Unredeemed Pawned Property and Chapter 13 Plan Confirmation: Must a Pawnbroker Object?

From their spring edition of The Quarterly our friends at NACTT have shared a timely piece from creditor attorney Thomas Humphries.

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Thomas Humphries is an attorney with the firm of Sirote & Permutt, PC in Birmingham Alabama. Thomas represents the mortgage banking industry and various creditors in bankruptcy proceedings throughout the State of Alabama. Thomas’s practice includes the defense of mortgagees and mortgage servicers from claims, including wrongful . . .

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