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Zulema Ontiveros, in a black top and gold hoop earrings, against a pale wall

Zulema Ontiveros

Lawyer

Zulema handles the cases where filing isn’t the answer: settlements, collection lawsuits and the letters that come before them.

She joined the firm after several years at a legal aid office, where she learned to tell in one call whether a debt was worth fighting, settling or erasing.

She meets clients across the state by video, in English or Spanish, and she’ll tell you plainly when a bankruptcy would cost you less than a settlement.

Most of the work

  • Settling without filing
  • Collection lawsuits
  • Chapter 7
  • Spanish-language cases

Where Zulema is admitted and studied

  • Admitted to practice

    • Missouri

      2016

    • Kansas

      2018

  • Federal courts

    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri

    • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri

  • Education

    • Washington University School of Law

      J.D.

    • Truman State University

      B.A., Spanish

  • Languages

    • English

    • Spanish

      Fluent

  • Memberships

    • Missouri Hispanic Bar Association