Even if a debtor filed for bankruptcy in response to a judgment against him and possessed significant assets, the district court did not err in finding that the debtor did not file for bankruptcy in bad faith. Background Appellee Peter ...

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An Arlington County lawyer was held in contempt by a judge and then reprimanded by the Virginia State Bar for trying to collect fees from a former client in violation of a bankruptcy stay. Tara E. Steinnerd agreed to the ...

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A bankruptcy judge has refused to allow a lawyer to discharge debts to a bonding company because the debts were caused by the lawyer’s defalcation in handling fiduciary accounts. In 2013, Manassas attorney Timothy A. Ward was suspended from law ...

Tagged with: Bankruptcy Judge Keith L. Phillips U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Bate Land Co. LP v. Bate Land & Timber LLC (VLW No. 017-2-211, 21 pp.) (Duncan, J.) 16-2037; Dec. 6, 2017; USDC at Wilmington, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: The bankruptcy court has specialized expertise in valuing property, and ...

Tagged with: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Bankruptcy Judge Allyson K. Duncan

A Roanoke area lawyer is accused of concealing a horse-show lifestyle involving thousands of dollars in spending for show ponies and other high life expenses when she and her husband filed for bankruptcy three years ago. In the face of ...

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An Alexandria lawyer who pursued collection efforts after a tenant filed for bankruptcy has been hit with $5,000 in punitive damages for what the judge labeled “flagrant violations” of legal protections for debtors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin R. Huennekens said ...

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A former Virginia lawyer seeking to regain his license cannot dis­charge his financial obligation to the Virginia State Bar in bank­ruptcy court, a judge has ruled. Martinsville’s Rickey Gene Young has been trying to return to the ranks of Virginia ...

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Struggling con­sumers in­creasingly are seeking finan­cial help from online lenders, but consumer lawyers warn the relief may be only temporary. High interest rates and fees, levied through relentless bank with­drawals, sometimes bring consumers to the bankruptcy they hoped to avoid, ...

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A government contractor that faced federal charges after disregarding lawyers’ advice on use of prohib­ited employees failed to prove a legal malpractice claim against its law firm, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. The decision absolved a now-defunct Washington firm of ...

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A recently launched net­work of bankruptcy law­yers billed as a “nation­wide online law firm” is under fire in a Virginia court. A regional U.S. Bankruptcy Trustee is suing a network of entities operating as “UpRight Law,” including two of the ...

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