenfields sold We the People for $12 million and $2 million in stock in Read More →

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