Tax and Bankruptcy Lawyer for Business Trust and Income Tax • Video

Tax and Bankruptcy Lawyer for Business Trust and Income Tax

Nick Thompson, a tax and bankruptcy lawyer is a former assistant attorney general who worked for the tax department. At that time, he was assigned to prosecute business, trust, and individual tax cases in West Virginia. (Nick’s license is number 51 before the US Tax Court in Washington DC.) What’s even more impressive that Nick […]

Kentucky 60 Year Debt Collection Statute of Limitation

60 years statute of limitation in kentucky

Recently we were asked a question on Avvo about whether a debt collector can collect on an overdraft checking account after seven years. This person ran up overdraft charges, and USAA bank was holding him accountable on a checking account on the check. He asked if there was limited consumer protection in Kentucky state laws […]

How to Stop Federal Student Loan Wage Garnishment • Video

How to Stop Federal Student Loan Wage Garnishment

Private student loans must go to court to garnish wages. Many defenses exist to defeat their lawsuits, such as the statute of limitations. But federal student loans have the right to start a garnishment without going through the first step of filing a lawsuit. Also, there are statutes that avoid many defenses like the statute […]

Student Loan Statute of Limitations • Video

Student Loan Statute of Limitations

There is no statute of limitations for government student loans. Federal Student loans are exempt from the state statute of limitations because of Section 484A(a) of the Higher Education Action and 20 U.S.C. § 1091a(a). However, Private student loans are subject to the statute of limitations and all the same defenses that any other contract […]

Why Review a Chapter 13 Schedule of Allowed Claims?

Why review a Chapter 13 Schedule of Allowed Claims?

About 1-2 months after your 341 or confirmation hearing in the Western District of Kentucky your attorney must file a “Schedule of Allowed Claims”. However, we always require clients to look over claims together with us in advance of this filing. Unless you look over the claims with your attorney, it’s just a list of […]