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Robert Weed
Jan 23, 20211 min read
Why We're Zooming our Bankruptcy Consultations
We're zooming our bankruptcy consultations. You are at your own location: less tense and more open than if you drove to a strange office.
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Robert Weed
Nov 13, 20202 min read
Because he tried to settle his debts, Jose needs mom as a cosigner
Jose is a disabled vet. He has a good job as a Federal contractor. Plus he gets a little from the VA. But he needed his mom to cosign to...
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Robert Weed
Nov 10, 20201 min read
We Stop Navy Fed Trying to Trick a Disabled Vet
Harry is the disabled vet, who filed bankruptcy in 2015. He cleared his credit card debts and gave up his 2007 Cadi that was financed by...
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Robert Weed
Nov 8, 20201 min read
Not Enough Change in Senate After Elections
Many people, including me, hope that the November elections would bring big changes to the US Senate. Big changes in the Senate could...
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Robert Weed
Nov 3, 20201 min read
You can file BK without your spouse, but we need a whole family budget.
People ask me all the time, can I file bankruptcy and leave my spouse out of it. Yes, you can. You can file bankruptcy to clear your...
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Robert Weed
Oct 12, 20201 min read
November Elections Promise Relief for People with Student Loans
The Democratic platform promises to change the law to make student loan bankruptcy like any other debt.
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Robert Weed
Sep 8, 20201 min read
Victimized by Debt Settlement Scam? Here's How to Complain
A lot of people consider "debt settlement" or "debt resolution" companies before they decide on bankruptcy. Those "debt settlement" plans...
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Robert Weed
Aug 26, 20201 min read
"Within 6 months my credit score was in the 700's."
"Within 6 months my credit score was in the 700's."
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Robert Weed
Aug 11, 20201 min read
To Stop Debt Collector Phone Calls, "Call My Lawyer."
Even before your bankruptcy is filed, we can stop those annoying debt collector calls. Tell them, "Call my lawyer." Or, if you'd like,...
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Robert Weed
Aug 10, 20201 min read
It's a Depression
The Washington Post economics column today says the covid crisis is a "depression." What's the difference between a recession and a...
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Robert Weed
Aug 5, 20201 min read
The Democratic Platform Promises Bankruptcy Help for Impossible Student Loans
The platform of the 2020 Democratic National Convention says this: Democrats will restore the prior standard in bankruptcy law to allow...
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Robert Weed
Jul 19, 20201 min read
IRS doesn't have to tell you
If the IRS claims you were a tax evader, they don't have to tell you, or the bankruptcy judge, or anybody.
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Robert Weed
Apr 11, 20201 min read
Bankruptcy hearings now by Telephone
When you file bankruptcy, you are required to "appear" for a hearing with your bankruptcy trustee. This hearing is called the "meeting of...
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Robert Weed
Feb 16, 20201 min read
A $3,000 loan leads to a $45,000 garnishment.
Chuck ignored a warrant in debt for a $3000 loan in 2004. In 2019 he was garnished for $45,000.
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Robert Weed Bankruptcy lawyer
Dec 15, 20191 min read
New credit approvals quicker than people expect
Some people still believe the lie. The lie that filing bankruptcy means seven years of bad credit. As soon as your bankruptcy is over,...
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Robert Weed
Nov 10, 20191 min read
We rarely talk about it...
Suicide prevention is one of the purposes of the bankruptcy law. This story in the Washington Post touches on the way the human tragedy...
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Robert Weed Bankruptcy lawyer
Nov 2, 20191 min read
First in cases filed. Last in cases dismissed
For October 2019, I was tied for first among lawyers in Northern Virginia in cases filed. Tied for last (with 15 others) in cases...
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Robert Weed
Sep 2, 20191 min read
Is this a towing and storage bankruptcy scam?
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...
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Robert Weed Bankruptcy lawyer
Aug 25, 20191 min read
Bankruptcy Law and Elizabeth Warren
Sen Elizabeth Warren is probably America's leading academic expert on bankruptcy law. I just read this article in the New York Times...
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Robert Weed
Aug 10, 20191 min read
How Debt Settlement Outfits Find You
I've wondered how debt settlement outfits find struggling consumers to target. It's illegal for credit bureaus to sell your private...
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