When one claims the title of "Industry Leader", one takes on an enormous responsibility.
If you run an organization that includes members, you take on an extraordinary responsibility. Not only do you represent the "industry"; now, your members look to you to represent them. Hopefully, in the best possible light.
Needless to say, relationships become very important. Business and personal.
If the so-called "Industry Leader" behaves in a way that is not professional, everyone within their organization and associated with that "Industry Leader" suffers.
If the so-called "Industry Leader" makes the decision to advise, train, or otherwise encourage its members to extend themselves beyond the scope of their duties crossing that fine line of "UPL" once again, anyone associated with the Industry Leader and the organization suffers.
Not only that, they run the risk of losing their credibility within the industry and with their members.
My feeling is that Industry Leaders do not have the luxury of saying what they want without first considering how their words and actions could affect the industry they represent. One can say they are held to a higher standard.
If one decides they are to be the "Industry Leader", Making claims such as "the only organization that offers their type of service", "no one around is doing what they do"; that "Industry Leader" should carefully consider their actions.
Some will respond by saying, "what the Industry Leader says or does will not affect my Independent business".
If you are part of the organization or associated with an Industry Leader who advertises on the internet as the only game in town, like it or not, you are associated.
Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants, Virtual Paralegals, Freelance Bankruptcy Assistants, have worked very hard to get where they're at. Specifically, the members of the National Society of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants, LLC.
The members of NSVBA, LLC are ethical, responsible, and run legitimate businesses.
The members of NSVBA, LLC understand they do not run the attorneys law firm, they assist. When and if an attorney has a question about "bankruptcy law" and that slippery slope of UPL, the VBA directs the attorney to NACBA and Cathy Moran, Esq.
As a regular Exhibitor at the Northern California Bankruptcy Conference, National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Convention and NACBA Conventions; National Society of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants, LLC has always referred our new attorneys to NACBA, Jay Fleischman, Esq., Morgan King, Esq., and Cathy Moran, Esq., experts in the bankruptcy industry.
To learn more about the VBA industry and the members of NSVBA, LLC visit our Exhibit Table at the National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees Convention in beautiful Southern California August 3-6, 2011.
Vikki Watanabe and the Members of the
National Society of Virtual Bankruptcy Assistants, LLC
www.nsvba.com
866-678-8411
