The New York Times published an article yesterday (Feb. 27, 2011; author: Gretchen Morgensen) about a Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtor in Georgia who fought her mortgage bank for seven years simply to find out how much she owned on her mortgage and who owned the mortgage...
As a consumer bankruptcy attorney, I rarely need to get involved in complicated commercial financing issues, so Judge Kaplan's most recent decision was a primer on factoring in the construction industry. In re Dommer Construction Corporation WDNY Ch. 11 Bk 10-12764;...
Rochester's bankruptcy judge, John C. Ninfo II has formally submitted his retirement papers to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, according to The Daily Record (February 14, 2011, article by Todd Etshman.) Judge Ninfo had publically stated his intention to retire...
Of the thousands of benefits available to married couples, one is the opportunity to file joint bankruptcies. Section 302 of the Bankruptcy Code permits an individual and "such individual's spouse" to file bankruptcies together. Joint bankruptcies are less expensive...
This is a continuation (the dropping of the second show, if you will) of the Wisotzke case; a Rochester Chapter 13 (case #08-21178.) Last August, I posted a blog in the WDNY case notes for 2008 Category about the first decision in this case, 392 B.R. 39 (Bky.W.D.N.Y....