Avoid Mistakes When Planning and Filing Virginia Bankruptcy Cases

The best-planned bankruptcy cases go unnoticed. A few debtors glide through the system without attracting attention and receive full discharges in record time. Luck is not involved, but rather each successful debtor begins planning strategically a few weeks or months in advance. These debtors know something that you don’t.

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New York Bankruptcy Resources - Credit Counseling

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Recent Notable Opinions of the Supreme Court of The United States:

Lamie v. United States, No. 02-693 (2009), Argued November 10, 2008, Decided January 26, 2009, CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT.

Before 1994, Sec. 330(a) of the Bankruptcy Code authorized a judge to award a trustee, an examiner, a professional,  or to the debtor's attorney (1) reasonable fees and compensation for services rendered by such trustee, examiner, professional person, or attorney. In 1994, Congress amended the Code with a reform Act. The Government objected to the application. Petitioner admitted he was not employed by the trustee and approved by the court under Sec. 327, but nonetheless contended Sec. 330(a) authorized a fee award to him because he was a debtor's attorney. In denying petitioner's application, the Bankruptcy Court, District Court, and Fourth Circuit all held that in a chapter 7 proceeding Sec. 330(a)(1) does not authorize payment of attorney's fees unless the attorney has been appointed under Sec. 327. Held: under the Code's plain language, Sec. 330(a)(1) does not authorize compensation awards to debtors' attorneys from estate funds, unless they are employed as authorized by Sec. 327. If the attorney is to be paid from estate funds under Sec. 330(a)(1) in a chapter 7 case, he must be employed by the trustee and approved by the court.

The resources we list relate in some way to filing New York Bankruptcy, whether laws, discharge, reorganization or other topics . Vast bodies of law apply to New York Bankruptcy proceedings and are incorporated by the courts within each case. As New York Bankruptcy laws are enacted each year, the scope of this website continues to grow.