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Offices in Point Richmond and Emeryville

125 Park Place, Suite 210
Point Richmond, CA 94801
Phone: 510-237-6916
Fax: 510-236-9851


2200 Powell Street, Suite 890
The Watergate Office Towers
Emeryville, CA 94608
Phone: 510-237-6916
Fax: 510-236-9851

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Articles

Bankruptcy Articles:

b1 What is bankruptcy?

b1 What bankruptcy can and cannot do

b1 Filing bankruptcy? Disclose everything, hide nothing

b1 A chapter 7 bankruptcy overview

b1 When chapter 7 bankruptcy isn’t the right choice

b1 When chapter 7 bankruptcy is better than chapter 13 bankruptcy

b1 An overview of chapter 13 bankruptcy

b1 Reasons to use chapter 13 bankruptcy instead of chapter 7 bankruptcy

b1 Rebuilding Credit FAQ

b1 How to clean up your credit report

b1 Can the chapter 13 trustee dismiss my case if I’ve missed a couple of payments

b1 Why shouldn’t I reaffirm my credit card debts in bankruptcy

b1 Can I refinance after bankruptcy?

b1 Getting a credit card when you have bad credit

b1 The new bankruptcy law; changes to chapter 7 and 13

Business Owners
 
 
Business Formations
Properly organizing your business from the outset, with the help of a business attorney, helps your business in many ways. This article discusses issues such as getting credit, hiring and firing employees, attracting customers, and organizing your affairs. This article also discusses general issues of liability and choice of business entity.
 
What Lawyers Do
A lawyer can help you navigate complex matters in business, real estate, estate and trust, and other issue while you spend your valuable time building your business or going on with your life.
 
Contracts
A properly drawn up contract will help avoid a bewildering array of potential problems.
 
 
 
 
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Property Issues
 
 
Real Estate
Lawyers specializing in real estate law can help in a variety of ways when you buy, sell, or lease land. This article describes general real estate issues which come up in most real estate transaction.
 
Property Taxes
This article describes the basic principals involved in real estate taxes, including assessments and ownership changes.
 
 
 
 
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The Legal Process
 
 
So, You’re Being Sued
This article addresses the basic issues which come up when a person is first sued, including how to respond and what to expect.
 
Sue the Bastard
This article explains the pros, cons, and procedures for beginning a lawsuit.
 
Personal Injury
This article lays out the principals involved in brining an action to recover for an injury that you believe is someone else’s fault.
 
Bankruptcy
This article explains the basic principals and procedures of filing for bankruptcy.
 
 
 
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Family Law
 
 
Divorce and Child Custody
This article explains the basic issues in obtaining a divorce in California, including child custody and property division.
 
 
 
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Other Articles
 
 
Use of Economics in Litigation
This article outlines issues concerning the hiring and use of expert economists by attorneys.
 
Employment Litigation
This article discusses issues of tort reform and employment litigation in a legislative environment.
 
Primer on Present Value
This article presents a clear, simple, explanation of the concept of present value.
 
Statistics
This article addresses issue raised in lawsuits where statistical analysis is used by trial attorneys.
 
Economists and Consumer Fraud Litigation
Economists play an increasing role in litigation. Many laws are driven by assumptions about human behavior, assumptions which can be explicit or implicit. Sometimes, issues which appear to be questions of law can be addressed as factual ones by using economists to defend or attack the empirical truth of their underlying assumptions. No area of law, at least in California, is more rife with public policy questions and assumptions about human behavior than consumer fraud litigation.
 
Evictions and Other Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Basic issues relating to eviction, notice, rents, and rules that a landlord must follow.
 
My Relative is Too Sick to Take Care of Herself!
Many people, perhaps because of old-age dementia, but also young people suffering from physical and mental diseases, cannot take care of themselves or of their financial affairs. Concerned relatives or friends can ask the Court to appoint a Conservator or Guardian to take care of them.
 
 
 
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Bankruptcy Attorneys East Bay Genser & Watkins LLP
125 Park Place, Suite 210, Point Richmond, CA 94801   Phone: 510.237.6916   Fax: 510.236.9851
2200 Powell Street, Suite 890, Emeryville, CA 94608 Phone: 510.237.6916   Fax: 510.236.9851
Bankruptcy Attorneys East Bay
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