Zooberg Law Firm, P.A.

Many students rely on student loans to complete their college degree. They depend upon their job and salary to pay enough for them to repay the debt. At the end of your college career, you easily could have more than $20,000 of debt to pay off. But what do you do if you are not making enough mone...

The act of creditors receiving money directly from your paycheck to satisfy a debt is called wage garnishment. Creditors can only do this with permission from a court. Sadly, wage garnishment often sends most debtors into a financial tailspin. Most of the time it is the IRS that garnishes wages b...

The act of creditors receiving money directly from your paycheck to satisfy a debt is called wage garnishment. Creditors can only do this with permission from a court. Sadly, wage garnishment often sends most debtors into a financial tailspin. Most of the time it is the IRS that garnishes wages b...

You have to provide the bankruptcy court with a complete petition when you file for bankruptcy to avoid having your case dismissed. Fortunately, you still have certain legal options that will allow you to protect some of your assets from liquidation when you file for bankruptcy. You can do this b...

People who are in deep financial trouble and cannot pay back their debts often file for bankruptcy to get relief. Unfortunately, people focus too much on the drawbacks of filing for bankruptcy that they only file for bankruptcy when they are stuck financially and cannot afford to pay their own ex...

Since most people do not find themselves in a situation where they have to file for bankruptcy, many are ignorant about what bankruptcy actually entails. For this reason, many people are not familiar with most terms used in the bankruptcy process.

When filing for bankruptcy, your debts will be broken into different sections. Some debts are tagged for priority treatment, and may not be eliminated.

The good news is that medical debt is not among them. In a bankruptcy proceeding, medical bills are treated as unsecured debts. They are no diff...

Many of our potential clients ask us whether they should file under Chapter 13 or under Chapter 7. We have found that in most cases, Chapter 7 is the best option, but this video discusses when Chapter 13 may be more appropriate.

Peter Zooberg is a bankruptcy lawyer in Tampa, FL (813) 990-7944.

Your creditor has the legal right to seize your vehicle when you have defaulted on the loan. Once you are defaulted, the vehicle may be repossessed at any time, without notice. They may come onto your property to seize it, too. Still, the creditor is banned from using actual, physical force or a ...