In April 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated a bankruptcy court judgment allowing a judgment debtor a $ 100,000...

On August 31, 2018, this office secured a state court ruling assigning a judgment debtor’s earnings from the practice of law and an...

Rochelle's Daily Wire ("RDW") is a publication of the American Bankruptcy Institute. Distributed each weekday by email, RDW reaches...

It was Friday the 13th of April... and bad luck for U.S. District Judge David O. Carter of the Central District of California and Judge...

In California, as elsewhere, a debtor's claim to a homestead exemption is essentially a "holy cow." This office has now scrapped with two...

After five years of litigation and three days of trial, this office secured a ruling denying a discharge in bankruptcy to an attorney who...

Law v. Siegel, - U.S. -, 134 S.Ct. 1188 (2014), holds that bankruptcy courts may not use their equitable powers to contravene the...

An attorney named Kevan Gilman filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.  Relying on California law, he asserted he was disabled and claimed an...