Miami Lawyers

  • Car Loans and Bankruptcy: How to Keep Your Car

    Filing for bankruptcy? Keep your car but understand car loans, equity, and reaffirmation agreements for cosigners.

  • How I Used a Personal Loan to Improve My Credit Score

    Struggling with credit after foreclosure, I used personal loans to rebuild and improve my credit score.

  • Managing Medical Debt: Bankruptcy vs. Consolidation (Insights from a Law Professor)

    Craig from Naples, Florida inquires about the best option for his wife: debt consolidation or bankruptcy. Considering her ongoing medical treatments and substantial medical bills, bankruptcy may be the more suitable choice. Bankruptcy eligibility, dischargeable debts, and individual circumstances should be evaluated with the assistance of a local attorney for personalized advice.

  • Does Filing for Bankruptcy Wipe Out My Mortgage

    Bankruptcy and mortgages are complex. Chapter 13 lien stripping can reduce a second mortgage, but secured debt isn’t discharged. Get expert legal help.

  • Avoid the Pitfalls of Balance Transfers

    Balance transfers can reduce debt faster and save money, but read the fine print carefully.

  • Business Bankruptcies Up 72%: Professor Explains the Crisis

    Business and consumer bankruptcies are rising post-COVID, with significant increases in Chapter 11 filings.

  • Crucial Update: Navigating the SAVE Plan for Student Loan Forgiveness in Late 2025

    New student loan forgiveness updates announced, including the Saving on a Valuable Education Plan.

  • Understanding Nondischargeable Debts in Bankruptcy

    Bankruptcy doesn’t eliminate all debts; criminal fraud, back taxes, and domestic support obligations are non-dischargeable.

  • Understanding Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Exemptions

    Chapter 7 bankruptcy offers debt relief through exemptions and a means test, protecting assets from liquidation.

  • A Fresh Start: The Mission of Bankruptcy.blog

    Learn the mission behind Bankruptcy.blog, a national attorney‑authored platform providing clear, accessible bankruptcy education.

  • The Rise of Aggressive Collection by the Treasury Department

    The Department of Education is officially initiating the student loan transfer to Treasury collections. As the SAVE plan ends, learn how the OBBBA and the new 30-year repayment terms impact your financial survival. Prof. Hernandez breaks down the Treasury’s “hired muscle” tactics.

  • The Foreclosure Surge. How Tenants Can Stay in the Property

    As foreclosures rise 20%, tenants face a dilemma: who gets the rent? Prof. Hernandez explains your legal rights and how to handle the assignment of rents.

  • Sinking in Car Debt? How the Chapter 13 Cramdown Rescues You From Long-Term Car Loans

    Bankruptcy Attorney & Law Professor Hernandez analyzes the 100-month car loan debt trap and how the Chapter 13 cramdown can reduce negative equity to fair market value.

  • The Forever Car Loan: Why Stretching Your Term is a Financial Trap

    Prof. Hernandez analyzes why 100-month car loans are a financial trap. Discover the “Double Sting” of reaffirmation agreements and how bankruptcy provides a clean exit

  • Personal Injury Settlements: Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy

    Prof. Hernandez explains how personal injury settlements are treated in Chapter 7 liquidation vs. Chapter 13 reorganization, including the Liquidation Test.

  • How Personal Injury Settlements Move Through a Bankruptcy Case

    Learn how the process of a PI settlement moves through a bankruptcy case and why the Trustee oversees every step. Understand what the bankruptcy Trustee requires and how the process affects your claim

  • Protecting Your Recovery: Personal Injury Settlements and the Bankruptcy Estate

    Can you keep your personal injury settlement in bankruptcy? Prof. Hernandez analyzes 11 U.S.C. § 522(d)(11)(D), state exemptions, and strategic alternatives to filing.

  • The AI Economy and the Looming “Dot-Com” Reckoning

    Prof. Hernandez analyzes the AI profitability paradox, the “Dot-Com” reckoning, and why the death of the tax base threatens the future of the middle class.

  • Does Bankruptcy Stop Eviction? The Pre vs. Post-Judgment Rule

    Bankruptcy Attorney & Law Professor explains when bankruptcy stops eviction, how the pre‑ vs. post‑judgment rule works, and when landlords can still proceed.

  • The Tenant in the Middle: What Happens When Your Landlord Files Bankruptcy?

    If your landlord files for bankruptcy, your lease doesn’t just disappear. Prof. Hernandez explains “accidental landlords,” escrow shock, and how Section 365(h) protects tenant rights during a filing.