Month: December 2018

How is a Joint Account holder or authorized user impacted if I File bankruptcy

Credit Card Company Suing Me

If you are googling the words “credit card company suing me” then you have probably come to the right place. You have probably recently received a lawsuit in the mail that you are being sued and that you have a certain amount of time to answer the lawsuit otherwise a judgment will be entered against …

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Elderly Bankruptcy Attorney

Elderly Bankruptcy Attorney

Within the last few months, I have been getting numerous phone calls from relatives regarding their elderly parents. Many of their children/ family members are looking for elderly bankruptcy attorneys to file bankruptcy for their elderly parents in Staten Island. As the cost of living in Staten Island and medical expenses continues to increase the …

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debt management

Filing For Bankruptcy

If you are reading this, the holidays are now over and you are probably shocked by the huge amount of debt you accumulated on your credit card statement. Maybe you wanted to make this Christmas extra special this year and did not think about how much you spent? Maybe you lost your job? Maybe you …

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Should I File Bankruptcy?

If you are reading this then you are probably asking yourself “Should I file bankruptcy?” A Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the most common form of bankruptcy. A chapter 7 bankruptcy can also be referred to as liquidation; although with most cases, there is little if any actual liquidation involved. Chapter 7 usually means that if you have any assets they get liquidated to pay the creditors. Of course, there are many exemptions. An experienced bankruptcy lawyer can go over the different chapters of bankruptcy and explain in more detail what chapter 7 is.