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At a Glance
| Firm | The Turnaround Team (sister firm of Andante Law Group) |
| Attorney | Brian M. Blum, Managing Attorney |
| Office | 4110 N. Scottsdale Rd., Suite 330, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 |
| Focus | Consumer bankruptcy exclusively — Chapters 7, 11, and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code |
| Admitted | Arizona, 2006 |
| Fee structure | Flat fees for most consumer bankruptcy matters, per the firm’s stated fee practices |
Sources: Justia attorney directory, AZ Big Media, Super Lawyers, Avvo, LawTally. Compiled August 2026.
Origin
From Securities Broker to Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney
Brian M. Blum earned a finance degree from Arizona State University and spent more than two years as a licensed securities broker before earning his J.D. from California Western School of Law in 2005 and being admitted to the Arizona State Bar in 2006. Before joining Andante Law Group’s consumer-focused sister firm, he represented consumer bankruptcy debtors as an associate at an East Valley firm handling a large volume of consumer cases, then ran his own solo consumer-bankruptcy practice for three years. He was hired to lead The Turnaround Team as Managing Attorney in 2017, a firm founded specifically to focus solely on consumer Chapters 7, 11, and 13 bankruptcy matters — distinct from Andante’s separate corporate-restructuring and business-bankruptcy practice.
Practice
A Deliberately Consumer-Only Bankruptcy Docket
Unlike sister firm Andante Law Group, which represents corporate debtors, creditors, acquirers, and investors in business restructuring matters, The Turnaround Team under Mr. Blum’s management focuses exclusively on individual consumer debtors seeking Chapter 7 liquidation or Chapter 13 repayment plan relief. The firm states it offers flat fees for most bankruptcy cases rather than hourly billing, a pricing structure aimed at consumer predictability.
Track Record
As with most consumer bankruptcy practices, individual case outcomes are governed by bankruptcy code discharge and confirmation standards rather than negotiated monetary settlements, and no independent case-result table was located in the sources reviewed for this profile.
Past-Results Disclaimer: Every case is different, and no past result guarantees a similar outcome in any future matter.
Client Voice
Peer endorsements on Avvo — from other attorneys who refer consumer debtor clients to Mr. Blum — describe him as “very knowledgeable… in all areas of consumer bankruptcy,” someone who has “impressed me with his grasp of the details important in representing consumer debtors,” and an attorney colleagues say they would be comfortable referring their own family members to. These are peer endorsements rather than client reviews; no direct client reviews were located in the sources checked for this profile.
Community
Mr. Blum is an Executive Committee Member of the Arizona Consumer Bankruptcy Counsel and a Barrister-level member of the Arizona Bankruptcy American Inn of Court — both professional organizations focused specifically on consumer-side bankruptcy practice and education, distinct from his direct client caseload.
Recognition
Mr. Blum was named a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” for 2016, a peer-reviewed recognition distinct from pay-to-play marketing awards, though Rising Stars recognition specifically targets attorneys earlier in their careers or with a specific profile rather than being the top-tier “Super Lawyers” designation itself. He holds no listed Arizona Board of Legal Specialization bankruptcy certification, and this profile does not use the word “specialist” to describe him for that reason.
The Arizona Legal Backdrop
What follows is general legal information, not legal advice.
Bankruptcy is exclusively a matter of federal law, filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona under Title 11 of the U.S. Code. Arizona law still matters within a bankruptcy case chiefly through its exemption statutes — which property a debtor may keep — set out in A.R.S. Title 33, Chapter 8; debtors filing in Arizona may generally choose between the federal exemption scheme and Arizona’s own state-law exemptions, subject to bankruptcy code eligibility rules.
The Awesome Attorneys Assessment
The Turnaround Team’s genuine differentiator is a deliberately narrow, consumer-only bankruptcy focus led by an attorney with both large-firm consumer-caseload experience and three years running his own solo consumer practice — a combination that suggests genuine specialization in the consumer side of bankruptcy specifically, distinct from firms that mix business restructuring and consumer work under one roof. The honest caveat: the firm’s sister-company structure with Andante Law Group (which does represent creditors and corporate debtors) means prospective clients should confirm which entity and which attorney they’re actually retaining, since the two practices serve different — sometimes opposing — sides of bankruptcy matters.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was researched in August 2026 from Justia’s attorney directory, AZ Big Media’s firm announcement, Super Lawyers, Avvo’s attorney profile and peer endorsements, and LawTally. The Turnaround Team did not commission, review, or pay for this profile.
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