{"id":41684,"date":"2023-11-19T11:54:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T16:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/?p=41684"},"modified":"2023-11-19T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T16:58:35","slug":"what-a-bankruptcy-lawyer-is-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/2023\/11\/19\/what-a-bankruptcy-lawyer-is-thankful-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What A Bankruptcy Lawyer Is Thankful For"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Thanksgiving, I\u2019m mindful of how precious the American approach to insolvency is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the U.S. a bankruptcy discharge provides the proverbial fresh start to move forward with life. Money troubles do not have to cloud a life forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bankruptcy is widely available and broadly effective in getting people a fresh financial start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the individual level, bankruptcy relief can end worry, stress, living on the financial brink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the societal level, a fresh start keeps the indebted from disappearing into the economic underground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It enables people to refocus their financial priorities on providing for family security, health and retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It lessens the sting of a failed business venture. It allows the failed entrepreneur to shake off the effects of the unsuccessful business and position herself for the next great idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my favorite commentators, Tom Friedman of the New York Times writes that\u00a0humane bankruptcy laws\u00a0are one of the key drivers for a country\u2019s success in the global economy.\u00a0Letting people fail, wipe the slate clean, and start over encourages risk taking and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I\u2019m thankful for a profession where I can contribute, with speed and certainty, to a better financial future for my clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I\u2019m thankful for the collegiality of the bankruptcy bar and the competence, honesty, and engagement of bankruptcy judges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thanksgiving, I\u2019m mindful of how precious the American approach to insolvency is. In the U.S. a bankruptcy discharge provides the proverbial fresh start to move forward with life. Money troubles do not have to cloud a life forever. Bankruptcy is widely available and broadly effective in getting people a fresh financial start. On the individual level, bankruptcy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41684"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41700,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41684\/revisions\/41700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/considerchapter13.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}