I recently read this article, “Bankruptcy Filings Are Low, But Not Everywhere“. Apparently, bankruptcy filings are at a 24 year low. This is not surprising, as so many people filed bankruptcy during the “Great Recession”. Basically, people who survived 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 without needing bankruptcy protection, were unlikely to need it in […]
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I have written previously about my favorite Fall Bankruptcy Payment Plan. The link to that blog is here and the link to the section of my website where I also discuss this is here. Now, I am discussing it again, but this time I am throwing in a free tax return for people who take advantage of it.
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One thing that is hard for young lawyers to understand is how to be tough and fight for your clients, without being a jerk. Often times, they do not even understand that not being a jerk is important. In the practice of law, the only thing you have is your reputation. Insurance companies, lawyers and
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I am very proud of the way our community has come together to support the victims of this tragedy. I am in Thailand heading for Cambodia, but want to be part of the effort. I have seen that any number of people have donated services and whatnot where all proceeds go to the victims. I
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I read this article today on the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Unfortunately, it was passwod protected. However, the article is also available on The Daily Record’s Website: NYDailyRecord. The article is about mistakes lawyers make when preparing, or more to the point not preparing, clients for depositions, trial and other testimony. I found the article extraordinarily insightful,
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I have written in a number of legal advice columns and have provided such advice in other formats. I have posted columns in small community based newspapers, and was the Lowell Sun’s “ask the expert” in bankruptcy. I have done work for various employer financed “legal insurance” companies, where, advice was part of the program.
Question: What does it cost to file Chapter 13 bankruptcy and how does it work? Answer: I typically charge $3600, and that includes all of the expenses including filing fees, credit counseling and debtor education fees that go into every single chapter 13 filing. As such, my attorney’s fee is roughly $3250. “How does it
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One issue that we have been encountering from time to time of late is the problem of people filing bankruptcy without being aware of what their parents have done in terms of managing their own estate. In the good old days, estate planning was simply a matter of writing a will. Wills are not an
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I am very proud to say that I am not a contested divorce attorney. I have done a lot divorces in the past. I do not like them. I hate everything about nasty divorces, and it is just not worth it to me to do a contested divorce and especially to do a contested child
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