News & Blog Updates

Always alert for news that can be of use to my Indiana bankruptcy and foreclosure clients, I was very interested to learn about a tax provision spearheaded by Indiana Representative Baron Hill and Indiana senator Evan Bayh as part of Read More

Scanning the entertainment section of the paper the other day, I noticed that the Broadway hit “The Wiz” is playing in Indianapolis. Now, I was not yet born when this story began, but as a consumer bankruptcy specialist in Indiana, Read More

Often, as part of my work as an attorney focused on consumer and small business bankruptcy, I find myself discussing a client’s employee benefits from work. Since I do my very best to keep up with developments in every area Read More

Almost a year ago, when problems in the housing market began making the front page, the Wall Street Journal ran a story about Chapter 13 bankruptcy, saying that “If people knew they had the Chapter 13 option, a lot of Read More

As a consumer bankruptcy specialist, I always do my best to stay on top of the news – world news, national news, and particularly news that directly affects citizens of our state. There’s certainly been no shortage of important news Read More

At the end of last month, I was happy to learn, the much-talked-of housing bill was passed by Congress. As a bankruptcy lawyer in Indiana for more than twenty years, I deal every day with the issue of foreclosure. As Read More

Every month or so, I like to keep my bankruptcy blog readers up to date on the job market in our state. As a bankruptcy attorney serving clients in 38 Indiana counties with offices in Bloomington, Columbus, Anderson, and Indianapolis, Read More

There’s hardly anyone I know who doesn’t love the crunch of Vlasic pickles, but, as I learned earlier this month, Vlasic itself is in quite a pickle. Back in January of this year, Vlasic turned to a Delaware bankruptcy court Read More

Earlier this month, an attorney for former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on his behalf. What makes this filing in a Virginia federal bankruptcy court so unusual is that Vick himself is serving a twenty-three month sentence Read More

Earlier this month, an attorney for former Falcons quarterback Michael Vick filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on his behalf. What makes this filing in a Virginia federal bankruptcy court so unusual is that Vick himself is serving a twenty-three month sentence Read More

A person’s credit history (also known as credit score or credit file), is a detailed record of how he/she has managed debt over time. It lists credit accounts and their outstanding balances, how often the individual was late in paying Read More

Bankruptcy actually goes back to Bible days. (Remember the part about debts being forgiven in the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee year?) When the U.S. Constitution was written in 1776, it included a provision for bankruptcy. In 1800, Congress passed Read More