For years, Bankruptcy Lawyer Robert Weed has had the lowest rate of bankruptcies dismissed among Northern Virginia bankruptcy lawyers. Because more of our bankruptcies get discharged--that means the debts are cleared--we had the most bankruptcies approved in 2018. Even though we were third in the total number of cases. The busiest bankruptcy lawyer in Northern Virginia filed 126 more cases than we did, but he had 45 fewer approved! He had 188 dismissed. We had 17. His dismis

Where to park for your bankruptcy hearing. Hint: NOT at the Fairfax Court House

Last month I was on Capitol Hill, with a couple dozen bankruptcy lawyers, talking to people about H.R. 770, a bill to restore the bankruptcy discharge for student loans. I think we are getting some momentum to go back to the law before 1979, when student loans could be cleared in bankruptcy like any other debt. One important Congressman pushing that idea is Rep. John Katko, R-NY. Rep. Katko is important because he has been very active on the student loans issue for several y