Family Law

• Child Support
  Certain debts cannot be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, such as alimony, child support, fraudulent debts, certain taxes, student loans, and certain items (including cash advances) charged on a credit based card or loan. (see Connecticut and New York Non-Dischargeable Debts ) In most Chapter 7 cases, the debtor has large credit card debt and other unsecured bills and very few assets. In the vast majority of cases a Chapter 7  bankruptcy is able to completely eliminate all of these debts.
• Spousal Support

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
  Debtor & Creditor § 282 – Benefits from crime victim’s reparations laws, payment for wrongful death of your dependent or a person upon whom you were dependent and up to $8,275 for personal bodily injury

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Disputes

Employment Law

• Workers Compensation

Property Law

• Real Estate Transactions
  We provide legal services in Connecticut and New York in Divorce, Bankruptcy and Real Estate transactions. We apply the same rigor to every element of our work.
• Easement
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  Real estate transaction just don’t end on the day of the closing.  We have experience dealing with Landlord-tenant disputes, Contract disputes, Actions for specific performance, Quiet title actions, Partition actions, Title insurance claims and disputes, Disputes regarding the validity and priority of liens, Mechanic’s lien claims, Contractor negligence, Easement disputes, Foreclosures, Short sales and distressed Loan Modifications.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  $8,275 in damages compensating you for a personal injury if your settlement or lawsuit award must state that the money is compensation for bodily injury; otherwise, the trustee may argue that the exemption does not apply. This law does not protect lawsuit money that you receive for pain and suffering. (Debtor & Creditor § 282(3)(iii).)

Trusts and Estates

• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  The bankruptcy “means test” determines whether your average income in the six months prior to filing is low enough for you to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.  Conceptually this test is purposeful and seeks to keep high wage earners from filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. High-income filers who fail the means test can use Chapter 13 bankruptcy to repay a portion of their debts, but won’t be able to use Chapter 7 bankruptcy to wipe out their debts altogether.
• Foreclosure
  Our team can also help you with debt relief options such as debt settlement, debt consolidation, and foreclosure defense. If you’re being harassed by creditors, we can put an end to that as well.