Bankruptcy Blogs

How do you go about choosing your bankruptcy lawyer?  Most people never expect to be faced with bankruptcy.  Then there’s the embarrassment factor.  Facing bankruptcy is not something that most people are anxious to share with friends and neighbors. It’s not like asking for advice about a hairdresser or lawn service.  So how do you [...]

This week in The Broke and the Beautiful, housewives both real and fictional are in bankruptcy court, the New York Times nails a profile on former slugger Lenny Dykst

Most people don’t realize that filing bankruptcy can stop a garnishment. The conventional thinking is, “Well, they got the judgment in court, so nothing I can do”. Nothing can be further from the truth. Bankruptcy can and will stop the garnishment, even after your creditor has received their judgment. Your Detroit Bankruptcy Lawyer can stop [...]

Receiving Wide Coverage ... Contemplating Disaster: Regulators are giving banks scant guidance on how to deal with a possible government default or downgrade, the Journal reports this morning. The big banks "are spending hundreds of hours on contingency planning scenarios," the article says. But without certain answers, it's hard to plan. For instance, "Fed officials haven't said if their collateral requirements would change after a default, which would affect banks' ability to borrow from the central...