My life left the path of “average” when my father, a research chemist, received a posting in his company’s sales division in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more >>
February 10, 2021
Why I Practice Tax Law
Litigation
“Preferential” Repayments to Creditors Before Bankruptcy: the Case of Family Members
Many of my bankruptcy clients want to know what will happen if they repay a family member before filing bankruptcy. It’s an important and common question I just faced. Read more »
October 13, 2020
Chapter 12 Bankruptcy & Judicial Foreclosure
An investor was trying to collect on a note, and called me to help him out: he and a bunch of strangers had loaned $600,000 to a fellow living in the outskirts of Cambria, California. The fellow Read more >>
February 25, 2019
Legal Chaos Solved With Bankruptcy
Note: The case involved here is very complex. But that’s the point: it dominated and nearly ruined the lives of my clients for a decade, until I used bankruptcy law to end their nightmare. Read more >>
September 18, 2018
Fighting A Bankruptcy Discharge: Tenant Who Wanted Her Rent Back
My client was a landlady who rented her three-unit house not far from the beach in Ventura. The county came by one day and put yellow tags on two of the units, calling them “substandard” and evicting the tenants that day. Why “substandard?” Read more >>
May 21, 2012