Legal Articles
Jeff Scholnick to speak at MSBA Mid-Year Convention in February
Jeff Scholnick has been selected in a contest of first-time participants to be a featured speaker for the Mid-Year Convention for the Maryland State Bar Association in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. He will speak on the subject of “Dealing with Student Loans, Inside and Outside of Bankruptcy.” The event will take place February 14-21 of…
Read MoreJeff Scholnick Speaks to Consumer Bankruptcy Section of the MSBA
On Thursday, October 23, 2014, Jeff Scholnick spoke on the subject of “Dealing with Student Loans, Inside and Outside of Bankruptcy.” He spoke specifically to the Consumer Bankruptcy Section of the Maryland State Bar Association. The talk took place in Baltimore on E. Lombard Street and was aired via video conference to a location in…
Read MoreDebt Collector: Spanish Version
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If you are being sued by a debt collector, make them prove their case! Part Two
Recently, I have successfully defended two defendants in debt collection cases involving old credit card bills. In each case, my clients (the defendants) either did not remember ever creating the debt or being serviced with the suit papers. In both cases we reached favorable outcomes because we demanded strict proof that could not be provided…
Read MoreIf you are being sued by a debt collector in Maryland, make them prove their case! Part One
Recently, I have successfully defended two defendants in debt collection cases involving old credit card bills. In each case, my clients (the defendants) either did not remember ever creating the debt or being serviced with the suit papers. In both cases we reached favorable outcomes because we demanded strict proof that could not be provided…
Read MoreIf you have Federal Loans, what is an IBR, PAYE or ICR?
If you have Federal Student Loans, you may know that IBR means Income Based Repayment. You may also have heard of the PAYE Program, which stands for Pay As You Earn. Or, if you have an older Federal Student Loan, you may have heard of ICR which is the abbreviation for Income Contingent Repayment. These…
Read MoreDON’T COSIGN ON THAT STUDENT LOAN OR CAR LOAN DEBT!!
If you are a parent and your child is going off to college, you will want to help your student through these formative years. However, resist the urge to co-sign on you child’s student loans. Here is the reason- 5 or 10 years from now, when you child is between jobs and cannot make the…
Read MoreBail Hearings
Last year, in the case of DeWolfe v. Richmond, the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that indigent defendants are entitled to a lawyer at their initial bail hearings in front of a Commissioner. After many months of working out the procedure, the Maryland Public Defenders Office started representation in these hearings in July, 2014. An…
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