News & Blog Updates

I continue to be a student of bankruptcy law in action. Even after more than twenty years serving as a consumer bankruptcy specialist in Indiana, in order for me to offer my clients the most accurate information and advice I Read More

As part of the 2005 revisions in bankruptcy law, bankruptcy courts are required to collect statistics. The 2007 numbers are now in, and, as a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana, I found them very interesting and important, yet very much in Read More

As I’ve pointed out so many times before in these bankruptcy blogs, dealing with financial problems by casting blame never helps matters and almost always hurts. Since married couples’ financial issues are, by definition, intertwined (see Together For Debtor Or Read More

Not very long ago, I posted a blog about the government providing cash to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the big mortgage companies, to help keep the economy going and to help people finance their homes (see Bankruptcy’s Not An Read More

In my bankruptcy blogs, I’ve been emphasizing the fact that bankruptcy is a process rather than an event. One very important step in that process is the creditors’ meeting. This is a meeting that takes place within 45 days from Read More

As a bankruptcy lawyer with offices in Bloomington and Columbus, Indiana, as well as in Anderson and Indianapolis, I’m always interested in news from the different counties in our state. Two newspaper items about the bankruptcy process caught my eye Read More

Always alert for news about the job market that can affect my Indiana bankruptcy clients, I learned recently that the Charles Schwab discount brokerage investment company is closing its customer service center in Fishers, a move that will eliminate some Read More

Over my many, many years of helping people through the bankruptcy filing process, I’ve seen how difficult it is, and at the same time how very important it is, for clients to maintain a positive outlook. In my earlier bankruptcy Read More

Over my many years of working with Indiana bankruptcy clients, I’ve seen many different sets of circumstances that gradually build into unmanageable debt loads. Job layoffs, medical costs, and divorce are still the big three factors leading to bankruptcy, but Read More

I read a lot, and I keep finding tidbits to share with my bankruptcy blog readers that bring out concepts I think are important. John Herman, in his business book “Hermanisms”, recalls three basic Air Force emergency rules to follow Read More

An interesting tax ruling having to do with bankruptcy was talked about in a recent tax information newsletter (see www.sapursteincpas.com). Of course, as an Indiana consumer bankruptcy specialist who deals in foreclosures and debt, I found this story especially informative. Read More

As I see it, staying on top of the local, national, and world news is part of my job as an Indiana bankruptcy lawyer. For clients emerging from a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, finding or holding onto steady work is a Read More