Sharon M. Porcellio, Esq., a partner in the Rochester law firm Ward Greenberg Heller & Reidy, is reported, by reliable sources, to be one of the finalist candidates for the Bankruptcy Judgship in Rochester, opening in 2012 upon the retirement of Judge Ninfo. Ms....
As a reminder that passing the means test does not end the possibility of a chapter 7 case being considered abusive, a debtor in Albany had just such a case dismissed in June. In re Glavin; Northern District of New York Bankruptcy #10-10094 Judge Littlefield; June 22,...
In my blog of April 11, I commented about the difficulty in using bankruptcy to provide any relief for high student loan debt. One person commented that he/she intended to flee the country to get away from these debts. That's one option, I suppose. It would have been...