About Our Media Bankruptcy Law Firm

Scott F. Waterman is a bankruptcy law firm in Media, PA. The firm has provided clients with bankruptcy and financial services since 1994. Mr. Waterman is active in a number of bankruptcy professional organizations, holding executive positions in several, and is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy law for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

Our firm practices in the following areas:

• Personal bankruptcy
• Chapter 7 bankruptcy
• Chapter 13 bankruptcy
• Chapter 11 bankruptcy
• Consumer law
• Commercial collections
• Collections
• Alternatives to bankruptcy

Bankruptcy litigation in Media

Bankruptcy litigation may be necessary when disputed issues arise between debtors and creditors. Unlike other civil litigation, bankruptcy litigation has different legal procedures, and lawsuits generally proceed more quickly.

In bankruptcy litigation, parties file lawsuits called adversary proceedings or contested motions to protect their rights. We represent creditors and debtors in bankruptcy litigation, entering claims and motions for or against actions such as:

• Objections to debtor discharge. Creditors may dispute that a debt should not be discharged, and a debtor’s legal counsel can defend reasons for the debt’s discharge.
• Relief from the automatic stay. An automatic stay is a court order that goes into effect automatically after bankruptcy filing and prevents creditor collection actions. A creditor’s counsel may request that the stay not be in effect for the client’s debt, allowing pursuit of collection efforts.
• Voiding judgment liens and attachments. Debtor’s counsel may request that a lien on property be voided, in which case creditor’s counsel may defend enforcement of the lien.
• Redeeming assets. Assets may be redeemed from secured loans that inflate assets beyond true value.
• Fraudulent transfers. A fraudulent transfer is an allegation that a debtor transferred assets to another to avoid paying the debt.
• Including property as part of the bankruptcy estate. Controversy can arise over whether property is exempt or should be subject to liquidation.
• Summary judgment. A motion for summary judgment requests a court determination without a full trial based on a lack of credible evidence to contradict a claim.
• Mortgage foreclosure. Debtor’s counsel may challenge loan ownership demanding proof of chain of title for loans purchased in bulk as securities. Since the housing market fall, numerous foreclosures are litigated in bankruptcy courts.

Media bankruptcy law firms can protect your interests

To learn more about bankruptcy litigation in Delaware County, PA, call 877-837-2839 or contact Scott F. Waterman online.