Albert Einstein famously defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Al was a smart dude, no doubt – but when it comes to his definition of insanity I’m wondering whether he wasn’t being too simplistic. I’ve been thinking about this quote for the past few weeks as [...]
Jay Fleischman, New York Bankruptcy Lawyer
Sometimes you have to wonder what planet people are living on. They hire a lawyer, pay good money (is there any other kind?) and proceed to act as if they’re handling their own bankruptcy case. I give you Exhibit A. My client, an intelligent and well-reasoned woman who makes a significant amount of money, hired [...]
You filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Your Plan finally got confirmed, and you’ve been cruising along blissfully ever since. But what happens if there’s a bump in the road and you need to change course midway through your case? Your Chapter 13 Plan is a living, breathing instrument. It’s filed and confirmed, but that doesn’t [...]
When I first went into practice I had never been to bankruptcy court; in fact, I didn’t even know where it was. And though just about 15 years has passed since that first New Yorker asked me to represent her in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, that unsettled feeling of walking into bankruptcy court for the [...]
I was always a fan of The West Wing. In one episode, a priest speaks with Martin Sheen’s character, President Bartlet, and tells the following story about a man trying to escape a flood: He heard a radio report that the river was going to rush up and flood the town. And that all the [...]
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