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.

  • How the National Debt is Forcing Consumers into Debt and Bankruptcy

    How the national debt raises borrowing costs, shrinks household budgets, and pushes families toward Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

  • Avoidance, Abandonment, and the Scope of Bankruptcy Trustee Powers

    Learn the Chapter 7 trustee’s powers: understand the one-year insider look-back, post-petition freezes, and statutory abandonment.

  • Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Car Loans: Can You Keep Your Vehicle?

    Worried about your vehicle? Learn how Chapter 7 exemptions protect your car loan, how a trustee buy-back works, and the real financial risks of reaffirming.

  • Bankruptcy Code Structure: The Different Chapters Explained | Prof. Hernandez

    Learn about the U.S. Bankruptcy Code structure from Chapter 7 to Chapter 13. Featured in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by Prof. Hernandez.

  • Can You Go to Jail for Debt? The Reality of Debtors’ Prisons

    Debunk the debtors’ prison myth. Learn how aggressive creditors exploit state-court contempt loops to trigger civil arrest warrants, and how to stop them.

  • Why You Should Never File for Bankruptcy on Payday

    Filing bankruptcy on payday is a costly mistake. Learn how the snapshot rule under 11 U.S.C. §541 can trap your paycheck and trigger avoidable financial loss.

  • Why Chapter 7 Liquidations Are Outpacing Chapter 13 Cases

    Chapter 7 filings are growing at triple the rate of Chapter 13. Learn how escrow shock and the $18.8T household‑debt crisis are driving a wave of liquidations.

  • The Hidden Risk of Passive Business Ownership in Consumer Bankruptcy

    Does bankruptcy put a relative’s business at risk if your name is on the paperwork? Bankruptcy attorney & law professor Prof. Hernandez analyzes passive equity.

  • The Statutory Distribution of Debt in Bankruptcy

    A clear guide to how bankruptcy distributes debt, from priority claims to Chapter 13 feasibility and the liquidation test that protects unsecured creditors.

  • The Redfin Delisting Surge: The  “Buying Time” Strategy

    Redfin data shows a surge in delistings as homeowners try to “buy time.” This article explains the risks of becoming an accidental landlord in a tightening economy.