New Law Helps Disabled Veterans in Chapter 13 Plans Disabled veterans facing bankruptcy, got a big boost yesterday when the HAVEN Act...

Bankruptcy Alternative: Just Don’t Pay Some people want or need an alternative to Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Meet Henry Hudson and his wife...

“What was that? Law and Order?” Today I was at the bankruptcy court asking the Judge to approve two credit card reaffirmations. One for a...

I just finished a survey of people who filed bankruptcy with me three years ago. Here’s one big thing I found out: credit scores three...

Three months later, Mike’s After Bankruptcy Credit Score is 681 Last Friday, Mike sent me this screenshot, showing his after bankruptcy...

How a cheap car payment can help you on the bankruptcy means test. The 2005 Bankruptcy law, known BAPCPA or sometimes BARF, was designed...

Another Fairfax County Family Wastes Thousands with Freedom Debt Relief. I filed a bankruptcy case this week for Alexander and Alina...

After bankruptcy, get a credit card. Get a couple. Getting back to good credit is one of the five ways bankruptcy gives you a new start....

After Bankruptcy, check your credit score Most people have a credit score of about 620 a couple months after bankruptcy.  That’s from a...

Everyone is required to bring their social security card to their bankruptcy hearing. And a lot of people have lost theirs over the...

Fifteen years later, Lilly is still getting garnished! Lilly came to see me in my Sterling office last Friday.  When she was much...

U S Senate Votes to Override Bill of Rights Last night, the United States Senate blocked an effort to restore a neglected part of...

Jim gets 3.25% after bankruptcy car loan Just got an email from Jim, who filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy with me in 2015.  His case was...

CFPB Knocks Out Another Scam Yesterday, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau put another credit repair outfit out of business. This was...

Upright Law on trial in Roanoke Bankruptcy court Trial is set on September 25, 2017, for Upright Law, at the bankruptcy courthouse in...

Bankruptcy and Gumption Most people come to talk to me about bankruptcy have been putting it off for years. People want to protect their...

Supreme Court Knocks a Hole in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act On June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court knocked a hole in consumers’...

Robert Weed has the best rate of bankruptcy dismissed in Northern Virginia Just finished checking on the number of my law firm bankruptcy...

After Bankruptcy: Tammy Gets A Car Loan at 4.48% The same week that her bankruptcy was discharged, Tammy got a car loan at 4.48%. Now I...

After Bankruptcy Mistakes: Navy Fed does the Right Thing; Wells Fargo Makes More Excuses. Everybody makes mistakes. Banks do, too. When...