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            Our firm has – for more than twenty-five years – consistently advocated for the highest standards of professionalism in bankruptcy law.  To us, competent representation of our clients requires thorough knowledge of the law and the ability and willingness to zealously advocate and fight for them.  We have believed from day one that it’s […]

The financial aspect of your life is disastrous even though you worked hard and played by the “rules”!  Something happened on your way to your goals and plans.  Maybe there were mounting medical bills, or an unexpected job loss, or perhaps a divorce resulting in two separate households having to live on the same amount […]

                The elderly gentleman was my client.  He came in with his adult daughter who had Power of Attorney to help him with his affairs.  A few years ago, the man and his wife had taken out a reverse mortgage on their home.   He was legally blind.  His wife had died last year, but he […]

With enrollment in law schools lowest since 1973, law schools are struggling to boost their enrollment.  One tactic is lowering the requirements to get in.  In order to apply for most law schools, graduates must take the LSAT (Law School Admission Test) and obtain a set score.  Scores on the LSAT range between a low […]

            I heard on the news this morning that the Republican Governor of Tennessee and the Democratic President of the United States were jointly promoting a new program called the Tennessee Promise.  President Obama was in Knoxville, Tennessee today praising it and advocating that other states adopt similar programs.             Essentially, it is that Tennessee […]

            All of the attorneys and staff at the law firm of Pollak, Hicks & Alhejaj, P.C. wish all of our blog readers a Happy New Year!              If 2015 brings you success and financial prosperity, we wish to remind you that we offer services designed to protect that success and prosperity with our Estate […]

                Some Nebraska state senators, at the behest of Appleseed and other organizations, are conducting studies and hearings into whether Nebraska’s refusal to join in the Medicare expansion portion of Obamacare has hurt the state economically, especially its small towns. Evidence is being produced that a significant number of bankruptcies are filed because of medical […]