Bankruptcy

When you file bankruptcy, you are required to have an attorney to represent you - if you're filing bankruptcy as a corporation or partnership.

The thought of your bills and obligations getting unmanageable can be concerning – even terrifying. Often, my clients are afraid to admit, even to themselves, that bankruptcy may be the best option for them. Unfortunately, once they begin considering bankruptcy, whether it’s a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, most of my ventura bankruptcy clients will do the natural ...

Federal law gives you the right to file for bankruptcy relief from your creditors, whenever you need to. Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding, in a special federal court, in which you can get a fresh start, free of your financial problems, free of collection agencies, and free of debt. Bankruptcy can be an effective and powerful tool for you to ...

Hey! I was quoted in Business Insider Magazine, after my Reddit AMA went off-the-hook!

Bankruptcy mistakes can be very costly and all too often an individual filing bankruptcy will make inadvertent mistakes that jeopardize their chance of discharging their debts and retaining exempted property.

Glass Mountain Capital LLC breaks collection laws (FDCPA, Rosenthal FDCPA, California’s Unfair and Deceptive Practices Act, California’s Unfair Competition law) constantly. Glass Mountain Capital sometimes uses predictive dialing, robodialers and other prohibited means of collection in their efforts to collect past due debts.

This video was posted to youtube by my friend Damon Day, who pisses off debt relief companies (so do I, but that’s another story). Damon got quite a reaction from a debt relief sales-critter from this video.

Update by Bankruptcy Attorney Eric Ridley. For the second time in recent years, Desert Hot Springs edged closer to possible bankruptcy recently when their City Council voted to cut pay for its police force by 22%, emphasizing how dire the city’s budget crisis is.

This has got to be the #1 misconception I hear on an almost daily basis from people. They often do not want to consider filing for bankruptcy relief because they believe, often incorrectly, that they will lose their home or car. This is not necessarily true and one should not refuse to consider bankruptcy as an option under the (oft-mistaken) ...