Sentences with phrase «debt attorney of»

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«The debt buyers find it very lucrative to file a lot of lawsuits at once, without doing a lot of work,» said Margo Saunders, staff attorney with the National Consumer Law Center.

That's likely an extreme case, but other investigations by state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission have routinely found debt - settlement companies with completion rates of 10 % or less.

«You exchange not having that debt for having a bankruptcy on your report,» said Ike Shulman, co-chair of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys» legislative committee.

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If you have so much of this debt that you can not pay it off in five years — while staying afloat with food and shelter — you should be talking with a bankruptcy attorney or credit counselor.

«People assume that their balance won't go up,» said Leslie Tayne, attorney and founder of Tayne Law Group, which specializes in consumer and business debt.

She knew her attorney husband of 25 years was moving money around to cover some debts.

«The problem with gambling of any kind is that it creates debt,» says John Dowd, the Washington, D.C. - based attorney whose investigation of Pete Rose's gambling led to Rose's lifetime expulsion from baseball in 1989.

The Attorney - General is now bent on executing the judgement of the Supreme Court which went in favour of Mr. Amidu to recover the Ȼ51.2 million collected as judgement debt from Mr. Woyome through any means possible.

Former Attorney General, Betty Mould Iddrisu has been blamed for failure of the Attorney General's department and trial court to prevent the unlawful payment of controversial GHC 51 million judgment debt to businessman Alfred Agebsi Woyome.

An affidavit was filed a week ago by the A-G asking the Apex Court to order the defendant (Mr. Woyome) to appear before it on Thursday, November 10, at 9:00 am, «to be examined orally on oath by the 1st Defendant (Attorney - General) whether Mr. Woyome has any property or other means of satisfying the judgement debt».

Not satisfied with his acquittal, the Attorney - General again filed a criminal appeal at the Court of Appeal against the judgement debt beneficiary, but still lost as the three - member panel of judges, namely, Justices Victor Ofoe (president), Lawrence Ladzagla Mensah and Francis Korbieh.

The court on June 8 granted a request by the Attorney - General's department to question the businessman on whether he owns properties, has the means of offsetting the debt owed the state as well as how he spent the 51.2 million cedis wrongfully paid him.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joined a coalition of nine attorneys general in filing a motion to intervene in a lawsuit by for - profit colleges regarding student loan debt regulations.

Mr Amidu's action followed a move by then Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah - Opong to discontinue oral examination of Mr Woyome in connection with the judgment debt.

Mr. Wilson buttressed his point with the example of how the late President Mills, supposedly ordered the non-payment of the controversial GHC51 million judgement debt to Alfred Woyome, yet the money was paid by the then Attorney General.

Nassau district attorney investigators arrested Gerard Terry, a former North Hempstead Town Democratic Party leader, on April 12, 2016, who, public records show, amassed nearly $ 1.4 million in state and federal tax debts while receiving government jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Attorney General - designate Gloria Akuffo says she will take a second look at the file of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome as regards the GH cents 52.1 million judgement debt case of 2012 if her nomination is approved.

Sampson allegedly used part of the money to try to pay back debts incurred in a failed bid to be the Brooklyn district attorney in 2005.

Nana Addo [Former Attorney General] was cited in the Sole Commissioner's report for authorising the payment of an additional $ 4.5 million interest that accrued from the payment of a judgment debt to Delta Foods Limited.

The main thrust here is to show with documentary evidence how the persistence of a Vice-President to disregard the 1992 Constitution by arrogating to himself the functions entrusted to the Attorney - General under Article 88 of the 1992 Constitution led to the consent judgment debts and other liabilities that became the subject of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner's report in Delta Foods Ltd v Attorney - General.

It is clear from the foregoing that this Government and the Attorney - General were clearly acting mischievously to politicize the excellent work of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner by connecting the NPP's Attorney - General who merely paid upon the consent judgment the Supreme Court had refused to quash by certiorari during the NDC 2 Government as a means of aborting the further investigations ordered by the Commissioner.

Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu in his recent epistle said it is clear that the NDC government is «acting mischievously to politicize the excellent work of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner by connecting the NPP's Attorney - General who merely paid upon the consent judgment the Supreme Court had refused to quash by certiorari during the NDC 2 Government as a means of aborting the further investigations ordered by the Commissioner.»

But the conversion of the excellent report of the Sole Judgment Debt Commissioner into a political White Paper for electioneering purposes to be published under the supervision of the office of the Attorney - General demonstrates how low we have come in this country in terms of the only constitutionally established office within the executive branch which by hallowed tradition and practice is to defend and uphold the liberty of every individual and the rule of law in its quasi-judicial decision making process.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted an application by former Attorney General to orally examine Alfred Woyome over his payment of the 51 million cedis judgement debt paid him by the state.

At the end of 1998, the Urban League's financial filing with the state attorney general's office showed the League to be 1.3 million dollars in debt.

