Establishing negligence in a personal injury claim in Texas is vital to securing maximum compensation for damages and losses. So, what does this mean for your case? And how can a Texas personal injury lawyer help you establish negligence? At … [Read more...]
What Is the Difference Between Separation and Divorce in Texas?
Are There Advantages to Separating Without Getting a Divorce? You may be experiencing problems in your marriage, but you’re not ready to call it quits yet. You’ve probably heard the term “legal separation” and may be wondering how it’s different … [Read more...]
Catastrophic Injuries
Hi I'm Kern Lewis. I'm a Director of the Catastrophic Injury section of Bailey & Galyen. Catastrophic injuries are those that are more complicated than the average car wreck. These are injuries that will involve death, incapacitation, paralysis, … [Read more...]
K-Visas: What You Need To Know About Family-Based Immigration
If you're engaged to a U.S. citizen, or already married and living abroad, getting the right visa to join your loved one in the United States can feel like a maze of paperwork, deadlines, and unfamiliar terms. K-visas offer a pathway for fiancées, … [Read more...]
L Visa for Intracompany Transferees
The L visa for intracompany transferees allows a US company to transfer an employee from one of its foreign offices to a US location. It’s a helpful option for businesses with international branches or subsidiaries. There are two types of L visas: … [Read more...]
VAWA aka Violence Against Women
Hi my name is Patricia Barbee, I'm the managing attorney of the Immigration Department here at Bailey & Galyen, and I'm here to talk to you about Immigration Law today. Today I want to talk to you about one of the lesser known … [Read more...]
Military PIP
Hello, my name is Andrés Martínez, Immigration attorney here at Bailey and Galyen. Today, I want to talk to you about Military Parole in Place, or PIP for short. Military PIP allows a foreign national who entered the US without authorization to … [Read more...]
Saving Your Home: The Amazing Chapter 13 Second Mortgage Lien Strip
If you have a second (or third) mortgage and your home is worth no more than the balance on your first mortgage, that second (or third) mortgage may be able to be stripped off your home title. This can save you a tremendous amount of money both … [Read more...]
Saving Your Home: “Avoiding” Judgment Liens with Either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13
Judgment liens on your home are traps waiting to be tripped. An extra and underappreciated benefit of filing for bankruptcy is that most of the time you can harmlessly spring these traps so that they can't ever harm you again. What's a Judgment … [Read more...]
Saving Your Home: The Benefits of Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
If you are facing an imminent home foreclosure, Chapter 7 bankruptcy usually buys you relatively little time, but may be enough for what you need. Chapter 13 can usually buy you much more time. The filing of a bankruptcy stops a foreclosure. It … [Read more...]
What Is a Debt Owed for “Fraud in a Fiduciary Capacity”?
You can't discharge debts "for fraud or defalcation while acting in a fiduciary relationship, embezzlement, or larceny." What do these include? This is the last of our series of blogs on types of debts that might not be discharged — legally … [Read more...]
Student Loan Crises and Bankruptcy
This is not an article that is designed to tell you that Bankruptcy can solve your student loan problems. Quite to the contrary, Bankruptcy cannot help much with student loans. It can eliminate all your other debt so that you can deal with your … [Read more...]
