What is a bankruptcy petition? This is known as a formal application that plays a significant role in how your financial situation is communicated and reviewed by the bankruptcy court. This is lengthy documentation that includes information the court needs to know while allowing you to present your case.  It acts as a written request [...]

If you file bankruptcy with an attorney, you’re going to get assistance throughout the process. Your attorney is going to know exactly what needs to be done with your case. This all starts with the very first consultation.

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By James B. Stewart

Anyone who wonders why law school applications are plunging and there’s
widespread malaise in many big law firms might consider the case of Gregory M.
Owens.

The silver-haired, distinguished-looking Mr. Owens would seem the
embodiment of a successful Wall Street lawyer. A graduate of Denison University
and Vanderbilt Law School, Mr. Owens moved to New York City and was named a
partner at the then old-line law firm of Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer &
Wood, and after a merger, at Dewey & LeBoeuf.

In Washington, the court imposed filing fee for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy is $306. Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filers have the option of paying this filing fee after their cases are filed. Our office prepares the required application for you so that you can get your case filed quickly and pay the filing fee later. If you do choose this option, the Washington Bankruptcy Court will impose an installment payment schedule that will enable you to pay off your filing fee in the 12 weeks after your case is filed.

Telling the bankruptcy court that you’re surrendering property in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy doesn’t mean it’s not yours anymore.
When you file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you complete a document titled “Statement of Intention.” That document outlines for the court what you intend to do with the property that’s secured by debts.
Think mortgages and car loans.

Authors of a recent Student Loan Study have concluded that Congress should create new classifications for both federal and private student loans and make some of them dischargeable in bankruptcy.
Under current law, as any Washington or Oregon debtor can tell you , student loans are almost always impossible to discharge in bankruptcy.

I’m Northern Virginia bankruptcy lawyer Robert Weed.  I want to talk to you about using Chapter 13 bankruptcy to stop foreclosure in Virginia. Before the housing crisis, Chapter 13 bankruptcy was the best way to stop foreclosure in Virginia.  Today, a lot of the time, getting a loan modification is a better way to stop […]The post Stop foreclosure in Virginia with Chapter 13 Bankruptcy appeared first on Robert Weed.

You can often consolidate your federal student loans. Whether it’s a good idea, however, is a different matter entirely.
I’m a big fan of keeping my finances simple.
The more bills I get each month, the more likely it is that something’s going to fall through the cracks.