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Law Offices of James W. Bates A Professional Corporation

5.0
1 Review

  • 1055 E. Colorado Blvd., 5th Floor, Pasadena, CA 91106-2327

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • AV Rated Firm Representing Businesses, Banks & Individuals in Real Estate, Business & Construction Matters

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Bordeaux Law, P.C.

4.9
55 Reviews

  • 1275 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA 91106

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF BANKRUPTCY. Turn to a local bankruptcy attorney with 20+ years of experience. Call Today.

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Clifford Sculley Bordeaux
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SRG Law Group A Professional Law Corporation

4.1
19 Reviews

  • 221 East Walnut Street, Suite 227, Pasadena, CA 91101+2 locations

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • We are the Inland Empire's Premier Law Firm for Business, Litigation, and Family Legal Matters. Free Consultation with Attorney, Hablamos Espanol.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBusiness Law, Business and Civil Litigation, and 134 more

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Gumport Law Firm, PC

5.0
1 Review

  • 225 South Lake Avenue, Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Preeminent Litigation Firm, Concentrating in Bankruptcy and Business Litigation, Internal Investigations, and Mediation.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersCommercial Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, and 3 more

Leonard Gumport
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Larson & Gaston, LLP

4.7
12 Reviews

  • 200 South Los Robles Avenue, Suite 530, Pasadena, CA 91101

  • Law Firm with 5 lawyers2 awards

  • Experienced. Efficient. Effective.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersTransportation Law, Labor and Employment, and 27 more

John Larson
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Bovitz & Spitzer

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers1 award

  • In 1991, J. Scott Bovitz and Susan M. Spitzer formed Bovitz & Spitzer (bankruptcy law firm).Our attorneys appear in bankruptcy courts in all divisions of the Central District of... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBankruptcy Chapter 7, Bankruptcy Chapter 11, and 22 more

Susan Michelle Spitzer
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Kaplan Trope & Gekht

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 6 lawyers1 award

  • A law firm practicing bankruptcy law.

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Drorit Raiter
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Law Offices of Fernando J. Bernheim, APC

4.8
58 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers3 awards

  • Upland, California Law Firm Committed to Client Service. The Law Offices of Fernando J. Bernheim is committed to providing professional legal services and aggressive representation... Read More

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  • Free Consultation

  • Offers Video

Christina Bernheim
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Larson & Gaston, LLP

4.7
12 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 5 lawyers2 awards

  • Experienced. Efficient. Effective.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersTransportation Law, Labor and Employment, and 27 more

John Larson
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Olson Law Firm

4.7
26 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer2 awards

  • Experienced Real Estate, Business Litigation, and Collections Law Firm; Reasonable Rates. Our Attorney is also a Licensed Real Estate Broker. Call 866-755-1959 for a Free and... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersReal Estate, General Litigation, and 287 more

  • Free Consultation

Shawn M. Olson
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Law Offices of Samer Habbas & Associates, PC

4.5
2 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 12 lawyers2 awards

  • Over 50 Million Recovered--Our firm is experienced in injury matters & understands the difficult time you're going through. We'll guide you through the process and... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersAirbnb Accident, Amazon Delivery Truck Accident, and 51 more

  • Free Consultation

Scott Hanssler
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JDM, A Professional Corporation

4.9
18 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers2 awards

  • "Big Firm" Representation at "Small Firm" Rates. Although We Have Over 60 Years Of Trial Experience, We Strive to Find Creative Business Resolutions To Disputes... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBusiness Litigation, Complex Business Litigation, and 82 more

  • Free Consultation

Dennis V. Menke
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Thompson & Colegate LLP

4.6
25 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 11 lawyers2 awards

  • Thompson & Colegate LLP traces its history to 1915 when the firm was known as Craig, Sarau & Thompson. These partners took office space in downtown Riverside, California. In 1916,... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersCivil Litigation, Trial Practice, and 29 more

Trevor Daniel DeBus
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Law Offices of Vincent B. Garcia & Associates

4.6
26 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • Spanish speaking clients welcome

  • Bankruptcy LawyersDivorce, Paternity, and 12 more

Vincent Barney Garcia
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Law Offices of James W. Bates A Professional Corporation

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • AV Rated Firm Representing Businesses, Banks & Individuals in Real Estate, Business & Construction Matters

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBank Collections, Bank Foreclosures, and 56 more

James Bates
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Frandzel Robins Bloom & Csato, L.C.

