An article posted today on ForeclosureConnections.com reveals a growing market for Law Firms in the foreclosure business.

With Tampa foreclosures on a rise, people are on a hiring spree and law firms are finding themselves facing an increasing caseload that may grow to over a thousand cases or more.

There’s a lot of legal issues that can come up with these foreclosures, even the simplest disputes can generate significant revenues considering the time invested.

The sub prime mess has contributed to banks filing for foreclosure in Tampa, Hillsborough and other courts in Florida. According to court records, 1475 new foreclosure cases were files in February 2008 in Hillsborough County as compared to 562 foreclosure cases in Feb 2007 and 271 in Feb 2006.

This rapid rise in the amount of business available leads to many new opportunities for law firms, attorneys, and other legal professionals to swoop in and make a fairly large amount of money in a short amount of time. Many of these cases do not require a trial attorney, or any major research, and seem to largely be a simple matter of drafting out the right documents and agreements for the parties involved based on their circumstances.

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