There is an alarming decrease in the number of attorneys representing debtors these days. No new attorneys are entering the field. Attorneys in the prime of their career are exiting the field. The attorneys remaining are quite older and they are scaling back their practice. In the next 5 years several senior attorneys will fully
When you get sued you hang your head. You feel like the battle is lost when the Sheriff delivers the court summons to your door.
But getting sued is not the end of the battle. No, getting sued may be the best thing the other side did to equalize the playing field.
Yes, getting
If you bothered to file a written response to a lawsuit with the Clerk of the Court, what is the next step?
What happens after you respond to a lawsuit?
Discovery:
The next step in litigation is called “discovery.” It is your opportunity (and the creditor’s opportunity) to get answers to questions. Unfortunately, this tends
An email from a client (edited to preserve confidentiality):
“Good morning. On October 31, 2022, [my husband] had to have surgery to remove his gallbladder. The hospital is requiring payments of approximately $400 a month on the $5,049.97, a sum I am unable to accommodate with our budget. My husband’s income makes us ineligible for
One of these days I’m going to write a post on how shitty we treat married couples in this county. From a financial perspective, is it better to be married or to shack up? I’m going to write a list. There are some legal benefits to being married, but from what I see its more
We view negatively a person who files bankruptcy after running up credit cards debts to fund an extravagant lifestyle, but we are less judgmental about the unlucky person who incurs medical debt. Apparently the three major credit reporting bureaus agree and have decided to remove these debts from their credit reporting.
Forbes Magazine has a
Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced a law to radically change the consumer bankruptcy practice entitled the Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 2020.
This revolutionary document would make dramatic changes to bankruptcy practice.
If you are not reading Nebraska attorney Donald Swanson‘s blog, Mediatbankry you are missing a gem.
Don’s blog is packed with great information and an amazing historical background on the issues we face in bankruptcy courts today.