4.8
20 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 25 lawyers2 awards

  • Legal Counsel & Litigation Services for Financial Institutions and Businesses.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersLitigation, Legal Counsel, and 47 more

Marshall J. August
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Law Offices of Bruce A. Mandel

2.5
15 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer2 awards

  • Our firm specializes in divorce and legal separation proceedings, paternity cases, custody, visitation, child and spousal support, characterization and division of assets and... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersFamily Law, Divorce, and 4 more

  • Free Consultation

Bruce A. Mandel
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FLP Law Group LLP

4.8
70 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 5 lawyers2 awards

  • Top Rated Business & Bankruptcy Attorneys Los Angeles

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBusiness Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, and 14 more

Alan Forsley
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Dixon & Daley, LLP

4.3
13 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 4 lawyers2 awards

  • Serving all your legal and Los Angeles Workers Comp needs in California. Over 30-yrs of winning for you! Call Our Firm Now 442-677-4006.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersWorkers Compensation, Personal Injury, and 103 more

  • Free Consultation

Keith Daley
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Resnik Hayes Moradi LLP

4.9
11 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 7 lawyers2 awards

  • Top Rated Bankruptcy & Personal Injury Lawyers in Los Angeles. Our clients are our #1 priority! We continue to overachieve with excellence and our clients get the service they... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBankruptcy Chapter 7, Bankruptcy Chapter 11, and 18 more

  • Free Consultation

Matt D. Resnik
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Johnson Oakleaf, APC

4.9
30 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers2 awards

  • Johnson Oakleaf, APC, located in Long Beach, provides skillful legal representation to persons throughout Los Angeles, Long Beach and Orange County. With more than 60 years of... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersConstruction and Development, Non performance and Non Payment, and 32 more

Ann Oakleaf
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Gumport Law Firm, PC

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • Preeminent Litigation Firm, Concentrating in Bankruptcy and Business Litigation, Internal Investigations, and Mediation.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersCommercial Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation, and 3 more

Leonard Gumport
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Metaverse Justice Group

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer

  • Fast, Affordable, and Compassionate Service for over 20 Years

  • Bankruptcy LawyersEstate Planning, Adoptions, and 6 more

John Iaccarino
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Bordeaux Law, P.C.

4.9
55 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer3 awards

  • TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF BANKRUPTCY. Turn to a local bankruptcy attorney with 20+ years of experience. Call Today.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBankruptcy Chapter 7, Bankruptcy Chapter 11, and 10 more

Clifford Sculley Bordeaux
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Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP

4.8
44 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 27 lawyers1 award

  • We are a business and entertainment law firm, with a particular focus in the Real Estate, Finance and Entertainment industries. Our clients trust us to achieve their objectives by... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersAppellate, Corporate Governance, and 5 more

Eric Anderson
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L. Dominic Chacon

5.0
2 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • We are a firm that focuses on Family and Criminal defense. You will work with Mr. Chacon personally. Located in West Covina and handle cases at all courts in L.A., Orange,... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersDivorce, Child Custody, and 60 more

  • Free Consultation

  • Offers Video

L. Dominic Chacon
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Pisegna & Zimmerman, LLC

Not yet reviewed

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers

  • Social Security Disability, Personal Injury, Bankruptcy. Full-service law firm dedicated to obtaining the maximum amount of compensation from all available sources. 60 years of... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersSocial Security Disability, Benefits Eligibility, and 22 more

Lorraine Decristo
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Lurie & Associates

4.3
52 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 2 lawyers2 awards

  • We Position You For The Best Possible Results - Whether In Settlement Or Trial. The firm is committed to providing top level client service.

