Where a husband and wife initiated a Chapter 7 bankruptcy action to halt the sale of their home in a foreclosure commenced when the wife failed to make payments ordered in her prior Chapter 13 bankruptcy case, the wife could ...

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A woman seeking to discharge her student loans failed to provide evidence that repayment of her debt would cause an “undue hardship.” Background On Nov. 13, 2011, Wanda Lipscomb Menefee and her husband, Frank Hoehl Menefee, Jr., filed a voluntary ...

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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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Good judges, good law­yers and a well-oiled legal system are prov­ing to be an attractive combination at the U.S. Bankrupt­cy Court in Richmond. Struggling corporations seeking sanc­tuary from creditors are coming to Rich­mond in greater numbers these days, passing by ...

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Debtor’s former wife loses her claim in Richmond U.S. Bankruptcy Court for damages under an Indemnity Provision of the parties’ 2009 Property Settle­ment Agreement, as she failed to show the Indemnity Provision was an agree­ment in the nature of alimony, ...

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A veteran Richmond area bank­ruptcy lawyer – suspended last year for mishandling client money – now has been disbarred amid allegations that she drained her law office bank accounts and snatched office equipment to avoid creditors. Nnika E. White has ...

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A former bankruptcy lawyer permanently barred from eastern Virginia bankruptcy courts is asking a judge to allow the possibility of his return to practice. Even if the federal judge agrees, several hurdles confront Kenneth W. Paciocco, who was disbarred by ...

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Concluding that a Richmond lawyer continued to practice in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court after being suspended by the Virginia State Bar, a bankruptcy judge has exiled the lawyer from that court permanently. The judge found that attorney Kenneth W. Paciocco ...

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A Richmond U.S. Bankruptcy Court denies a stay to BB&T Trust Company and BB&T Equipment Finance Corporation pending appeal of this court’s order approving Debtor in Possession financing in this chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding filed by debtor Health Diagnostic Laboratory ...

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A Richmond U.S. Bankruptcy Court allows a chapter 11 debtor to claim an exemption in a rollover IRA account, despite an objection from MT Technology Enterprises LLC. The court took under advisement whether a “prohibited transaction” as defined by 26 ...

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