By Wendell Sherk, Missouri Attorney
closeAuthor: Wendell Sherk, Missouri Attorney
Name: Wendell Sherk, Missouri Attorney
Email: wjsherk@alum.wustl.edu
Site: http://www.stlbankruptcy.com
About: I have been a bankruptcy attorney since 1989. Our firm represents consumers filing bankruptcy almost exclusively. My partner and I have each represented bankruptcy trustees as well as creditors. If you live in Eastern Missouri, visit our website, send an e-mail or give us a call (314) 781-3400. Please mention Bankruptcy Law Network.See Authors Posts (90) on Sep 7, 2007 in Bankruptcy Cases & Legislation, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Missouri | 1 Comment
Cathy Moran has discussed allowing Chapter 13 debtors to strip down a “new” car loan to the fair value of the vehicle despite a special BAPCPA provision called the “hanging paragraph.” And the alternative approaches used in other districts.
Last month a bankruptcy judge in Kansas, concluded that Missouri would follow the “transformation” rule and [...]
By Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney
closeAuthor: Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney
Name: Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney
Email: brett@BankruptcyLawMaryland.com
Site: http://www.BankruptcyLawMaryland.com
About: Brett Weiss has been practicing in the areas of bankruptcy for the past 24 years.
Mr. Weiss has received international media attention in connection with the cases he had handled. He has been interviewed by Barbara Walters on The View, appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News with Peter Jennings, the Montel Williams Show, BBC World Service, German state television, and numerous local radio and television programs, and been quoted in Money magazine, The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun, among others.
An honors graduate and award-winning National Moot Court Competition national finalist at the University of Maryland School of Law, Mr. Weiss served as law clerk to the Chief Administrative Judge of the Anne Arundel County Circuit Court before entering into private practice. Mr. Weiss has over twenty years of practical legal experience, trying hundreds of cases within that time. Regularly appearing before the United States Bankruptcy Court, state and federal courts throughout the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia, he is a strong advocate for his clients.See Authors Posts (92) on Sep 7, 2007 in Bankruptcy Cases & Legislation, Bankruptcy Protection & Automatic Stay, Maryland | 0 Comments
My recent blog, “Chapter 15 Bankruptcy. CHAPTER 15???” talked about some of the more esoteric chapters of the Bankruptcy Code. Newly adopted Chapter 15, which applies to international bankruptcies, has received a fair amount of attention recently, in light of Bear Stearns’ attempts to protect its failed subprime mortgage investment hedge funds from seizure by [...]
