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I am often asked how I can be so optimistic when my job is working with people going through perhaps the most difficult time in their lives. It’s easy: my job is to make things better.  I am a...

Chapter 11 cases are more complicated bankruptcy cases in many ways and much more is required of a debtor in Chapter 11 than in a chapter 7 or chapter 13 case. The debtor's failure to comply with the...

A bankruptcy case begins when a debtor files a bankruptcy petition in a bankruptcy court.The start of the case creates a bankruptcy estate, which contains “all legal or equitable interests of the...

Every day new companies open their doors, employ a workforce, and provide valuable services and products to help sustain our economy. Clearly, not all businesses are successful, particularly small...

Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization has and remains a viable option for companies in distress.The Bankruptcy Court provides a singular judicial forum where all creditors are required to participate....

Clients often ask if they qualify for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. People may not know much about bankruptcy before calling my office, but there is a general anxiety as to whether they will be "forced"...

[David Stevens, Esq. walks you through the bankruptcy filing process to help put you at ease]

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision of Till v. SCS Credit Corp., 541 U.S. 465 (2004), took up the issue of the proper method of selecting an interest rate sufficient to pay present value under...

The filing of a petition with the Bankruptcy Court instantaneously shields the debtor from most further acts by creditors to collect on debt owed as of that date. Filing automatically invokes the...

Even before a foreclosure judgment is entered, a mortgage holder may be entitled to injunctive relief restraining a homeowner from collecting or receiving rents if it can show that it will...