June 2010

Bankruptcy lawyers often ask one another for advice about difficult questions, especially questions involving how to handle problem bankruptcy clients.  A question that sometimes comes up is what the lawyer should do if the bankruptcy client tells the lawyer that something in the bankruptcy papers is false, because the client has intentionally concealed something from the [...]

Foreclosure: Should You Embrace It?

by Russell A. DeMott, Charleston Bankruptcy Lawyer

Foreclosure or not?  I’ve been using the  f-word a lot here in my Summerville, South Carolina law office.  (That’s “foreclosure,” not the other f-word, by the way.)  And I’ve noticed a transition in attitudes among clients.  It’s gone from, “I don’t want foreclosure no matter what” to “let’s discuss what happens if my lender forecloses.”  [...]