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Special thanks to the following bankruptcy attorneys for their help with the technical aspects of the cartoon:
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Like this cartoon? Want a customized version for your blog or to use as a greeting card? We’ll be doing a Christmas/Chanukah holiday cartoon as well. So get in touch now to place your order if you’d like a customized holiday cartoon image to share with your clients.
(We’re just getting started with all the creative potential and possibilities. So stay tuned for more or feel free to contact us to discuss your own ideas.)
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FYI, this cartoon also appears in the Fall 2009 issue of the newsletter for the Bankruptcy Section of the State Bar of Texas along with a nice profile about the Bankruptcy Bill cartoons written by Eric Van Horn, a bankruptcy lawyer with Dallas firm Rochelle McCullough LLP and the writer of the Chapter 8 humor columns in the ABI Journal. Also, thanks to Judge Alan S. Trust of the Eastern District of New York for his article in the Summer 2009 issue of the Bankruptcy Section newsletter (”Robes Without Stripes”) which provided helpful cultural background for the cartoon.
Highlights of the conference included:
Learning that both Professor Jay Westbrook and Judge Keith Lundin both have extensive collection of bankruptcy-related cartoons, and that both Texas and Tennesse have had bands comprised of musical bankruptcy judges who like to write and play bankruptcy-related songs.
Judge Lundin’s monogrammed bowling shirt with “High on BAPCPA” on the back.
Having a chance to meet so many wonderful folks on my first-ever visit to the Great State of Texas. The conference had an extremely friendly and collegial atmosphere, and everyone from associates to partners to judges were accessible and enjoyable to meet.
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Below are some useful posts from bankruptcy lawyer blogs on the topics of mortgages, foreclosure, loan modification and the Making Homes Affordable Program. (Go to the BK Lawyer Blogs page on this site to see a full state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyer blogs. And get in touch if you have a blog and don’t see it listed.)
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For a more in depth explanation of the automatic stay, have a look at the Wikipedia entry. Also see posts on the topics of automatic stay and debt collection by the following bankruptcy lawyers on their blogs:
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Below are some helpful posts from bankruptcy lawyer blogs on the topics of mortgages, foreclosure, loan modification and the Making Homes Affordable Program. Go to the BK Lawyer Blogs page on this site to see a full state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyer blogs. (And get in touch if you have a blog and don’t see it listed.)
Update 9.10.09: There’s a great piece on NPR about foreclosures and the black-box decision making process regarding loan modifications (”Major Banks Still Grappling with Foreclosure“). At one point, there’s a clip of reporter Chris Arnold in the Bank of America call center, listening over the shoulder of a call center rep who tells a homeowner they’re not eligible for a loan modification. Arnold questions the rep and receives a not so satisfying explanation. The issue is raised with the supervisors and it turns out the homeowner was in fact eligible for a loan modification. How frequently is this scenario replaying itself?
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*Correction: The cartoon previously referred incorrectly to a “Chapter 7 repayment plan.” Apologies for the confusion.
Below are some helpful posts from bankruptcy lawyer blogs on the topics of unemployment, median income and the means test. Go to the BK Lawyer Blogs page on this site to see a full state-by-state list of bankruptcy lawyer blogs. (And get in touch if you have a blog and don’t see it listed.)
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Apologies to everyone whose blog was previously included here. We're having some technical problems with a bunch of the rss feeds (tricky little things) and the feeds weren't working for a number of blogs. Hence the removal of them from the sidebar for the time being. We're working on getting them up and running again.