Bankruptcy Blogs

As a Dallas bankruptcy lawyer, I see clients from all walks of life come in for help with their financial hardship. No longer is bankruptcy for the unemployed or seriously ill, but many hardworking middle class families are also finding it tough to make ends meet in this turbulent economy. Small business owners are fighting [...]

When a creditor obtains a court judgment against a debtor, wage garnishment can be soon to follow.  Most persons subjected to wage garnishment will consult a lawyer to see if it can be stopped, and many of those will file either chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy to stop the wage garnishment.  While stopping a garnishment through [...]

"It could be your grandmother, or mine," said the Cleveland deputy sheriff, when discussing an incident involving a disoriented octogenarian who looked lost when handed an eviction notice.

For Bill’s Gay Nineties in midtown Manhattan, the taps may finally have run dry.

“The original New York speakeasy” boasts four generations of customers who’ve enjoyed its hooch, even when the stuff was illegal. It claimed to be “unchanged and unspoiled” for 80 years since the first owner “boarded up the windows and opened the doors” of 57 East 54th St. to entertain and serve alcohol during Prohibition.

In the past two years, two of New York state’s six off-track-betting organizations faced challenges to their ability to seek bankruptcy protection with vastly