Rebecca Lessley felt embarrassed when she filed for bankruptcy this month. Then she saw how many of her friends had already done it.
Lessley’s troubles began three years ago, when she lost her job the same month she bought her Oklahoma City house. By the time she got a new job in social work, she had a pile of debt that was growing beyond what she could control.
She recently made a Facebook post asking her friends for bankruptcy lawyer recommendations. Within an hour, four or five people…