You've seen and heard the ads for "Debt Management Programs" -- "Learn what the credit card companies don't want you to know! Settle...

I meet with potential clients every day. In each case, I ask that the client fill out two questionnaires, a short, two-page form that we...

I recently got a phone call from a client. She got a letter from her mortgage company giving her the "opportunity" to reaffirm her...

I frequently meet with clients who own a business that has financial problems. It may not be able to pay its bills as they come due,...

An increasing number of our senior citizens are faced with the same problems faced by many of our young adults: student loans. A recent...

There are a lot of articles about whether and how student loans are dischargeable in bankruptcy. This isn't one of them. Instead, this...

In bankruptcy, some words don't have their ordinary meanings. "Surrender" is one of these words. Many people who file bankruptcy...

Since I practice in the Washington, DC area, lots of my clients work for federal agencies and contractors who require security clearances...

On May 21 and 22, 2020, Brett Weiss will be lecturing as part of a two-day intensive national webinar about the new Small Business...

. These are not good times People dying. Massive disruptions to our lives. Economic calamity. The coronavirus has had an impact on...

My good friend, California Bankruptcy Attorney Cathy Moran, wrote a blog titled, “To Tell the Truth,” talking about all of the...

I’ve taken over a number of cases where a debtor prepared and filed the various bankruptcy documents without the help of an attorney –...

We’re often asked by new clients what we actually do for them. I thought I’d put a short list together: We let you answer your phone...

Usury is defined in Webster’s as, “the lending or practice of lending money at an exorbitant interest.” All states, including Maryland,...

An article in the Washington Post, “What Gets Left Behind,” talks about one side of the human cost when a house goes to foreclosure. As...

My colleague, Matt Berkus, a bankruptcy attorney in Denver, has written an excellent article discussing Dave Ramsey’s anti-bankruptcy...