  • Bankruptcy LawyersBusiness Law, Breach of Contract, and 27 more

Barak Lurie
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Law Offices of Stephenson, Acquisto & Colman

4.9
18 Reviews

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 16 lawyers2 awards

  • The Leader in Healthcare Reimbursement Law. SAC specializes in addressing reimbursement issues relating to claim denials and contract disputes with Commercial and GOVT payors by... Read More

  • Bankruptcy LawyersHealth Care, Managed Care and Commercial Insurance Representation, and 15 more

George Colman
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Law Offices of Michael Goch A Professional Corporation

5.0
1 Review

  • Serving Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles County, California

  • Law Firm with 1 lawyer1 award

  • California Civil Litigator

  • Bankruptcy LawyersCivil Litigation, Administrative Law-Licensing, and 2 more

  • Free Consultation

Michael Goch
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Would my privately funded student loan be dischargeable in the bankruptcy?

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Answered by attorney Kathryn Ursula Tokarska (Unclaimed Profile)
Bankruptcy lawyer at Law Offices of Kathryn Tokarska
Generally, student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy unless in addition to filing bankruptcy you file a separate suit in bankruptcy court and successfully prove "undue hardship". You'll either need to speak with an attorney about this or do some extensive research on what qualifies as an "undue hardship" and how to prove it. Congress did not define the term. Most jurisdictions subscribe to the test set out in Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp (46 B.R. 752). The burden on the debtor is extremely high with low success rates unless debtor is quite elderly or has a permanent disability that prevents her/him from working. To be honest, it might be difficult to find an attorney willing to take on such a case unless you have means to pay the legal fees and the quandary is that if you do how do you meet the test. Newly minted attorneys, while probably very sympathetic to your situation since many are burdened by huge student loan debts having realizing what struggle they created in their life by borrowing so much for their education unfortunately cannot work for free. Neither Congress nor local governments, at least none that I know of, allocated any funds for borrowers in these types of situations to get pro bono assistance while the creditors have the resources to retain counsel and fight back in the adversarial process, even willing to appeal an initial favorable decision. I don't want to discourage you from trying but this can be a very time consuming and expensive challenge to overcome. While federal loans offer alternative payments based on the amount of your debt and your income so that you can manage to stay current and keep your credit in good standing even if it means paying these loans for 25 years and getting hit with income taxes should you not pay off the entire balance. There is also Public Service Loan forgiveness for federal loans. But, since these are private loans, so private contracts, the government programs simply don't apply to these. Since 2005, a number of Bills have been proposed by some Democrats to make private loans dischargeable again without having to go through the adversarial process (after all even some income taxes are dischargeable and private loans are not tax payer backed, also of course for any normally dischargeable debt under the standard laws a creditor can file an adversary claiming fraud, if that is applicable to any particular situation, to challenge a discharge). But these Bills expired under each session and garner not a single supporter, as far as I know, in the Republican camp. I wish I had something better to tell you. We need a political solution, in other words, change in the laws. I read an article recently that talked about redefining the definition of what a "qualified student loan". Something like that could leave the Code as is but change the result for overburdened private loan borrowers. I ask anyone dealing with this situation to please contact their local representative and let them know that this is a problem for you and how it impacts you and your family. Perhaps more importantly since a representative could be more receptive to how this impacts the overall economic activity in general in their particular district point out how overburdened borrowers live as cheaply as possible and how that translates into lower contribution to the overall economy. The only other solution I can think in bankruptcy is to file a chapter 13, which would force a calculated payment that would be based on your income and living expenses considered reasonable and necessary under the bankruptcy rules. This of course is not a long term solution since the Plan can only be 5 years long and unless you attempt and succeed with an adversarial in this bankruptcy the debt would still survive the bankruptcy. Depending on your payment, the principal balance owed could be bigger at the end of the bankruptcy than it is now. This strategy would however st
