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Consumer bankruptcy lawyers are among the most unappreciated and underpaid people in the entire bankruptcy system. On a time spent basis, we rarely get paid our full hourly rate for the time we put into each case. On a benefit to our client basis, we ... Read full article

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Credit card and medical debt can often be settled for pennies on the dollar. You do not need to hire a fancy fly by night late night television advertising debt settlement company to settle your debt. Give it a try yourself. You will probably realize a ... Read full article

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Your Bankruptcy Attorney and you are a team, no doubt about it.  So, please choose your bankruptcy attorney wisely because you are going to be spending quite a bit of time with him or her and their staff.  Since the new bankruptcy law took effect in ... Read full article

Capital One violated the bankruptcy discharge thousands of times and got caught, as was recently reported by the Wall Street Journal.  It filed claims in second bankruptcy cases based upon debts which were already discharged in earlier cases. As my ... Read full article

Chapter 12 farm bankruptcy helps family farmers to keep their farms.  It allows family farmers to reorganize their finances and operations. Chapter 12 was originally enacted by Congress in 1986, and was made permanent in 2005.  It helps the farmer and the ... Read full article

Why would anyone take out an Internet payday loan?  Bankruptcy lawyers scream this out loud at least once a week.  It tends to frighten the neighbors. Small, high interest loans are often the last gasp effort folks use to make payments on other debt (like ... Read full article

We are reminded this Christmas to be thankful for attorneys who represent people in financial distress.  Wendell Sherk tells it eloquently in this reprise of his A Christmas Cheer for Consumer Lawyers. Christmas is usually a slow time for consumer ... Read full article

In bankruptcy there is a hierarchy in the right to get paid. Secured creditors come before unsecured creditors who, in turn, come before stockholders. Senior creditors get paid in full before their juniors get anything. In a Chapter 11 bankruptcy scenario, ... Read full article

Credit card and medical debt can often be settled for pennies on the dollar. You do not need to hire a fancy fly by night late night television advertising debt settlement company to settle your debt. Give it a try yourself. You will probably realize a ... Read full article