city of chicago Archives - Chicago Bankruptcy Lawyer LEEDERS LAW Thu, 21 Dec 2023 21:59:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://leederslaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-cropped-cropped-Leeders-Law-Logo-e1677182027648-1-32x32.png city of chicago Archives - Chicago Bankruptcy Lawyer 32 32 Bankruptcy Attorney in Chicago – Serving all 77 Neighborhoods https://leederslaw.com/bankruptcy-attorney-in-chicago-serving-all-77-neighborhoods https://leederslaw.com/bankruptcy-attorney-in-chicago-serving-all-77-neighborhoods#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2023 17:28:21 +0000 https://leederslaw.com/?p=1394 Leeders Law is available to represent you and file for bankruptcy in Chicago. We can handle all of the 77 Chicago neighborhoods and the Chicago suburbs.

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]]> Need an Bankruptcy Attorney in Chicago?  Leeders Law is happy to represent clients from every neighborhood in Chicago and surrounding suburbs.

No matter where you live, we can help represent you for a chapter 7 bankruptcy or chapter 13 bankruptcy.   Contract us today to schedule a free bankruptcy evaluation to see if bankruptcy is right for you.   We have convenient office locations and also offer phone and video consults as well.

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Chatham

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Roseland

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Schorsch Village

Scottsdale

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Streeterville

Tri-Taylor

Ukrainian Village

United Center

Uptown

Vittum Park

Washington Heights

West Elsdon

West Loop

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Westlawn

Wicker Park

Woodlawn

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]]> https://leederslaw.com/bankruptcy-attorney-in-chicago-serving-all-77-neighborhoods/feed 1 Bankruptcy filings expected to increase – FALL 2020 https://leederslaw.com/bankruptcy-filings-expected-to-increase-fall-2020 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:59:02 +0000 https://leederslaw.com/?p=899 I anticipate an uptick in bankruptcy business because Chicago Public Schools and many suburban schools are not doing in-person learning. Working parents will have to stay home or hire full time daycare to manage. This, on top of the CARES …

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]]> I anticipate an uptick in bankruptcy business because Chicago Public Schools and many suburban schools are not doing in-person learning. Working parents will have to stay home or hire full time daycare to manage. This, on top of the CARES Act unemployment benefits that have expired will put a financial strain on many households in the city and suburbs. If you know anyone struggling to pay their bills, let them know I can help.    

So many individuals and families are living paycheck to paycheck.  Thousands have lost their jobs do to Covid-19 closures.  Small businesses have had to close, with many having invested their life savings.    Landlords,  lenders and credit card companies who allowed for consumers to skip a few payments are now collecting on their balances, moving for evictions and are suing to collect the debt owed.  

Chapter 7 bankruptcy can help eliminate these debts allowing the stress of unpaid bills to be relieved.   Chapter 13 can restructure car loans, help consumers get current on their rent obligations and stop foreclosure as well.    The time to act is now, since there is an anticipated increase in bankruptcy cases coming this fall and winter.   I offer free phone and Zoom consultations to help provide a safe filing process for consumers.   If you know of anyone who is struggling, have them call me for a free consultation so I can show how I can make things a little easier during these troubling times.   Stay healthy, stay safe.   Terry

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]]> You will not get your car back by filing chapter 13 bankruptcy if the City seized your vehicle for unpaid tickets https://leederslaw.com/you-will-not-get-your-car-back-by-filing-chapter-13-bankruptcy-if-the-city-seized-your-vehicle-for-unpaid-tickets Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:56:00 +0000 Bad news for debtors. A recent ruling by Judge Cassling in Chicago, clarifies provisions of the automatic stay in regards to returns of vehicles that were taken pre-bankruptcy filing.  Bankruptcy Caption: In re Bianca L. AvilaBankruptcy No: 17 B 00870In this …

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]]> Bad news for debtors. 

A recent ruling by Judge Cassling in Chicago, clarifies provisions of the automatic stay in regards to returns of vehicles that were taken pre-bankruptcy filing.  

Bankruptcy Caption: In re Bianca L. Avila
Bankruptcy No: 17 B 00870

In this case, the city of Chicago seized the debtor’s vehicle prior to her filing a chapter 13 bankruptcy case.   She sought to have the court order the creditor to return the vehicle because of her chapter 13 bankruptcy case. 

Judge Cassling ruled that the exception to the automatic stay carved out by 11 U.S.C. § 362(b)(3), which reads  “does not operate as a stay—under subsection (a) of this section, of any act to perfect, or to maintain or continue the perfection of, an interest in property to the extent that the trustee’s rights and powers are subject to such perfection under section 546(b) of this title….”

Therefore, since the city has a possessory lien on the vehicle which was perfected when they seized the vehicle, they are allowed to retain that lien and not be in violation of the automatic stay. 

This differs from case law that requires a secured creditor, such as a car finance company, since their lien was not statutory, merely consensual (thru contract recorded against the title) to give back a vehicle upon filing of the chapter 13 bankruptcy.    

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