When you file bankruptcy, you are required to "appear" for a hearing with your bankruptcy trustee. This hearing is called the "meeting of creditors." Startin...

Chuck ignored a warrant in debt for a $3000 loan in 2004. In 2019 he was garnished for $45,000.

Some people still believe the lie. The lie that filing bankruptcy means seven years of bad credit. As soon as your bankruptcy is over, you'll start getting p...

Suicide prevention is one of the purposes of the bankruptcy law. This story in the Washington Post touches on the way the human tragedy of suicide is sometim...

For October 2019, I was tied for first among lawyers in Northern Virginia in cases filed. Tied for last (with 15 others) in cases dismissed. That could mean ...

Don got a letter last week offering him $1000 for the car he's giving up in his Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Don owes way more on the car than it's worth, and he's ...

Sen Elizabeth Warren is probably America's leading academic expert on bankruptcy law. I just read this article in the New York Times about how her studies of...

I've wondered how debt settlement outfits find struggling consumers to target. It's illegal for credit bureaus to sell your private information, except when ...

I just finished a survey of people who filed bankruptcy with me three years ago. Here’s one big thing I found out: credit scores three years after bankruptcy...

After bankruptcy, be sure to get a couple credit cards. I'm doing a survey of people who filed bankruptcy with me a few years ago. About half of them are tel...

For years, Bankruptcy Lawyer Robert Weed has had the lowest rate of bankruptcies dismissed among Northern Virginia bankruptcy lawyers. Because more of our b...

Where to park for your bankruptcy hearing. Hint: NOT at the Prince William Court House.

Last month I was on Capitol Hill, with a couple dozen bankruptcy lawyers, talking to people about H.R. 770, a bill to restore the bankruptcy discharge for st...

It's very rare that a bank comes into bankruptcy court to make an objection. But last year Mean Bank (not their real name) did that to my clients, Matthew an...

The shutdown affected a lot more than just the Federal employees. Yesterday say a guy, already in financial trouble, living as an Uber driver. Because busine...

The Better Business Bureau sent me this nice certificate, commending me for 15 years of support. Nice.

Mike emailed me on Friday that his credit score is now 681. Mike's bankruptcy was filed in April, approved and done in August. Three months later his score i...

Robert Weed Woodbridge VA Bankruptcy Lawyer Published by Robert Weed · 4 mins · You may have never heard of the Uniform Commercial Code. (The Uniform Commerc...

To get the most out of your new start, I posted a list of five websites you should visit. Most people come out of bankruptcy with a credit score between 600 ...

The 2005 Bankruptcy law, known BAPCPA or sometimes BARF, was designed to make bankruptcy much more painful for families making over the average income in eac...