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Debt Relief

If you can no longer afford the monthly payments on your bills such as credit card payments, medical bills, loans, etc. please call our office at 865-588-5111 so we can get you in to our office to speak with an attorney at a free appointment to see about filing a Chapter 13 or a Chapter 7. Bankruptcy will stop garnishments, repossessions and lawsuits.

If you can file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, unsecured debts can sometimes be paid less than 100% depending on the circumstances in your case. Car loan payments can be reduced and past due home loan payments can be repaid over time.

If you can file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you can get rid of some or all unsecured debts, can surrender items that are secured such as autos and avoid liens on pledged household goods and keep the household goods.

Stop Foreclosures

If you are behind on your mortgage payments and are facing the loss of your home, please call our office at 865-588-5111 so we can quickly get you in to our office to speak with an attorney at a free appointment to see about filing a Chapter 13 or a Chapter 7. If you wait until after the date of the foreclosure sale, it will be too late. The filing of a bankruptcy cannot undo a foreclosure sale.

If you want to keep the home and can file a Chapter 13, then your regular monthly mortgage payments will be paid each month by the Chapter 13 Trustee with money you will get to the Trustee by either direct payments from you or a wage deduction. In addition, a certain amount will be paid each month on what you are behind so that at the end of the Chapter 13, your mortgage payments will be current.

If you cannot keep the home for any reason, you can discuss with the attorney the filing of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to stop the foreclosure and give you some temporary protection while you make plans to move.

Stop Repossessions

If you are behind on your car or truck payments and the creditor is threatening to pick up the vehicle or has already picked it up, you need to call our office at 865-588-5111 so we can quickly get you in to our office to speak with an attorney at a free appointment to see about filing a Chapter 13 or Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

If you file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, the payments would be paid by the Trustee each month with money you will get to the Trustee by direct payments from you or a wage deduction. If the creditor has already repossessed the vehicle, if you have full coverage insurance and file a Chapter 13 bankruptcy in most cases we can get the vehicle back but your case would have to be filed before the creditor sells the vehicle.

If you do not want to keep the vehicle or get the vehicle back, you can talk to the attorney about filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy to surrender the vehicle and then not be obligated to pay for any deficiency balance you will owe after the vehicle sells.

Stop Garnishments

If you have been sued by a creditor, you are at risk of having wages garnished or if you are already having your wages garnished, please call our office at 865-588-5111 so we can quickly get you in to our office to speak with an attorney at a free appointment to see about filing a Chapter 13 or Chapter 7 bankruptcy to stop the wage garnishment.

Pay Student Loans

If you are having trouble paying your student loan payments, call our office at 865-588- 5111 so we can get you in to our office to speak with an attorney at a free appointment to see if filing a Chapter 13 could help you. Most student loans cannot be discharged in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Resolve Tax Debts

Recent income taxes are not discharged but general income taxes more than three years old or older can be discharged in bankruptcy. For recent taxes, they can be paid in small payments and you will have protection from IRS collection in a Chapter 13 payment plan.

Emergency Options

If you have a wage garnishment, foreclosure or repossession already started, we can help stop these even after they start. Call our receptionist at 865-588-5111 and tell her you are having one of these problems so we can try to get you in to talk with an attorney that day. Delaying your visit will cause further hardship or loss of your property.

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At the Law Offices of Mayer & Newton

The Law Office of Mayer and Newton specializes in consumer bankruptcy, both Chapter 7, Chapter 13, as well as business Chapter 11 cases. Richard Mayer and John Newton have over 60 years combined experience to support their knowledge of bankruptcy. Mayer and Newton has filed over 50,000 cases in the Eastern District of Tennessee. John Newton has served as a Chapter 7 Trustee and has administered 15,000 cases in addition to being the debtor’s counsel on 200 Chapter 11 cases for small business reorganization. Serving as lead counsel, John Newton has had six cases reached or were decided by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Both Richard Mayer and John Newton have attended seminars by Max Gardner, an expert in consumer bankruptcy. Mr. Newton being a graduate of the Max Gardner Bankruptcy Boot camp and Mr. Mayer a graduate of the Foreclosure Defense Boot Camp.

An experienced well-trained staff of paralegals, some of which have worked not only in Bankruptcy Court, but in the Chapter 13 Trustee’s office bring working knowledge of the process as you move through your case. As members of the Knoxville Bar Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, and Board Certified Bankruptcy attorneys our attorneys are among the most knowledgeable in East Tennessee. You will be glad you chose the Law Office of Mayer and Newton, so call 865-588-5111 for a free consultation today at one of our three locations, Knoxville, Morristown, or Sevierville.