Generally, student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy unless in addition to filing bankruptcy you file a separate suit in bankruptcy court and successfully prove "undue hardship". You'll either need to speak with an attorney about this or do some extensive research on what qualifies as an "undue hardship" and how to prove it. Congress did not define the term. Most jurisdictions subscribe to the test set out in Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp (46 B.R. 752). The burden on the debtor is extremely high with low success rates unless debtor is quite elderly or has a permanent disability that prevents her/him from working. To be honest, it might be difficult to find an attorney willing to take on such a case unless you have means to pay the legal fees and the quandary is that if you do how do you meet the test. Newly minted attorneys, while probably very sympathetic to your situation since many are burdened by huge student loan debts having realizing what struggle they created in their life by borrowing so much for their education unfortunately cannot work for free. Neither Congress nor local governments, at least none that I know of, allocated any funds for borrowers in these types of situations to get pro bono assistance while the creditors have the resources to retain counsel and fight back in the adversarial process, even willing to appeal an initial favorable decision. I don't want to discourage you from trying but this can be a very time consuming and expensive challenge to overcome. While federal loans offer alternative payments based on the amount of your debt and your income so that you can manage to stay current and keep your credit in good standing even if it means paying these loans for 25 years and getting hit with income taxes should you not pay off the entire balance. There is also Public Service Loan forgiveness for federal loans. But, since these are private loans, so private contracts, the government programs simply don't apply to these. Since 2005, a number of Bills have been proposed by some Democrats to make private loans dischargeable again without having to go through the adversarial process (after all even some income taxes are dischargeable and private loans are not tax payer backed, also of course for any normally dischargeable debt under the standard laws a creditor can file an adversary claiming fraud, if that is applicable to any particular situation, to challenge a discharge). But these Bills expired under each session and garner not a single supporter, as far as I know, in the Republican camp. I wish I had something better to tell you. We need a political solution, in other words, change in the laws. I read an article recently that talked about redefining the definition of what a "qualified student loan". Something like that could leave the Code as is but change the result for overburdened private loan borrowers. I ask anyone dealing with this situation to please contact their local representative and let them know that this is a problem for you and how it impacts you and your family. Perhaps more importantly since a representative could be more receptive to how this impacts the overall economic activity in general in their particular district point out how overburdened borrowers live as cheaply as possible and how that translates into lower contribution to the overall economy. The only other solution I can think in bankruptcy is to file a chapter 13, which would force a calculated payment that would be based on your income and living expenses considered reasonable and necessary under the bankruptcy rules. This of course is not a long term solution since the Plan can only be 5 years long and unless you attempt and succeed with an adversarial in this bankruptcy the debt would still survive the bankruptcy. Depending on your payment, the principal balance owed could be bigger at the end of the bankruptcy than it is now. This strategy would however st
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Should I close my business before I file for bankruptcy?

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Answered by attorney Mitchell Reed Sussman
Bankruptcy lawyer at Sussman Associates
Without telling me the balance due on the deed of trust, it is impossible to answer. However, I will assume that because you said it was your retirement that it is at lease $100,000. If that is so, you should not file chapter 7 as the trustee will take the asset from you to satisfy creditors.
Without telling me the balance due on the deed of trust, it is impossible to answer. However, I will assume that because you said it was your retirement that it is at lease $100,000. If that is so, you should not file chapter 7 as the trustee will take the asset from you to satisfy creditors.
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Is there such a thing as making too much to qualify for chapter 7 bankruptcy?

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Answered by attorney Jacob David Braunstein (Unclaimed Profile)
Bankruptcy lawyer at Jacob D. Braunstein, Attorney at Law
Eligibility for a Ch7 is based in large part on income. If a family's income is above the median income for a family of their size, they will likely be forced to file a Ch13 as opposed to a Ch7 bankruptcy.
Eligibility for a Ch7 is based in large part on income. If a family's income is above the median income for a family of their size, they will likely be forced to file a Ch13 as opposed to a Ch7 bankruptcy.
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