Your small business represents the culmination of hard work, innovation, and your hopes for a bright future. Unfortunately, taking this risk to make it on your own can come with hiccups. In fact, many small business owners find themselves struggling with debt as part...
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Can I Get Rid of My Mortgage Through Bankruptcy?
For many overwhelmed debtors, bankruptcy offers a chance to move past certain debts, and to ensure that those creditors can no longer harass you. This applies to many types of unsecured debts, like credit card debts, medical bills, loans, and more. So when it comes to...
Bruce Levitt of Levitt and Slafkes Among Essex County’s Top Lawyers 2018
Essex County's Top Lawyers 2018 is a law firm that represents individuals and small businesses seeking bankruptcy relief, defense against foreclosure action, loan modifications, and commercial litigation. We love our work and are...
Seeking Bankruptcy Relief a Second Time
If you have ever experienced the need to seek bankruptcy relief, you are well aware of the financial squeeze and sense of desperation that led to that decision. You are familiar with the legal process and the hard work it took to obtain a discharge of your debts. And...
Loan Modification Scams
The mere prospect of losing your home can have an incredibly negative effect on your mental health. Where will you live? Can you even afford to live somewhere else? How will your children cope with losing their home? What will happen to all of the money you already...
How a Lawyer Can Keep You in Your Home
Foreclosure is the legal process that a lender may initiate when a debtor has missed numerous mortgage payments. This process is one that, if successful, allows a lender to force the sale of a home in order to satisfy the outstanding debt that is owed on the property....
Should Senior Citizens File Bankruptcy?
Americans are living longer than ever. Unfortunately, the costs of health care and elder care are also increasing to an unaffordable level. Even if you have spent your life making sound financial decisions and saving money, the combination of longer life and...
Moving Forward: Rebuilding Your Credit After Bankruptcy
If you have recently obtained a discharge of your debts through bankruptcy, or the finish line to your bankruptcy proceedings is in sight, then you deserve to breathe a sigh of relief. But while you enjoy this new world where a pack of creditors can no longer harass...
Will Bankruptcy Ruin My Credit Forever? Dispelling Misconceptions About Bankruptcy
When you find yourself in the terrible position of overwhelming debt, you may feel trapped and paralyzed. You don't have enough resources to pay off your creditors, you've maxed out your credit cards, and you've taken on terrible new loans to pay off older loans. You...
When Creditors Call After Discharge
While bankruptcy is a measure of last resort, its purpose is clear: to provide an overwhelmed debtor with some much needed relief. This relief comes in the form of the discharge of a wide range of qualifying debt. At the end of the day, this is supposed to translate...