A Tradition Of Caring And Compassionate Representation For Staten Islanders
When the market was high, he decided to cash in on his long hours and hard work to protect his family for the future. The bank offered him a refinance to obtain $300,000. He used it to buy an investment property, to generate income for his retirement. He worked 12...
His loan had matured last year and the bank presented him with a six-month extension, while they evaluated a new loan. He couldn't decide what to do. I evaluated his situation and recommended that he provide an accurate financial statement with his application, and...
Times are hard, and your paycheck seems to stretch thinner each week. Your mortgage, medical bills and credit card debt would be burden enough, but the student loans overwhelm you. Perhaps they are from your own education, but more than likely, you took them on for...
If the business world were perfect, two parties would enter into an agreement, and the agreement would be upheld without an issue. However, the world is not perfect, and business disputes are inevitable, including breaches of contract. If a breach of contract takes...
He retired several years ago and leased out his medallion to the garage, which got him drivers and a steady stream of income to pay his note, with change to spare. Now that the market has crashed and there are fewer fares it is hard to to find people to lease to....
Years ago when he refinanced his loan, he signed all documents requested at the closing. One of the documents was a "Waiver of Right to an Attorney". Another was a "Confession of Judgment". He didn't really understand what it meant. Now that he can't afford to make...
"I got your name last night at Kennedy Airport while the drivers were talking, waiting for fares. Someone else had been to see you and gave me your number." That is how our meeting started when he arrived with his older cousin and another relative, all taxi medallion...
His Divorce Lawyer suggested he call me about a bankruptcy to deal with $125,000 in credit card debt. It sounded like a good idea, but there were hidden risks that nobody else had noticed. Although he was a half owner of the former marital residence, and would have...
A cancer diagnosis can have you worrying about more than getting well. Recent studies by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research show that one third of all cancer patients who are below retirement age incur debt because of their treatments. You may be among...
They filed for bankruptcy with another attorney to stop collection efforts on three judgments entered against them. They expected that all judgments were taken care of. Their original attorney never let them know that the judgment had become liens which would survive...
