Category Archives: Financial Life in General

Teach Your Children About Debt

Can to teach your children about debt? As a twenty first century American debt is something that we all know about. I am in debt. You are in debt. Our government gives a whole new meaning to the word debt. What we need to do is teach our children to avoid it and to respect…

Teach Your Children About Money

How can you teach your chilren about money?  Very few parents teach their children about money. This might be because never in their lives have they ever experienced, or even seen true prosperity. In my experience as a Cleveland bankruptcy attorney I have represented three generations in the same family. The cases were within weeks…

File Bankruptcy And Get A New Car.

File Bankruptcy and get a new car. Heard it before haven’t you?  Doesn’t even sound right, does it? Even worse, you’ve heard about, or you have seen other people who file bankruptcy, and the next thing you know they are tooling around town in a brand new car. How can all this be? They are…

End Unemployment In Small Steps

Unemployment has been in the news this past week. The U.S. Senate finally passed an extension of unemployment benefits. The President promptly signed it into law. This is certainly an issue that is near and dear to many of my bankruptcy clients. One or both of the wage earners in many of my client’s households…

Credit Card Bailout Lie

Credit Card Bailout is a mean, nasty lie.  It is nothing but a personal affront to you at a time you are most vulnerable and desperate for good news. Last night I sat in my family room watching episodes of my favorite television series.  One was on that I had never seen before so I was not…