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Over the previous 5 years my afternoons and evenings in the fall were spent coaching high school football. I am passionate about the game and felt the excitement build as the season approached. This past Saturday I attended the Alabama vs. Texas A&M game and the level of excitement was off the charts.

Most of us remember where we were on this day. I was vacationing at the Gulf Coast with my family and had just returned from a long bike ride. I can remember walking into the room and seeing the news coverage while my son and daughter who were 4 and 2 at the time, played in the living room floor oblivious to what was happening.

The discharge of student loan debt is possible in bankruptcy if the borrower can prove an extreme hardship. What does discharge mean? Simply that you are no longer legally liable to repay the debt. How do you prove an extreme hardship? The answer to that question is a much more difficult one to answer.

Gawker Media, the sometimes disrespectful and contemptuous online media news and gossip blog, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

I recently wrote a letter to my son who just graduated from high school and will be heading off to college in August for his freshman year. The theme of that letter is based on Matthew 7:13-14 wherein Jesus is speaking about the narrow way.

This time of year my firm receives quite a few calls from current and former clients who have received a 1099-C document from a creditor. This is an IRS form that deals with debt that has been cancelled (hence the “C”) due to some event taking place during the s

Speed week is underway in Daytona Florida this week and will culminate with the 58th running of the Daytona 500 NASCAR stock car race. The Daytona 500 is one of the preeminent stock car races on the NASCAR race schedule and arguably the most famous. How are the Daytona 500 and a bankruptcy case related?

Many people in the Birmingham area have watched the Walter Energy case with great interest because they work for or know someone who has a connection to Walter Energy. The court’s most recent opinion will allow the company to reject its labor agreements and end retiree benefits.

A five million dollar judgment would most likely be a large enough debt to send someone into bankruptcy, but not necessarily someone like Curtis Jackson, AKA 50 Cent, the rapper reportedly worth $155 million dollars. However, the bigger issue for him was owing back taxes.

If you have watched the A&E reality show “Duck Dynasty”, you have seen Uncle Si with his trademark plastic cup filled with sweet iced tea and jug filled with the same on standby to keep his cup filled.