Barriers Inc, a long-time Wichita jeweler filed a chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday. The store is located at Douglas and Oliver. Ed Nazar is the company’s bankruptcy attorney.
10/21/09
Topeka Bankruptcy Attorneys Named 2009 Super Lawyers
Mark Neis
Our attorneys at the Bankruptcy Law Office, Mark Neis and Jill Michaux, have been chosen for inclusion on the 2009 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list. Only five per cent of Missouri and Kansas attorneys are chosen each year.
Jill Michaux
The Super Lawyers selection process includes a statewide survey of lawyers, peer nominations based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, a blue ribbon panel review by practice area, independent research to identify outstanding lawyers, and a discipline check of candidates.
Mark and Jill were two of four Kansas lawyers selected as 2009 Super Lawyers in the consumer bankruptcy law category. They are two of three Topeka lawyers selected as 2009 Super Lawyers in the bankruptcy and creditors rights law category.
Mark and Jill are the only consumer bankruptcy law specialists in Topeka and two of 10 in Kansas. They are board certified by the American Board of Certification in consumer bankruptcy law.
10/18/09
Kansas Home Foreclosures Up 40%
The home mortgage foreclosure crisis got dramatically worse in Kansas in July, August and September 2009. RealtyTrac, a California company that tracks foreclosures, reports 3,402 foreclosure filings in Kansas during the third quarter, an increase of almost 40%.
The Kansas foreclosure rate is below the national average of one in every 136 households. The foreclosure rate in Kansas is 31st in the county at one in every 358 households.
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9/5/09
Kansas City Bank Shut Down
Bank regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) shut down five banks Friday including the First Bank of Kansas City. The deposits will be assumed by Great American Bank of DeSoto.
9/1/09
Interpreters for Bankruptcy 341 Hearings
The United States Trustee’s office is now providing free interpreters by telephone at bankruptcy meetings of creditors (341 hearings) for limited English proficient debtors.
For more information, go to web site for the Executive Office of the U.S. Trustee: http://www.usdoj.gov/ust/eo/public_affairs/lep/index.htm
Persons wishing to use the interpreter service should contact the case trustee in advance of the meeting to make arrangements.
7/26/09
Kansas Woman Chairs FDIC
Meet Sheila Bair, a woman from Independence, Kansas, and a graduate of the University of Kansas Law School, who now chairs the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
7/9/09
Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Interest Rate
The Trustee’s discount interest rate effective 7/1/09 through 7/31/09 is 4.75%, William H. Griffin, the standing chapter 13 bankruptcy trustee for cases filed in Kansas City, KS, announced today. This is the interest rate paid on secured claims in chapter 13 bankruptcy cases.
6/26/09
Shawnee County Scores 7.56% Financial Stress Rating, Up 2.20% from Year Ago
Here is an interactive map that shows financial strain in every county in the United States by the Associated Press. It measures the impact of the economic recession and recovery by showing the rates of unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy. Shawnee County, Kansas, has a 7.56% stress rating, 5.6% unemployment, 0.65% foreclosure and 1.4% bankruptcy rating.
6/21/09
Eron Law Offices Opened in Wichita
David P. Eron left his post with the Region 20 U.S. Trustee and opened his private law practice last week. Eron will represent individuals and businesses in bankruptcy and business transactions.
He has three years experience as trial attorney with the U.S. Trustee, litigating substantial abuse and fraud issues and other matters in the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in Kansas.Continue Reading
6/21/09
Kansas Bank Seized by Regulators
The First National Bank of Anthony in Harper County near the Oklahoma border was seized by bank regulars Friday. The bank will reopen as a branch of the South Hutchinson-based SNB Bank of Kansas.
The bank has branches in Wichita, Olathe, Overland Park, Anthony, Harper and Mayfield. SNB Bank of Kansas is part of Southwest Bancorp. of Stillwater, OK.
This is the fourth failure of a Kansas financial institution in recent times. The Columbian Bank and Trust of Topeka, Teambank of Paola and Central Federal Credit Union of Lenexa failed in 2008.
6/13/09
Mark Neis Recertified as Consumer Bankruptcy Law Specialist
Topeka attorney Mark W Neis has been recertified as a consumer bankruptcy law specialist by the American Board of Certification.
You expect certification from your doctor – expect it from your lawyer too. Board certification means that Neis has met rigorous, objective standards and has demonstrated knowledge in consumer bankruptcy law. Mark Neis and his law partner, Jill Michaux are the only Topeka attorneys board certified in consumer bankruptcy law.
The American Board of Certification is the nation’s premier legal specialty certification organization – certifying attorneys as specialists in business bankruptcy, consumer bankruptcy and creditors’ rights law. Only eight Kansas attorneys are board certified in consumer bankruptcy law.
Mark Neis has been helping consumers and small business proprietors in chapter 7 and chapter 13 bankruptcy cases for 31 years. He was board certified in 1993 and has been recertified every five years since. Call Mark today for bankruptcy help at 785-354-1471.
