At the end of a mortgage forbearance, you are behind by the exact number of payments they allowed you to skip. With a deferment they put...

We're zooming our bankruptcy consultations. You are at your own location: less tense and more open than if you drove to a strange office.

Jose is a disabled vet. He has a good job as a Federal contractor. Plus he gets a little from the VA. But he needed his mom to cosign to...

Harry is the disabled vet, who filed bankruptcy in 2015. He cleared his credit card debts and gave up his 2007 Cadi that was financed by...

Many people, including me, hope that the November elections would bring big changes to the US Senate. Big changes in the Senate could...

People ask me all the time, can I file bankruptcy and leave my spouse out of it. Yes, you can. You can file bankruptcy to clear your...

The Democratic platform promises to change the law to make student loan bankruptcy like any other debt.

A lot of people consider "debt settlement" or "debt resolution" companies before they decide on bankruptcy. Those "debt settlement" plans...

"Within 6 months my credit score was in the 700's."

Even before your bankruptcy is filed, we can stop those annoying debt collector calls. Tell them, "Call my lawyer." Or, if you'd like,...

The Washington Post economics column today says the covid crisis is a "depression." What's the difference between a recession and a...

The platform of the 2020 Democratic National Convention says this: Democrats will restore the prior standard in bankruptcy law to allow...

If the IRS claims you were a tax evader, they don't have to tell you, or the bankruptcy judge, or anybody.

When you file bankruptcy, you are required to "appear" for a hearing with your bankruptcy trustee. This hearing is called the "meeting of...

Chuck ignored a warrant in debt for a $3000 loan in 2004. In 2019 he was garnished for $45,000.

Some people still believe the lie. The lie that filing bankruptcy means seven years of bad credit. As soon as your bankruptcy is over,...

Suicide prevention is one of the purposes of the bankruptcy law. This story in the Washington Post touches on the way the human tragedy...

For October 2019, I was tied for first among lawyers in Northern Virginia in cases filed. Tied for last (with 15 others) in cases...

Don got a letter last week offering him $1000 for the car he's giving up in his Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Don owes way more on the car than...

Sen Elizabeth Warren is probably America's leading academic expert on bankruptcy law. I just read this article in the New York Times...