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Sometimes it’s helpful to have kind of a global or overhead view of a process before drilling down in into the particulars. What follows is a view of Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Oregon and Washington from 30,000 feet up. I mean that both figuratively and literally as I am writing this 30,000 feet above eastern Oregon on a flight into Portland. Anyway, here goes nothing.

Sometimes it’s helpful to have kind of a global or overhead view of a process before drilling down in into the particulars. What follows is a view of Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Oregon and Washington from 30,000 feet up. I mean that both figuratively and literally as I am writing this 30,000 feet above eastern Oregon on a flight into Portland. Anyway, here goes nothing.

U S Senate Votes to Override Bill of Rights Last night, the United States Senate blocked an effort to restore a neglected part of America’s Bill of Rights: The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution. The Seventh Amendment grantees a jury in civil cases; cases where people are suing other people, or corporations. (The better known […]

U S Senate Votes to Override Bill of Rights Last night, the United States Senate blocked an effort to restore a neglected part of America’s Bill of Rights: The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution. The Seventh Amendment grantees a jury in civil cases; cases where people are suing other people, or corporations.

U S Senate Votes to Override Bill of Rights Last night, the United States Senate blocked an effort to restore a neglected part of America’s Bill of Rights: The Seventh Amendment to the Constitution. The Seventh Amendment grantees a jury in civil cases; cases where people are suing other people, or corporations. (The better known […]

So you were in the marijuana business or worked in it and things didn’t work out. Now you are thinking about filing bankruptcy and wonder what effect, if any, your former business or employer is going to have on you.  As bizarre as it might sound to anyone living in Portland or Salem where dispensaries have become about as ubiquitous as gas stations, this can be a real problem. 
It is the policy of the United States Trustee Program that United States Trustees shall

So you were in the marijuana business or worked in it and things didn’t work out. Now you are thinking about filing bankruptcy and wonder what effect, if any, your former business or employer is going to have on you.  As bizarre as it might sound to anyone living in Portland or Salem where dispensaries have become about as ubiquitous as gas stations, this can be a real problem. 
It is the policy of the United States Trustee Program that United States Trustees shall

Higher education is a critical investment for the future, and it has become
a commodity younger generations, as well as older generations looking
to start new careers, are required to have by more and more companies
when beginning their careers. Unfortunately, it doesn’t come cheap.
With rising tuition costs at both public and private institutions, in addition
to ancillary costs for books, room, and board, many American students
have turned to student loans in order to fund their education. While student

A little known secret about bankruptcy in Washington is that you can get most of the benefits of a bankruptcy discharge even if your spouse filed and you don’t. This is so because of Section 523(a)(5) of the bankruptcy code, a little known provision that applies to a bankruptcy discharge in a community property state. So the provision is helpful in Washington, but not in Oregon.