chapter 7

Unbelievable Relief From Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Client Says

10/23/10

I was sitting with a client in my Houston law office the other day, finishing up a Chapter 7 bankruptcy signing appointment with a woman.

It’s a lot of paperwork, about 40 pages of financial information about her, and the review and signing of all the bankruptcy documents takes about two hours. As we go through it, I tried to make her feel better by saying, “this is a lot of paperwork, isn’t it?”

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Inside the Mind of a Bankruptcy Lawyer – Should I File and if so, Why Should I Choose Your Firm?

09/14/10

There are dozens of lawyers out there who offer to prepare and file b

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Second Circuit Decides Whether Unsecured Creditors Can Recover Post-Petition Attorney's Fees

11/10/09

On November 5, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit became the second court of appeals to answer the question left open in the U.S. Supreme Court's March 2007 decision in Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 549 U.S. 443 (2007): Can unsecured creditors recover post-petition attorney's fees as part of their unsecured claims?

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