Category Archives: You & your lawyer

California Bankruptcy Lawyer Puts Information Out There – Too Bad He’s Wrong On The Basics

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I applaud attorneys who make sound information about bankruptcy available to the public.  My only requirement is that their information be true. The truth is income taxes are dischargeable in bankruptcy if 3 reasonably simple conditions are met;  debts to the government are generally dischargeable in bankruptcy. Please reread that line, and get that bit…

What Should Bankruptcy Cost?

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The newest specialty for bankruptcy lawyers is mucked-up cases from other bankruptcy lawyers. My firm is hip deep in bankruptcy cases we’ve taken on after the first attorney screwed things up.  Most of the problems seem fixable, some may resist rescue. But the clients will end up paying twice;  the cost will undoubtedly be greater…

When Bankruptcy Lawyers Get The Basics Wrong

  I cringe when a client says that they’ve researched bankruptcy on the internet before making an appointment with me. For every sound, balanced, nuanced article on consumers and their debts, there are bunches of sloppy, inaccurate sites, often trying to make bankruptcy so frightening that you’ll buy whatever they’re selling. But when a group…