What Not to Do After a Motor Vehicle Accident

Mistakes to Avoid to Maximize Your Recovery If you’re hurt in an automobile accident because of someone else’s negligence, you have the right to file...

Can You Modify a Divorce Decree in Texas?

How Do You Amend a Divorce Order? What Must You Show? Suppose you make it through the divorce process and have custody, visitation, and support...

The Squeaky Wheel

I recently listened to a leadership expert address the challenge of dealing with the “squeaky wheel” in your organization. A squeaky wheel is a person...

Saving Your Home: The Amazing Chapter 13 Second Mortgage Lien Strip

If you have a second (or third) mortgage and your home is worth no more than the balance on your first mortgage, that second (or...

Who Can You Trust?

We have learned over the years to be skeptical. We have been mislead so frequently that our expectations have been permanently altered. Advertising has promised...

K-Visas

Hello, my name is Andrés Martínez, Immigration Attorney here at Bailey & Galyen. February is the month of love. But many Americans are not able...

Michigan Bankruptcy Firm files for Bankruptcy?

As strange a headline as it may appear, it is true. A top Michigan Bankruptcy firm, Frego & Associates, has filed for bankruptcy. It may...

Saving Your Home: “Avoiding” Judgment Liens with Either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13

Judgment liens on your home are traps waiting to be tripped. An extra and underappreciated benefit of filing for bankruptcy is that most of the...

What Is a Debt Owed for “Fraud in a Fiduciary Capacity”?

You can’t discharge debts “for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary relationship, embezzlement, or larceny.” What do these include? This is the last...

Military PIP

Hello, my name is Andrés Martínez, Immigration attorney here at Bailey and Galyen. Today, I want to talk to you about Military Parole in Place,...

Saving Your Home: The Benefits of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

If you are facing an imminent home foreclosure, Chapter 7 bankruptcy usually buys you relatively little time, but may be enough for what you need....

Student Loan Crises and Bankruptcy

This is not an article that is designed to tell you that Bankruptcy can solve your student loan problems. Quite to the contrary, Bankruptcy cannot...