Work Samples

Summary: For all of the firm's bankruptcy cases, I review all Proofs and Claims filed by creditors.  I drafted and filed this objection after reviewing a claim filed by the IRS.  Our client ("Client") and Client's spouse ("Spouse") had each filed a separate Chapter 13 bankruptcy.  They filed their tax returns under the Married Filing Jointly status.  Thus, they were jointly and severally liable for the entire tax debt.  The IRS filed a Proof of Claim in Client's Chapter 13 case to collect the past-due taxes.  However, the IRS had previously filed a Proof of Claim in Spouse's Chapter 13 case and was scheduled to be paid 100% of the joint tax debt.  By filing a Proof of Claim in Client's Chapter 13 case, the IRS would have been paid twice for the same tax liability.

Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Objection

Objection to Proof of Claim filed by Debtor's former spouse for domestic support obligations

Summary: For all of the firm's bankruptcy cases, I review all Proofs and Claims filed by creditors.  I drafted and filed this objection after reviewing a claim filed by Debtor's ex-spouse.  In her claim, the ex-spouse claimed to have been owed post-petition medical and educational expenses.  Debtor disputed the validity of these expenses, as documentation was neither provided to him nor attached as an exhibit to the filed claim.  Further, Debtor's ex-spouse claimed that she was owed bankruptcy-related fees that she incurred from Debtor's previous bankruptcy case.  As the judge from their family law case did not award those fees to the ex-spouse, Debtor disputed that he owed those fees to her.

Chapter 13 Tax Accounting

Accounting work used to determine the correct amount of taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service in Debtor's Chapter 13 bankruptcy

Summary: For all of the firm's bankruptcy cases, I review all Proofs and Claims filed by creditors.  In this case, the IRS had filed a Proof of Claim for Debtor's tax liability spanning the last decade.  Our firm believed that the claim was incorrect in that the IRS did not give credit to Debtor for his previous payments.  Debtor had filed multiple bankruptcies over the years where the trustees disbursed payments to the IRS.  I performed the accounting necessary to determine that the IRS claim was incorrect.  I made this determination based on (1) transcripts obtained from the IRS and (2) histories of trustee disbursements as listed in the National Data Center (a database for Chapter 13 bankruptcies that tracks Debtor payments and trustee disbursements).