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Woodland Hills Foreclosures through April 2011
I have a bankruptcy law satellite office in Woodland Hills, CA. It used to be the case that debtors in the Antelope Valley filed bankruptcy in the Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court. This is not the case any longer as residents of the Antelope Valley now file bankruptcy downtown. Anyway, I thought it would be instructive [...]
Read MoreLancaster Foreclosures through April 2011
Foreclosures in Lancaster, CA in a similar fashion to foreclosures in Palmdale and other areas of the Antelope Valley are trending downward. Lancaster as you might know is the home of my main law office where I specialize in bankruptcy practice even while I have expanded to other areas of the law. Notices of Default [...]
Read MorePalmdale Foreclosures through April 2011
Foreclosures filings in Palmdale, CA including Notices of Default and Notices of Sale are trending downward and hopefully, this will alleviate some of the stress that compels many of my clients to file bankruptcy in Palmdale. Notice of Default filings were down 30.49% (223 to 155) from the prior month and 38.00% from the prior [...]
Read MoreBad Credit, Security Clearance and Bankruptcy at Edwards Airforce Base
Having bad credit can cause your security clearance to go down. In some cases, this can put you in jeopardy of losing your job. As a bankruptcy attorney, I have represented over 20 individual debtors from Edwards Air force Base to protect the security clearance that is vital to their job and livelihood. According to [...]
Read MoreWoodland Hills Bankruptcy Court in the San Fernando Valley
The Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court in the San Fernando Valley is divisional office of the United States Bankruptcy Court – Central Division of California. I also sometimes refer to as the San Fernando Valley Bankruptcy Court. The Woodland Hills Bankruptcy Court is located near Warner Center on Burbank Blvd. between Canoga Ave and De Soto Ave. In [...]
Read MoreLancaster Branch of the Los Angeles County Law Library
The Lancaster Regional Library is in partnership with the LA Law Library to offer our community throughout the Antelope Valley access to free legal research. This can be of significant value as you do your own research on any number of legal issues including what we discuss most often around here: filing your bankruptcy. At [...]
Read More2010 Updated Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Petition Example
The example of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition which I previously posted has been updated as of April 2010 and can be found below. This filled out example has replaced the sample chapter 7 bankruptcy petition I lecture from at my self-help desk at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Woodland Hills. In this difficult 2010 [...]
Read MoreDay at the Historic Riverside County Courthouse
I was at the Riverside County Courthouse a week or so ago at 4050 Main St., Riverside, CA, 92521-0113. It is a very neat historic building and an icon of an era near the turn of last century where Riverside was one of the wealthiest counties in the State of California. The courthouse was built [...]
Read MoreFar From Bankrupt on Ideas, Artist Community in Lancaster, California Wins 2010 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award
The American Institute of Architects awarded Arbor Lofts, a 21 unit affordable housing for artists in Lancaster, California, the HUD Secretary’s Award for “Creating Community Connection.” While the community in Lancaster and the Antelope Valley continues putter along in difficult economic times, it is encouraging to have the community acknowledged for an innovative design. Indeed, [...]
Read MoreSo YOU Think Bankruptcy Stinks?
Despite a profound need for bankruptcy protection, you might still be thinking. . . Bankruptcy Stinks! Clint Jolly’s food store in Sparks, Nev., has proved the point in explicitly odorous terms. Clint Jolly sought Chapter 11 bankrupty protection in 2008. Eventually, they were forced to turn everything over to the bankruptcy trustee and the bank [...]
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