by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 4 minutes
You have a pending Chapter 13 bankruptcy in Southern Maryland and your car has died or needs a huge repair. You may be surprised that you do have the option of getting a loan to buy a new or used car. What shouldn’t surprise you is that it is a bit of a pain, and it...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Laughing @ Lawyers | Reading Time: 4 minutes
Will Robots Replace Your Attorney? If you think replacing lawyers with robots is a good idea (there are about a million lawyer jokes that come to mind when I write that), you may be in luck. A new report by a tech consulting firm says that within 15 years, robots will replace most lawyers. This...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 4 minutes
Filing for bankruptcy may help you deal with your tax problems. While it is difficult to discharge tax debt, it is not impossible. If your tax debt is old enough, bankruptcy can help eliminate or reduce how much you have to pay back on your taxes. However even when the bankruptcy doesn’t discharge the tax...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: < 1 minute
Here is the link to US Trustee Bankruptcy Information Sheet that anyone who files for bankruptcy in Maryland is required to review. While we include a copy of in the folder we give to every client we figured having an online version couldn’t hurt. Maybe now Dave Gormley will get rid of that laminated copy...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Most people we meet with for a bankruptcy consultation have done anything and everything they possibly could to avoid filing for bankruptcy.(that bankruptcy consult is free, by the way) Often, “anything and everything” includes increasing their tax allowances and exemptions at work so payroll will start withholding less money from their paycheck. If not done...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 3 minutes
At the end of 2019 the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act was reinstated. Unfortunately, this has not received any media attention. From the bankruptcy cases we handle we know there were a lot of short sales and foreclosures in Southern Maryland the last two years. Therefore, we know it is important to get the word out....
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Laughing @ Lawyers | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Workers’ compensation fraud is not funny. Luckily, it is also pretty rare. I have had very few clients caught on video doing something they claimed they couldn’t do, but I could count them on one hand. That is pretty good for an 18 year career so far. But sometimes, a workers’ comp fraud case is...
by Nasheia Conway | Posted in Family Law | Reading Time: 4 minutes
So you received the notice in the mail that we have a Scheduling Conference or Settlement Conference coming up. This post will explain what exactly that means, especially for Charles, St. Mary’s and Prince George’s Counties. A Settlement / Scheduling Conference is a formal meeting with the Judge or Magistrate. It is a way for...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Laughing @ Lawyers | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Here are some weird and whacky food laws from around the world: France banned the use of tomato ketchup in elementary schools in 2011. Children tend to use ketchup to hide the taste of food, and the French authorities thought this was nothing less than an assault on their culture. In Singapore, it is illegal...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 2 minutes
Ok, we are going to the Court House, but we are not going in front of a Judge. The Court House is bordered by Pratt, Hanover, Lombard and Hopkins. The entrance faces Lombard Street where the two wings meet at a “V”. For parking it is best to plan on paying for a garage....
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