No Judgment. Just Help.
People who have filed for bankruptcy and received their discharge are often shocked when they continue to receive threatening letters and phone calls from their creditors. Some creditors even go so far as to sue on these discharged debts, are awarded judgments and...
The short answer is no, they cannot. In a recent case, Fernandez v. Chang, 2014 WL 32201(Bankr. D. Md. 1/6/14), the Bankruptcy Court ordered debtor’s counsel to disgorge all fees collected post-petition and also awarded the debtor compensatory and punitive damages....
We are bombarded by the advertisements on television and radio by so called “debt resolution” services or “debt settlement” programs. The basic idea for all of these companies is the same: they promise to put you into a repayment program and settle your debts for...