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Archive for August, 2009

Bankruptcy Seminar Update

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 31, 2009 – 8:44 pm

I am so excited to tell you about the upcoming September and October Chapter 13 and Bankruptcy Marketing Seminars.  There is nothing else like them that exists and we have a host of testimonials to verify it.  I would like to invite you to one, two, or all four of them.  See below:
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy [...]



Which Bankruptcy Software Should You Purchase?

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 28, 2009 – 12:17 am

I understand that there is a great deal of confusion over which bankruptcy software program a law firm should buy and which one a virtual bankruptcy assistant should buy.  In order to help address these concerns, I am writing this article to help you.
From 1990 to about 2006, it did not matter if you were [...]



Bankruptcy Petition Review Report

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 26, 2009 – 12:53 pm

I have had a wonderful week doing eight (8) bankruptcy petition reviews.  One of the reviews I worked on involved a case that is a very typical in bankruptcy today and I thought I would share it with you.
What do you do when a debtor has very little income but he or she is 20 [...]



Questions and Answers from Bankruptcy Professionals

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 23, 2009 – 2:32 pm

The questions below are emailed to us from bankruptcy attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants and virtual bankruptcy assistants working under the direction of attorneys. The answers are provided by Victoria Ring, a non-attorney with 32 years of legal experience.
Question:
A client of mine pulled out money from a 401k and wants to pay her child’s college tuition.  [...]



Los Angeles Bankruptcy Seminar Report

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 23, 2009 – 2:59 am

The Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Training Seminar was held at the Hacienda Hotel in El Sugundo; a suburb of Los Angeles, California on August 14, 2009. This was the first bankruptcy seminar we have done in California and it was a great success.  A total of 44 were in attendance.
The First Order of Business
Cheri and Victoria [...]



New Bankruptcy Bill Just Released by Senate

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 23, 2009 – 2:54 am

Prior to recessing, Senator Whitehouse (Democrat-Rhode Island) introduced S. 1624, designed to amend Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to provide protection for medical debt homeowners; to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress while serving as caregivers to ill, injured or disabled family members; and to exempt debtors whose financial problems were caused [...]



Bankruptcy Petition Tip for Means Test

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 23, 2009 – 2:50 am

This morning an attorney contacted me about a problem he was having with getting his Chapter 13 Plan to balance.  I had him email me the petition so I could pull it into the software program and hopefully figure out what the problem was.
The solution turned out to be very simple.  This attorney was making [...]



New Online VBA Directory Now Available

Icon Written by Victoria Ring on August 6, 2009 – 7:16 am

Locate a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant in your area
http://navba.org/FindaVBA
Attorneys will use this directory to locate virtual bankruptcy assistants in their area. Virtual bankruptcy assistants will use this directory to network with other virtual bankruptcy assistants in their area. Bookmark this web page now.
To find a Virtual Bankruptcy Assistant in your area, begin typing your ZIP [...]



Update on Chapter 13 Training Seminar

Icon Written by Clay Holland on August 5, 2009 – 5:26 pm

UPDATE ON CHAPTER 13 TRAINING SEMINAR
Last week I announced that we only had 8 seats left for the Chapter 13 Seminar Training in Los Angeles on August 14. We are happy to report that we have exceeded that number. Therefore, in order to provide everyone with an opportunity to attend, we called the [...]