Specializing in bankruptcy, business law, foreclosure defense, litigation, real estate transactions, and civil trial practice in New York state and federal courts.
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On Monday, January 7, 2013, Joseph S. Maniscalco, Esq. and Holly Rai, Esq. volunteered at the Mortgage Foreclosure Consultation Clinic at the Nassau County Bar Association. The program, which was launched in 2008, provides free legal assistance to help Nassau homeowners facing foreclosure on their homes. The free clinics provide one-on-one attorney guidance, bankruptcy assistance, home loan modification assistance and information about the Volunteer Lawyers Project. Clinics are scheduled monthly at the Nassau County Bar Association, 15th & West Streets in Mineola, New York, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The next clinic is Monday, February 4, 2013.Recent Blog Posts
Big Banks Continue to Settle Charges of Defrauding Homeowners
Nowadays, newspapers regularly publish articles about big banks settling charges that they routinely “misled investors while selling billions of dollars of investments linked to home loans.” The unfortunate reality is that homeowners were likely ill-advised (if at all) by these same banks of the intricacies of the loans they were taking, including the impact of [...]
October Bankruptcy Filings Up 16% Over Previous Month; Commercial Filings Up 19%
Total bankruptcy filings in the United States for the month of October increased 16 percent compared to September, according to data provided by Epiq Systems, Inc. October bankruptcy filings totaled 101,278, up from the 87,522 filings registered in September 2012. The 96,498 total non-commercial filings for October represented a 16 percent increase from the September [...]