The Law Offices of Nicholas Gebelt is a legal practice specializing in bankruptcy law, serving clients primarily in Southern California. The firm focuses on representing both debtors and creditors in various bankruptcy proceedings, including Chapters 7, 11, 13, and Subchapter V cases. It provides services related to personal and business bankruptcy filings, bankruptcy litigation, tax debt relief, and issues such as lien avoidance and cash collateral use. The firm publishes detailed blog posts and articles that explain complex bankruptcy concepts, court procedures, and recent legal developments to help clients and legal professionals understand bankruptcy law and its practical applications.
Some creditors are not entitled to postpetition interest on their claims. For example, general unsecured creditors typically don’t get postpetition interest pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 502(b)(2).
Other creditors are entitled to postpetition interest.
I. Interest On Unsecured Priority Taxes…
What is cash collateral? Perhaps the best starting point to understanding the concept is with a relatively common example. Suppose the debtor has a rental property encumbered by a mortgage. The note undoubtedly has an assignment of rents provision. This…
This post assumes familiarity with my last post (part 1) of this multi-part series. Thus, while you can certainly read this post without reading that previous one, you’ll get more out of it if you read that post…
This is the first of a four part series on lien avoidance. I developed these notes for a presentation I gave to the Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney’s Association, Los Angeles, California.
A lien is a claim or legal right…
IV. The Constitutional Problem With A § 706(b) Motion
I thank Daniel Press, an attorney practicing in Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland, for giving me his notes, which served as an afflatus for some of today’s post.
A. Historical Background…
There is an alarming trend facing us, and it is not the latest teen-age fashions. It is the filing of motions pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 706(b), to convert individual nonconsumer Chapter 7 cases to Chapter 11.
Because the…
