I dropped my son off at school today. On the front lawn was a sobering reminder of reality. The school parked a severely damaged car near the front of the building as a way to get the kids to think about drinking and driving during prom season.
As a personal injury lawyer, I know […]

It has been reported that car insurance premiums are to soar by up to 20% to cover the increase in personal injury claims. Well, excuse me but I thought that was one of the things car insurance covered? I know the bulk of it covers damage to cars but it’s rare that a car is […]

An unfortunate fact of life is the scenario of predator and prey - for every vulnerability there is a predator to capitalize on it. This proves true in both the natural world and the financial world. As credit problems have increased, along with bankruptcies, so have the incidences of fraudulent companies billing themselves […]

When the US Congress made sweeping changes to the US Bankruptcy Code in 2005, one of the new requirements was mandatory credit counseling for potential filers. With personal debt spiraling out of control and bankruptcy rates closely following, Congress hoped that counseling might avert some bankruptcies but, at the least, it would educate those […]

Chapter 7 bankruptcy is sometimes defined as “absolute bankruptcy” or “liquidation”. This means, simply put, that some of your assets may have to be liquidated to satisfy some of your debts. But, in the end, the remaining debt will be discharged and you will no longer be legally responsible for these amounts. […]

In these days of credit crunch, everyone is having to bite the bullet. We’re careful how we spend our money, we are shopping around for everything from groceries to electronic products to get a bargain. Car sales haves slumped due to a lack of spending and don’t even think about a holiday!
So, we are all […]

The crime cases in states like Arizona, Chicago and New York City, have almost doubled since last 5 years, and people become victim of various types of crimes. So let’s look at some of the most common categories of crime in Arizona, against which the Arizona lawyers and law firms fight frequent cases.
It all usually […]

Between 1994 and 2004, 1.6 million people filed for bankruptcy in the United States and many used a Washington DC bankruptcy attorney. That’s one in every three hundred people. Doesn’t sound like much? Well, consider that in 1984, only about 300,000 people filed for bankruptcy in the US. That’s a 533% […]

Just because you see a Green Bay bankruptcy attorney advertised in the phonebook, on a billboard or on the side of a bus it doesn’t necessarily mean that he or she is the best Green Bay bankruptcy attorney for you.
This isn’t a decision that should be taken lightly - it’s not like your out shopping […]

Greenbelt isn’t the most affluent community on the map, so recovering from a bankruptcy isn’t quite as easy as where there is a lot more economic development. If you’re in or around the Greenbelt area and bankruptcy seems to be in your future because you can’t seem to make ends meet, it would highly […]