Road risks are rising, I read in the Wall Street Journal, because financially squeezed car owners have let their auto insurance lapse. As a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana, I’m certainly in a position to understand the way financial pressure can lead Read More
Hard economic times call for strong relief, and that is just what mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac brought for the holiday season – relief from foreclosures. At the end of November, Fannie and Freddie announced they would Read More
It goes without saying: having utility services has a lot to do with my Indiana bankruptcy clients’ well-being. It’s important to know, if you’ve fallen behind on utility bills and the electric, gas, or water company is threatening to terminate Read More
Although most of my Indiana bankruptcy clients are individuals, families, and small business owners, it often helps to use the example of a large company whose bankruptcy is making the news at that time, to emphasize that bankruptcy is not an Read More
Because I’ve been following the ongoing story of the Federal Trade Commission investigations of credit repair businesses, I wanted to tell my Indiana bankruptcy clients about related developments in Indiana. The first thing Indiana debtors need to know is that Read More
Advertising messages offering to help people get out from under are over-the-top these days. In one of my very earliest bankruptcy blogs, Looking For Help In All The Wrong Places, I wrote about debt settlement agencies and credit counseling agencies, cautioning Read More
How credit card companies act is a matter of great importance to me as a bankruptcy attorney in Indiana. I help clients deal with credit card debt problems along with their medical bills, mortgages, and car loans. Back in May Read More
Just one year ago in my bankruptcy blog, I told the story of an entrepreneur in Dallas, Texas who had been interviewed by Fortune Small Business Magazine. The article was called “Filing Was The Smartest Thing I Ever Did.” As Read More
There are times when couples just don’t want to “be in it together”. When spouses come to see me about filing bankruptcy in Indiana, the situation often is that either the husband or the wife has certain debts that are Read More
Corny jokes featuring doctors often begin by the doc saying to the patient: “I have bad news and good news. Which do you want first?” As an Indiana bankruptcy lawyer, I don’t do a lot of joke-telling, but I do Read More
With rising foreclosures and job layoffs around Indiana, the number of vacant houses continues to grow. Boarded-up windows and overgrown lawns create a problem for homeowners nearby, further depressing real estate values. Besides the tragedy of starving pets left behind Read More
Same story, different stock… Just a couple of weeks ago, it happened in Oklahoma City (see Bankruptcy Can Loom Even For A Billionaire) and now it’s happened here in Indiana. The CEO of Chesapeake Energy, Aubrey McClendon, who’d borrowed massive Read More