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At Bond & Botes Law Offices, we know that Christmas is supposed to be a wonderful time for family members to come together, spend quality time with one another, and reflect on the long year that’s coming to an end. Unfortunately, not everyone can take part in these festivities.

Christmas is just five days away and it is so easy to get caught up in the busyness of the season. I don’t know about you, but I really don’t remember a lot of the “I had to have it” gifts growing up. The ones that do stand out was my Barbie Dream House with a string that pulled the elevator up and down and a sit and spin.

This month is the seventh anniversary for the opening of my law firm, Bond, Botes & Handy, P.C. in Gadsden, Alabama.  While I have been a consumer bankruptcy attorney for over twenty years, it was only in 2011 that I discovered a tremendous group of partners willing to give me my first opportunity to run my own shop.

A well-known fact among those in Alabama applying for Social Security disability benefits is that the chances of success at the initial application stage of the process are abysmally low.  In fact, in

I recently read a Federal Reserve study indicating that 89% of millennials do plan to purchase a home at some point in the future. However, 48% have not been able to save anything towards this goal. According to the study, the problem is student loan debt.

Many Americans hope for higher pay as they progress through their working years.  At what point is higher pay not enough to stay at a job?  Abigail Hess of CNBC brings light to a new trend amongst working-age Americans.

Unfortunately, data thieves don’t take a break during the Holidays. In fact, that is when they increase in bogus email schemes that seek to steal your hard-earned money or personal information.

It seems like every time I watch the news; every single story is negative or sad in some way.  I don’t know about you but when I wake up in the morning the last I want to hear is a ton of negative news to start my day.  Fortunately, in the past week, there have been a few stories highlighting some random acts of kindness.

Over the last 10 or so years, we have seen a decline in the real estate market. It does seem to be improving a bit of late, however, many people have come to us for help because their home or other real estate has little or no equity and has become too burdensome to maintain and afford, particularly those folks with adjustable rate notes!