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Counting to 90

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

This week I have apparently discovered bankruptcy lawyers who can’t count to 90.  Amazing, isn’t it?  Yet I’ve reviewed two cases where counsel failed to file the case  such that judgment liens fell within the 90 day preference period.  And these were cases where the liens had six figure totals and the debtor had assets. […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: client intake, learn bankruptcy law, preferences

Warning Signs Of A Complex Bankruptcy Case Exposed In The Consultation

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

Is an initial consultation an opportunity to prevent problems later on in the case? Should you be doing more? I’ve taken my swipes at my clients’ previous lawyer in a prior post for either missing or ignoring issues that needed to be picked up and addressed in the schedules and the Chapter 13 plan.  Some […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: bankruptcy client, bankruptcy mistakes, bankruptcy practice, free consultation, learn bankruptcy law

Learning Bankruptcy On The Job Victimizes Clients

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

I admit, up front , that I’m steamed.  The clients in my office have a pending Chapter 13 case. People know the difference between a lawyer fighting a marijuana possession charge and bankruptcy case.  They made an appointment with me because their bankruptcy attorney missed a hearing and doesn’t return their phone calls or respond […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: bankruptcy practice, Chapter 13, learn bankruptcy law

Bankruptcy Notice: Scream or Die

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice

Add to your bankruptcy phrase book: ” notice on a scream or die basis.”   This means that the notice sent to creditors requires an objection by a dissenting party or the described action will be approved.  Contrast this with notice of a proposed action that will be considered at an actual hearing.  Thus, the message […]

Filed Under: Bankruptcy Practice Tagged With: bankruptcy notice, learn bankruptcy law

Taxes Owed from Day One of New Year

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Means test, Tax

April 15th is so ingrained in our thinking as Tax Day that it’s easy to forget that the tax for the previous year is owed on the first day of the next tax year. Payment isn’t due til April 15th, but the obligation exists before the return and payment are due. Why is this important […]

Filed Under: Means test, Tax Tagged With: bankruptcy claim, learn bankruptcy law, means test

Exemption Choices for the Recently Mobile

By Cathy Moran, Esq. Filed Under: Exemptions, Start Here

bankruptcy exemptions

Old and new consumer bankruptcy lawyers have a treasure in John Bates’ masterpiece on the exemption laws of each state and the availability of those laws to non residents in bankruptcy. Why do I care what the exemptions are in any state but California?  The Bankruptcy Code! ( what other answer did you expect from […]

Filed Under: Exemptions, Start Here Tagged With: bankruptcy practice, exemptions, learn bankruptcy law

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