Category Archives: chapter 13

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What happens at your Meeting of Creditors?

Once you file a chap­ter 7 or 13 con­sumer bank­ruptcy case, the court will sched­ule your Sec­tion 341, Meet­ing of Cred­i­tors. In most cases, this will be the only time you actu­ally have to attend a court pro­ce­dure. The good news is that this does not take place in a court room, but rather is […]

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You’re not alone; many famous people have filed bankruptcy

As one might expect, the stigma of bank­ruptcy often can stop a con­sumer from mak­ing the deci­sion to file bank­ruptcy. They feel like a fail­ure, or that they are reneg­ing on an oblig­a­tion. When I meet my clients for the first time, they often say to me, I have never not a paid […]

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Top 5 Questions about Bankruptcy

I often get asked the same ques­tions over and over by dif­fer­ent peo­ple, regard­ing what hap­pens in a bank­ruptcy. Here are my answers to the top 5 ques­tions
This video is intended for infor­ma­tional pur­poses only. For spe­cific legal advise con­sult with a…

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Debt settlement companies may mislead you

Recently, I have heard many Cred­i­tor rights and debt set­tle­ment com­pa­nies mak­ing state­ments about bank­ruptcy that are at best inac­cu­rate, and at worst an attempt to dis­suade Debtors from fil­ing bank­ruptcy in lieu of loos­ing their home and enter­ing into long-term pay back plans with Cred­i­tors that are not in a Debtor’s best inter­est.  For […]