As I've emphasized often before in Bankruptcy in Indiana, it's really all about jobs. Whether it's qualifying to file under Chapter 13 bankruptcy law in Indiana, or whether it's getting back on one's financial feet after filing bankruptcy Chapter 7 in Indiana, it comes down to having income to keep the bills paid. That's why it's been so important for me, as a debt consolidation lawyer, to keep my clients and readers updated on the employment situation in our state.
- Ports, I'm learning, are helping a lot. A new study I read about in Inside Indiana
Business suggests that Indiana's three ports contribute $5.4 billion to Indiana's economy each year, accounting for more than 43,500 jobs. To me that says clients will have a better chance to successfully emerge from personal bankruptcy in Indiana.
- Solar panels are helping, too. Fort Recovery Construction & Equipment is expanding its SolarAg division, creating up to 120 new jobs in the next three years. To me that means clients who've filed small business banakruptcy in Indiana will have a better chance at getting business back on its feet.
- Green is good. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is awarding $500,000 in grants to create hundreds of new "green" jobs. With the "ripple effect" that can have, that could help stop foreclosure in many cases, and help clients make a fresh financial start after filing individual bankruptcy in Indiana.
- Parking helps. Dallas-based ACS will operate Indianapolis' public parking system, and that will create 200 new jobs, according to Mayor Greg Ballard.
While the four Mark Zuckerberg bankruptcy law offices are in Indiana's Southern District, including the Columbus bankruptcy lawyers who help serve the entire southern part of the state, I'm always interested in news from every part of the state. As an attorney who's provided Indiana bankruptcy help to tens of thousands of individuals and families, including those filing small business bankruptcy in Indiana, I know how the economy in one part of the state, and even the economy of neighboring states, affects jobs in the Southern District.
As I write this, I also realize that there are two important unknowns when it comes to jobs in Indiana: One has to do with the GM stamping plant in Indianapolis and whether it will remain open, and the second has to do with Navistar phasing down operations in Ft. Wayne. As an Indianapolis bankruptcy attorney, I know many, many jobs are dependent on the outcomes in these two situations. All the Indiana bankruptcy lawyers who are my colleagues are on the alert for news about these two companies.
The overall employment picture is showing signs of recovery; Indiana added 13,000 private sector jobs in July. Mark Everson of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported that Hoosiers make up 2% of the U.S, population, yet we captured 9% of all new jobs in the nation in July. To me, what that says is fewer individuals will need payday loan debt help.
Right now, I can tell by the requests I'm getting for payday loan debt help, student loan debt help, and help with mortgage modifications, that we're far, far, from being "out of the woods" when it comes to jobs in Indiana. Still, hopeful employment reports like these cheer me because I know these new jobs will make it possible for more people to make a fresh financial start after emerging from bankruptcy in Indiana!
a lot - newspapers, professional journals, books websites, and even blogs. The interesting thing is that, a day or two after I finished reading the Robby Slaughter book on failure that I mentioned earlier, I found an article from Inc. Magazine, written 12 years ago, with almost the same name as the Slaughter book.. This article tells the story of Jeff Schwartz, whose business, Remarkable Moments, had failed, and it brings out the idea that sometimes a business failure teaches lessons that lead to future success.
explain what he means. Good bosses protect their people "from external intrusions, distractions, and idiocy of every type".
aware of the tie-in between bankruptcy and jobs. Every one of the Anderson, Indianapolis, Bloomington, and Columbus bankruptcy lawyers who work in the Mark Zuckerberg bankruptcy law offices is seeing people who need help because they lost jobs. Income from jobs - or lack of it - is high on the list of discussion topics when we're talking to clients about filing bankruptcy in Indiana, that's for sure.
caused problems for bankruptcy clients in Indiana who need my help to stop foreclosure.
A few weeks ago, I wrote these words: "Tracking Indiana employment statistics is like riding an emotional roller coaster." Well, as I was telling some colleagues who are bankruptcy lawyers in Columbus, the GM saga has been like a roller coaster and then some, and the drama continues…..
personal bankruptcy in Indiana comes around to preparing for "meetings" and "tests".
with me who are far from certain that filing bankruptcy in Indiana is the best thing for them. Sometimes, people just want my advice as a debt consolidation lawyer. Or perhaps they want my
the new bankruptcy laws of Indiana. The guiding principle behind federal bankruptcy law as well as Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy law in Indiana, is fairness, and the same is true of small business bankruptcy law in Indiana.
fascinating thing is, each situation is a little different from all the others.
services in Indiana, dealing with tens of thousands of individuals filing personal bankruptcy in Indiana, plus thousands of Indiana small business bankruptcy cases, I've realized that what she always used to say is absolutely true - everything that happens affects everything else.
between "hot" and "cold", said and happy, hope and despair. For every piece of news, it seems there's always what news commentator Paul Harvey used to call "the rest of the story"!
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services in Indiana, I think gives absolutely the wrong impression.
and readers of Bankruptcy in Indiana.
one of the Columbus bankruptcy lawyers who works in the Mark Zuckerberg bankruptcy law office there told me about the "American Express case" from North Dakota, he knew I'd be interested.
many years as I have, you deal in credit matters all day long, every day. It doesn't take very long to realize how much false information is circulating out there about credit and bankruptcy. The most common myth is that
Anderson, and Indianapolis, I'm always following the news about Indiana jobs. It's important for us to know who's hiring, who's firing, who's expanding, who's downsizing. Inevitably, we see the results of employment trends in the form of people needing Indiana bankruptcy help.
Conference on Advanced Family Law July 17-18 at French Lick, Indiana. As one of only a dozen consumer bankruptcy specialists in the state of Indiana, I have been invited to lead a session on "Bankruptcy Issues Within Family Law".