The court in In re Lobherr addressed whether renewal of a state court judgment while a debtor is in bankruptcy constitutes a violation of the automatic stay. The Automatic Stay When a bankruptcy petition is filed the automatic stay arises preventing creditors from continuing debt collection against the debtor, the debtor’s property, and the bankruptcy […]

Filing bankruptcy in Sacramento can be a simple process if the client and attorney are organized and proactive. To file bankruptcy clients must produce proof of income, bank statements and tax returns. In turn, bankruptcy attorneys will draft the petition, statements and schedules in a timely manner. If either the client is slow to produce […]

Bankruptcy is a competitive practice area for attorneys. Clients are understandably without financial means, new bankruptcy attorneys are graduating every year and bankruptcy petition preparers charge only a few hundred dollars to “fill in the blanks” on Official Bankruptcy Forms. With so much competition some bankruptcy attorneys advertise “no money down” or “retain for only […]

Filing bankruptcy is never anyone’s first option for avoiding foreclosure, but with an impending Trustee’s sale chapter 13 bankruptcy may be the most effective way to stop the sale and save the home. The filing of a chapter 13 bankruptcy petition creates an automatic stay against collection actions including the execution of a Trustee’s sale. […]

I recently gave a new client in Sonoma County a big discount on his chapter 7 bankruptcy.  Like so many clients he was living paycheck-to-paycheck.  He didn’t have a lot of money but he needed to file bankruptcy right away.  He had been calling bankruptcy attorneys for months trying to find someone who could work with […]