Mr. Wilson buttressed his point with the example of how the late President Mills, supposedly ordered the non-payment of the controversial Ghc51 million judgement debt to Alfred Woyome, yet the money was paid by the then Attorney

This will mean much of Mr. Donovan's first term will be dominated by trying to raise enough cash to stave off a Democratic challenge — a skill that the district attorney, still in debt from a unsuccessful attorney general's race in 2010, has shown little prowess for.

In February 2017 however, Mr. Amidu withdrew his suit seeking an oral examination, explaining that the change of government under the New Patriotic Party under His Excellency the President, Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo and his Attorney General, Miss Gloria Akuffo's assurance to retrieve all judgment debts wrongfully paid to individuals Mr. Woyome in response prayed the Supreme Court to stay proceedings on the oral examination since he had filed for a review on the case.

Both media reported that: «She became the second cabinet minister in the present administration to have lost her job over the Woyome judgment debt issue following closely on the heels of sacked Attorney General, Martin Amidu.»

Former Attorney General, Martin Amidu has stated that the GHc51 million judgment debt paid businessman and National Democratic Congress financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, can only be recouped if there is a change of government.

The foregoing is evidence, if evidence be needed, that the Attorney General and the Government are determined to kill the non-refund of the judgment debt as an election issue by cooking up the deceptive cheque and receipt to allow the status quo to continue.

Richard Thomas, 35, is accused of using $ 12,900 from his inaugural campaign committee to pay off personal credit card debt, according to state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.

The New York State Court of Appeals agreed to take up a case that poses the question of whether New York City's effort to limit law firms trying to collect debts violates the state's power to regulate attorney conduct.

Martin Amidu's application praying the court to allow him to cross examine Woyome over the refund of the 51 Million Cedi judgment debt paid him follows a move by the Attorney General's (AG) office, led by the Minister for Justice, Marietta Brew Appiah - Oppong, to discontinue an oral examination of Mr. Woyome, despite serving an earlier notice.

Longtime Democratic operative Gerard Terry has stepped down as the attorney for the Roosevelt Public Library Board after Newsday reported that he collected nearly $ 1.4 million in federal and state tax debts while making hundreds of thousands of dollars in government jobs.

The Supreme Court has granted the wish of former Attorney General, Martin Amidu to orally examine beleaguered businessman Alfred Agbeshi Woyome over the GHC51 million judgment debt and related issues.

Nana Addo [Former Attorney General] was cited in the Sole Commissioner's report for authorising the payment of an additional $ 4.5 million interest that accrued from the payment of a judgment debt...

The Attorney General on Thursday November 26, failed to appear in court for the beginning of the appeal case against the High Court judgment that freed businessman, Alfred Woyome of any wrongdoing in the Ghc 51 million judgment debt scandal.

On Friday, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office reached a settlement with Forster & Garbus, one of the largest debt collection firms in New York State, to ensure that it does not file actions against New Yorkers to collect on payday loans.

Even US Attorney Preet Bharara chimed in, saying «every New Yorker owes [Bratton] a debt of gratitude.»

The Supreme Court in 2014 ordered Mr. Woyome to pay back cents 51 million fraudulently taken from the state, after Mr. Martin Amidu, a former Attorney General challenged the legality of the judgment debt paid the businessman, Waterville, and Isofoton.

Businessman, Alfred Woyome, has described as erroneous the decision of the Attorney General to drag him before the Supreme Court to orally examine him on the GHc 51 million paid to him as a judgment debt.

The ballot access movement owes a huge debt of gratitude to these attorneys, who include Dan Johnson of Illinois, David Sapp of the Southern California ACLU, Mike Raffauf of Georgia, Roberta Price and David Urias of New Mexico, Gary Sinawski of New York, Bob Bastress of West Virginia, Jason Huber of North Carolina, Mark Brown of Ohio, Alan Woodruff of Tennessee, and Oliver Hall of Washington, D.C.

In February 2017 however, Mr. Amidu withdrew his suit seeking an oral examination, explaining that the change of government and the assurance by the new Attorney General to retrieve all judgement debts wrongfully paid to individuals, had given him renewed confidence in the system.

A former Attorney General (AG) and anti-corruption campaigner, Martin Amidu, has accused President John Mahama of intimidating him ahead of his examination of businessman, Alfred Woyome, in the unfolding GHc 51 million judgement debt saga.

In February 2017 however, Mr. Amidu withdrew his suit seeking an oral examination, explaining that the change of government and the assurance by the new Attorney General to retrieve all judgment debts wrongfully paid to individuals, had given him renewed confidence in the system.

The Special Prosecutor nominee, Martin Amidu, has said that failings within Attorney General's office contributed to Alfred Agbesi Woyome's initial acquittals between 2012 and 2015, in the midst of the GHc 51 million judgment debt saga.

Mr. Amidu, a former Attorney General, has stated that the GHc 51 million judgment debt paid businessman and NDC financier, Alfred Woyome, can only be recouped if there is a change of government.

Former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Martin Alamisi Amidu has pointed out that the only constitutional means for Ghanaians to retrieve the GH cents 51.2 million judgement debt from businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome is to vote the current government out on December 7, 2016.