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Virginia Bankruptcy Lawyer Robert Weed gets Martindale Satisfaction Award
Got an email this week from Martindale-Hubbell, publishers of the famous Martindale Hubbell lawyer directory and also Lawyers.com. They...
Robert Weed
May 16, 20132 min read
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Welcome to the “Reader Top Rated” Bankruptcy Blog
To my readers around the country, please keep in mind that I cannot give you legal advice. My answers here on this blog may help you...
Robert Weed
May 7, 20132 min read
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Getting Sued After a Short Sale?
Getting Sued After Short Sale? Getting sued after a short sale is highly probable. Saw three couples this month who needed to file...
Robert Weed
Apr 30, 20133 min read
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After Bankruptcy: Bank of America Can’t Stop Themselves
This is a story about how Bank of America violated the bankruptcy discharge, hacking off Gus and Nikoleta, and me. (I’ve changed the...
Robert Weed
Apr 18, 20134 min read
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Can they put a lien on a house I bought after the bankruptcy?
Did you put off filing bankruptcy until after somebody got a judgment against you? Pre-bankruptcy judgments are liens on property you own...
Robert Weed
Mar 30, 20133 min read
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Filing Bankruptcy and self employed? You need a “Profit and Loss”
If you file bankruptcy, you need to send in proof of your income. For most people, that means your pay stubs. Section 521 of the...
Robert Weed
Mar 21, 20132 min read
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Emergency bankruptcy filing in Northern Virginia
Here’s an email I got on Friday, March 15 2013. I started the bankruptcy process with your office in 03/2012 and stopped the process....
Robert Weed
Mar 19, 20132 min read
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Planning: Why This Bankruptcy Lawyer Often Charges More
Tommy needs to file bankruptcy. We’ve been holding off filing his papers for several months. Why? Before he talked to me as...
Robert Weed
Mar 6, 20132 min read
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But I Surrendered My Property in My Bankruptcy!
Bankruptcy gets you out of debts you don’t want, but not stuff you don’t want. It doesn’t force the finance company to tow your car. Or...
Robert Weed
Mar 5, 20132 min read
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How to Tell Your Bank to Stop Payday Loan Automatic Withdrawals
How to Tell Your Bank to Stop Loan Automatic Withdrawals Stop those automatic withdrawals! I usually tell people that when we first talk....
Robert Weed
Feb 24, 20132 min read
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After bankruptcy–bills, calls and illegal harassment
After bankruptcy, you might get a call or a bill on a debt that was discharged in your case. Trying to collect a discharged debt during...
Robert Weed
Feb 16, 20134 min read
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After Bankruptcy–We Garnish Bank of America
Bank of America wouldn’t fix Ed and Ann’s credit reports after bankruptcy. Our disputes were ignored, so we sued. The judgment was...
Robert Weed
Feb 8, 20132 min read
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After Bankruptcy: Can they turn me away at the hospital?
<h2>After Bankruptcy: Can they turn me away at the hospital?</h2> More than half of all bankruptcy is caused by health problems. Many...
Robert Weed
Jan 18, 20131 min read
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Internet Payday Loans are Illegal in Virginia
Internet payday loans are illegal in Virginia. They are a felony. (In order to make payday loans in Virginia, they have to have a...
Robert Weed
Dec 18, 20123 min read
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Bankruptcy, short sale, debt forgiveness tax and the fiscal cliff
The 2007 Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act expires December 31, 2012. That’s one of the tax cuts, put in place when George Bush was...
Robert Weed
Dec 8, 20123 min read
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After Bankruptcy: Why did Bank of America Forgive My Second Mortgage?
Lots of people, in current or recent bankruptcy, are getting letters from Bank of America forgiving their second mortgages. What’s going...
Robert Weed
Oct 29, 20122 min read
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After bankruptcy: Changed my mind. Can I still give back the car?
I get a question like this a couple times a week. My name is Ben Chambers. You handled my bankruptcy about 8 months ago it went...
Robert Weed
Jul 22, 20122 min read
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Lying to the Bankruptcy Court: What Can Happen
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...
Robert Weed
Jul 14, 20123 min read
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After Bankruptcy: What If I Win the Lottery
People often ask me, what happens after bankruptcy if I . . . Get a big raise… Start a business… Get a big tax refund in future years…...
Robert Weed
Jun 27, 20124 min read
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Bankruptcy Second Opinion: Why Chapter 13?
Two people in Chapter 13 bankruptcy plans came to see me this past week for a second opinion. I told both that for them, Chapter 7...
Robert Weed
Jun 16, 20124 min read
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