News & Blog Updates

The Associated Press reporter’s opening line in a recent article about Chrysler Corporation’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing could be a banner capturing the essence of the bankruptcy process: "The first sound of the gavel in Chrysler’s bankruptcy might as well Read More

Working as a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana for coming up on twenty-five years, I’ve been involved in more than my share of discussions about mortgages. Up to this point, though, mortgages have been in a debt category all their own. Read More

The tag line for TV’s Style Network, "Where ‘before’ meets ‘after’" might have been conceived for my Indiana bankruptcy law practice. In the "before" phase, I’m helping clients organize all their statements showing their income and detailing each of their Read More

Bankruptcy, as I’m fond of repeating, is a process, not a one-time event. While my Indiana business bankruptcy clients tend to be small business owners, it sometimes helps clients and blog readers for me to use news stories about larger Read More

When a layoff and an illness strike a divorced man in close succession during the last third of his career, the financial effects can be devastating. Believe me, as a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana for so many years, I’ve counseled Read More

"Mad about money? Avoid A fight," advises U.S. News & World Report, going on to describe what I deal with every day in my four bankruptcy law offices around the state of Indiana. U.S. News’ Kerry Harmon explains that money Read More

All the recent press about Chapter 13 bankruptcy relates to the new bankruptcy law that is being debated in the U.S. senate, which would give bankruptcy judges the power to modify mortgages. And, while I’m very involved and keenly interested Read More

It’s that time again – time for much needed spring cleaning and, for thousands of Hoosiers, un-needed cleaning of another sort – cleaning people’s pockets out of hard-earned money through "rapid refund" tax preparation. According to Momentive Consumer Credit Counseling Read More

"When the recovery in home building comes, it could be massive," according to Senior Economist Robert Stein of First Trust Advisors. In order to keep my blog readers and Indiana bankruptcy clients up to date, I’m always reading news and Read More

There’s just no getting around it. Even with the welcome increase in February home starts, there are just too many houses for sale right now, and the values of homes has dropped sharply over the last year. Odds are the Read More

No doubt in my mind, this is a time for change, especially when it comes to laws. Of course, I’ve been closely following the new bankruptcy law, now due for a vote in the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, the latest tax Read More

I keep "taking the temperature" of employment around the state of Indiana, looking for glimmers of good news amidst the economic downturn. As I noted in earlier blogs, layoffs often lead to bankruptcy, while jobs help clients rebuild their lives Read More