by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 3 minutes
Recently, some clients have mentioned during their consults that they heard this is the “perfect” time to file for bankruptcy. While I certainly think bankruptcy is a good answer for many people, bankruptcy is not the answer for everyone. Is it a good answer for you? Like so many things in life the answer to...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 4 minutes
As a bankruptcy lawyer in Southern Maryland, I know people will be asking me what to do with their government stimulus check. To make sure I was ready to answer this question, I figured I would look at what advice financial experts are giving. The advice I read seemed to be the same advice that...
by Tucker Clagett | Posted in Civil Law & Consumer | Reading Time: 4 minutes
Two new federal laws take effect April 1, 2020. Both were created in response to the Covid-19 threat on March 18, 2020. Both provide significant new protections for employees. And, predictably, both are confusing and unclear! Our firm does not handle employment law cases, but since these laws are of great interest to many of...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 4 minutes
In a chapter 13 plan you are supposed to send in regular plan payments to the bankruptcy trustee. The Trustee disburses the money to the creditors. Usually this payment comes right out of our paycheck after the plan is confirmed. If you don’t get a paycheck because you were laid off because of COVID19,...
by Dave Gormley | Posted in Bankruptcy & Foreclosure | Reading Time: 6 minutes
Even if you have been keeping up with your bills, now is the time to do some emergency budgeting. Nobody knows how bad this will get. (Things have been changing fast. This post was published on March 14th. Not even a week later bars and malls were closed. Now the problem is even bigger. Unemployment...
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