News & Blog Updates

In this Indiana bankruptcy blog, I’ve been using the bankruptcy of ATA Airlines to demonstrate an important fact: bankruptcy is a process, not a one-time event. The ATA bankruptcy story actually began years ago, when FedEx decided not to use Read More

Every week or so, in my Indiana bankruptcy blog, I try to include news about the job markets in our state. With bankruptcy law offices in 38 counties around Indiana, I am always alert for both good and bad news Read More

Back in early summer, when home foreclosures were already escalating at alarming rates and a new term, “foreclosure pets” was starting to appear in news stories, I wrote about the sad consequences of foreclosures for many family pets (see Food Read More

The other day a gentleman who’d read my bankruptcy blog about veterans’ benefits shared with me that he was being sued over medical bills, asking whether filing bankruptcy could help him avoid going to court over those bills. My work Read More

Bankruptcy lawyers usually find themselves telling their clients to defer buying and to pay bills and save as much as possible. For the first time this fall, though, I’ve been focused on warning folks to go ahead and use any Read More

Phone lines at the Federal Trade Commission and the Better Business Bureau have been ringing off the hook with consumer complaints about over-zealous bill collectors. As a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana for two and a half decades, I’ve heard more Read More

With bankruptcy law offices serving clients in 38 Indiana counties, I’m always interested in good news about employment in any part of our state. Just a few days ago, I was relaying news from the Honda plant in Greensburg, east Read More

Before I can get down to the business of filling out paperwork and making important decisions with new Indiana bankruptcy clients, the first thing I usually need to take care of is debunking all the myths they’ve heard about bankruptcy. Read More

Of course, not all news about residential real estate in Indiana is bad news. It just seems that way. Stories about residential real estate these days are as likely to mention foreclosure weeds and foreclosure pets as to paint pictures Read More

I admit it – I’ve got a soapbox. After almost twenty-five years of serving as adviser to small businesses and their owners, the one piece of advice that I just cannot seem to emphasize enough is the importance of getting Read More

Remaining in good standing with lenders “ain’t what it used to be”, as many of my small business owner bankruptcy clients are telling me these days. As a small business bankruptcy attorney in Indiana, I’m always alert for news about Read More

I noticed a piece in the October issue of Employee Benefit Adviser, one of the many professional journals I read in order to provide the most current advice to my Indiana bankruptcy clients, called “Gen X and Y Fret Much, Read More