IMPORTANT NEWS AND UPDATES

As of July 1, 2022, Judge Scarcella will no longer be participating in the Loss Mitigation Program within the bankruptcy courts of the Eastern District of New York. Judge Scarcella becomes the third judge out of the bankruptcy court in Central Islip to end participation in the Loss Mitigation Program. At this time, all three Central Islip judges no longer participate in loss mitigation. Read More

Judge Grossman, bankruptcy judge for the Eastern District of New York, Central Islip division, will no longer entertain motions to participate in the Loss Mitigation Program. In a recent opinion (In re Tcherneva, 19-71413), Judge Grossman ruled on a fee application but noted that he will cease participation in this program that was designed to allow debtors and their mortgage lenders work in a court-supervised Read More

Krista M. Preuss is appointed Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for the Eastern District of New York, succeeding Marianne DeRosa who is retiring. Ms. Preuss also serves as Standing Chapter 13 Trustee for the Southern District of New York and was previously the staff attorney working with Marianne DeRosa. Read More

Matthew D. Zimmelman, Esq. was quoted in a recent article on AnyCredit. He discusses tips to negotiate credit cards. View the article here: https://www.anycredit.com/11-tips-on-successfully-negotiating-credit-card-debt/ Read More

Matthew D. Zimmelman, Esq. was quoted in a recent article on US News & World Report. He discusses the automatic stay protecting debtors. View the article here: https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/debt/articles/what-is-an-automatic-stay Read More

Matthew D. Zimmelman, Esq. was quoted in a recent article on US News & World Report. He discusses the differences between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13. Read the full article here - https://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/debt/articles/bankruptcy-chapter-7-vs-chapter-13 Read More