Mar 26, 2011 | Before Bankruptcy, warrant in debt
Around 100,000 people a year get arrested because they owe unpaid bills and ignore a court paper. Does this happen in Virginia. Yes! I’m a Virginia bankruptcy lawyer. About one-third of my clients don’t come to see me until the sheriff brings court...
Sep 30, 2010 | Before Bankruptcy, warrant in debt
How Leslie Beat a Warrant In Debt Leslie, not her real name, came to see me two months ago about filing for bankruptcy. It was clear, after we looked at her forms and talked it over, bankruptcy would work for her. It would take a couple months, though, to gather up...
Aug 29, 2010 | Before Bankruptcy
As a Virginia Bankruptcy lawyer, I often tell my clients to “change banks.” Why? If you have been hit with and ignored a warrant in debt, and the return date is past, you may be about to be garnished. What checking account did you use when you last paid...
Jul 29, 2010 | Before Bankruptcy, warrant in debt
Bill, not his real name, is filing bankruptcy with me in October. (He needs a couple more months to finish everything to get his bankruptcy approved.) In the meantime, he received a warrant in debt. Midland Credit Management, a big debt buyer, was suing him on a old...
Jul 12, 2010 | Before Bankruptcy
People who need to file bankruptcy are often abused by debt collectors. CNN Money reported Saturday that complaints against debt collectors to the Federal Trade Commission are up 50% from 2007 to 2009–and up another 15% this year. “Harassing phone calls,...
