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Handles Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.
10 years of extensive bankruptcy experience. Filed over 3000 cases
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I have been practicing bankruptcy law for 10 years. I have helped over 3000 consumer bankruptcy clients in that time.
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author of Chicago Bankruptcy Blog
Chicago Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Blog
Illinois Bankruptcy Law Blog
Fresh Start Partners
University of Illinois
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Chicago Bankruptcy Lawyer website
I have developed a list of lenders who are willing to help bankruptcy clients re-establish credit once their bankruptcy cases are complete. Fresh Start Partners
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You have to disclose all assets in the case, even if just added on. Normally creditors want you to be current on the debt, before they will enter into a reaffirmation agreement. If you sign a reaffirmation
2 issues: 1. if the car is paid in full, that is an asset then, and you would have to pay back enough of the unsecured debt in the ch13 to cover any un-exempt equity in that vehicle. 2. The 401k loan
If you listed the debt in the chapter 7, and the case discharged it, it would mean that this is the foreclosure. They are just trying to transfer the property back to the lender to liquidate to satisfy
This is a very popular reason to file bankruptcy. It allows a fresh start, to help get you back on track in just 90 days. If you cannot work out something with the lender, and have no other options, then
Absent fraud, the debt may be dischargeable in chapter 7 bankruptcy. you can sue him in the meantime and hope to recover thru garnishment or freezing bank accounts. but once he files, that will have
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