If a debtor files bankruptcy, it does not necessarily mean a creditor will be left holding the bag. Jocelyne A. Macelloni and Pavla Vitkova of Barakat + Bossa PLLC provide an in-depth guide of how creditors may be able to preclude a debtor’s debt from being discharged in bankruptcy.Read More

"Bankruptcy itself is a form of alternative dispute resolution.” One would think that alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”), more specifically, mediation, would be regularly employed by all Bankruptcy courts given the cost and time constraints imposed on debtors who have resorted to Bankruptcy in the first place. Indeed, the main goal of a Chapter 7 proceeding...Read More