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Filing Bankruptcy Petitions: Playing Connect the Dots

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Before filing, Start Here

I almost took the client at her word and filed schedules that told half the story. Well, maybe it was 3/4 of the story, but the client who, to my consternation, seemed to enjoy nit picking the draft schedules, told me about the cabin on the lake that they rent out, but omitted from the […]

Filed Under: Before filing, Start Here Tagged With: bankruptcy schedules, client disclosure, petition preparation

The Real Truth About Bankruptcy Lawyers & Clients

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

We live in two different worlds, the client and the bankruptcy attorney. “Creditors”,  for debtors, means those folks who send a monthly bill, and  who call if you are late. “Creditors”, for bankruptcy lawyers, means everyone who has a claim of any kind against the client. In his Fundamentals of Bankruptcy Practice for newcomers last […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: bankruptcy creditors, bankruptcy practice, bankruptcy schedules

Writer’s Block And The Bankruptcy Schedules

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

Comes the plaintive call on the phone:  how do I list this? Faced with a blank schedule  and a house, located in another state,  titled to an estranged  non filing spouse, in which the debtor may have a claim under the marital property laws of California, the rookie bankruptcy lawyer froze. I’m flattered to be […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: bankruptcy schedules, new bankruptcy lawyer

New Bankruptcy Lawyers Targeted by Trustee

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

Chapter 7 trustees plan to sue debtor’s lawyers for undisclosed assets, I was told yesterday.  In the course of discussing the flood of rookie bankruptcy lawyers into local court rooms, this veteran trustee’s counsel was licking his chops  at the opportunity to make creditors whole at the expense of the debtor’s attorney. The stories of […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: bankruptcy, bankruptcy attorney, bankruptcy schedules, Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustees, consumer bankruptcy law

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