Valarie emailed me a little after midnight, to let me know she’d bought a new house. When Valarie came to see me in 2010, she was living...

Apple paid $350 filing fee for a two billion dollar legal battle that tied up this Federal court house for a month. You pay $335 for a...

VirginiaDebtRelief.org, one of those “Avoid Bankruptcy” outfits–is unusual because they claim to be rated A+ by the Better Business...

The Bankruptcy Law Office of Robert Weed led all attorneys in Virginia Chapter 7 bankruptcy case filings in 2013. We did more Chapter 7...

Here’s what happened when Jennifer reaffirmed her car loan with Apple Federal Credit Union. Jennifer filed bankruptcy with another...

For some people, Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the best way to stop foreclosure in Virginia. Some people think the only way to stop a...

Is it legal to get garnished under Virginia garnishment law in a county that you don’t live in any more? I’m a Virginia bankruptcy...

Allied Cash Advance does NOT legally do payday loans in Virginia On Google, Allied Cash Advance does payday loans.  But they tell the...

The tax break on short sales is due to expire on December 31, 2013. Since 2007, Congress has waived the debt forgiveness tax when a...

National Lien Processors called “Bill” yesterday.  Bill filed bankruptcy with me and was discharged in June 2013. Bill told them he filed...

Who Should Not file Bankruptcy? Ray came to see me last week, wanting to file bankruptcy.  Right away.  He had his first payment, seven...

Can filing bankruptcy make you smarter? A new book, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, explains why filing bankruptcy can...

Your After Bankruptcy Credit Report Your after bankruptcy credit report is a big part of your “fresh start” in bankruptcy. That’s why...

Virginia Statute of Limitations for Credit Card Debt Some people, whose credit is really, really bad, don’t need to file bankruptcy,...

As a Virginia bankruptcy lawyer, people ask me almost every day, do I need to file bankruptcy after foreclosure? When I try to answer...

Got an email this week from Martindale-Hubbell, publishers of the famous Martindale Hubbell lawyer directory and also Lawyers.com. They...

How to Tell Your Bank to Stop Loan Automatic Withdrawals Stop those automatic withdrawals! I usually tell people that when we first talk....

Internet payday loans are illegal in Virginia.  They are a felony.  (In order to make payday loans in Virginia, they have to have a...

Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Mayer nailed a guy named Jon Mays this past week.  I was in the bankruptcy court on something else, and I...

Tuesday, I saw a press release from NCO, one of the largest of the debt collection companies.   While many businesses are slow to add...