June 2011 - Bankruptcy Attorney in Brooklyn, New York

Debt collectors using pseudonyms in New York may be breaking the law

Leave a Comment / Bankruptcy, Debt, Scams / By Matt Leichter

The New York Times recently published an article about debt collectors who resort to using pseudonyms when calling debtors. They justify this behavior because they claim the debtors their agents call routinely threaten them with violence. The Times did manage to point out that the Federal Trade Commission reported that the number of complaints against …

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Filing bankruptcy in New York can actually improve your credit score

Leave a Comment / Bankruptcy, Creditors, Debt / By Matt Leichter

Most people only consider filing bankruptcy in New York as a last resort to their financial problems. They’ve usually missed payments on some of their loans, often credit card or mortgage debt, and their credit ratings will have dropped rapidly with a series of missed payments. In many circumstances, though, people find that their credit …

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Collecting on discharged debts in New York is illegal

Leave a Comment / Bankruptcy, Debt, Scams / By Matt Leichter

As you can imagine, the light at the end of the New York bankruptcy tunnel is a discharge order from a bankruptcy judge. A discharge means that creditors cannot attempt to extract payments on these debts and must write them off themselves. It also means that you now have an opportunity to start over and …

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Auto-Dialed by a Collector in New York? Know Your Rights!

Leave a Comment / Bankruptcy, Debt, Scams / By Matt Leichter

Imagine you are sitting in your New York home enjoying dinner with your family. The phone rings. Mispronouncing your name, the person on the other end asks if you’re available. You ask who it is. The voice says he selling new decks and that you badly need a new one. You hang up the phone …

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Twelve Documents to Bring to Your Free Bankruptcy Consultation with Your New York Bankruptcy Attorney (Part 2)

Leave a Comment / Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy / By Matt Leichter

In Part 1, we discussed the various documents that you should consider bringing to your first free bankruptcy consultation with your New York bankruptcy attorney. Our goal is to relieve you of some of your anxiety as you begin the bankruptcy process. Gathering the necessary documents will ease some of your fears. Doing so will …

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Twelve Documents to Bring to Your First Consultation with Your New York Bankruptcy Attorney (Part 1)

Leave a Comment / Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy / By Matt Leichter

If you’ve set up a free bankruptcy consultation in New York, in all likelihood you will be nervous about your first meeting with your bankruptcy attorney. Financial matters are incredibly personal, and people have a natural inclination against discussing debt with strangers. However, if you bring the necessary paperwork, your first meeting will go more …

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Debt collectors using pseudonyms in New York may be breaking the law

Filing bankruptcy in New York can actually improve your credit score

Collecting on discharged debts in New York is illegal

Auto-Dialed by a Collector in New York? Know Your Rights!

Twelve Documents to Bring to Your Free Bankruptcy Consultation with Your New York Bankruptcy Attorney (Part 2)

Twelve Documents to Bring to Your First Consultation with Your New York Bankruptcy Attorney (Part 1)

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