- Divorce
- Child SupportPriority Creditor - Certain types of claims are priority claims under the Bankruptcy Code. These are claims that get paid in full before any distribution is made to general unsecured claims. Priority claims include most tax claims and domestic support obligations (alimony, child support, etc.).
- Spousal SupportCertain types of debt automatically do not get discharged in bankruptcy, such as many types of taxes, student loans (unless the debtor can show undue hardship would result from failure to discharge the loans), most government fines and penalties, court restitution orders, domestic support obligations (such as alimony, child support, etc.), and debts in connection with divorce decrees, among others.
- Money LaunderingLegal and regulatory compliance data as required for purposes such as know your client, anti-money laundering, and market abuse regulations requirements, or as part of our client onboarding process, which may include passport or other identification data, date of birth, home address, and other due diligence data.
- Corporate LawRecruitment – Personal information about job applicants is collected and processed for purposes of screening, identifying, and evaluating candidates for positions; record-keeping related to hiring processes; analyzing the hiring process and outcomes; and conducting background checks, where and to the extent permitted by applicable law, which may also be subject to relevant local recruitment privacy policy. If you are hired by the Firm, this data will be transferred to our employee record files for the purpose of your employment. This is necessary in order to take steps at the request of the job applicant in the context of recruitment prior to entering into a contract. In addition, job applicant data and legal and regulatory compliance data may be used as necessary to comply with legal, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements. Information Sharing
- Business DisputesThe bankruptcy lawyers at our New York firm are active in the federal and bankruptcy courts in the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York and District of New Jersey. In non-bankruptcy matters we bring lawsuit on behalf of creditors involved in business disputes, such as non-payment of promissory notes, breach of contract, import-export and other matters. We also defend such matters on behalf of individuals and businesses. We are also active in arbitration matters before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and JAMS.
- Business TransactionsWe handle collections matters in New York City and throughout the surrounding counties, New Jersey, and elsewhere. We help all types of businesses, including small businesses, collect past-due claims and judgments to them by corporate and business debtors and individuals in business transactions, and we enforce foreign judgments and arbitration awards.
- Intellectual PropertyPanel Speaker on Panel on "What Intellectual Property Lawyers Need to Know About Bankruptcy" at The Intellectual Property Law Section Seminar, New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting, Jan. 22, 2002, New York
- BankruptcyPersonal Bankruptcy The New York Bankruptcy Lawyers at Starr & Starr, PLLC, can Help You get a Fresh Start Through Bankruptcy.
- ForeclosureHave you lost your job and have no way to pay your bills? Are you paying the minimums on your credit cards but unable to make ends meet? Have you already tried credit counseling, but still can't make ends meet? Are you being hounded by collectors? Are you being sued by your creditors (or companies you never heard of on old debts you thought had been written off)? Are your wages being garnished? Has a foreclosure case been started against you? If you answer "yes" to any of these questions, a bankruptcy filing may be the solution to help you get a fresh start from your debt.
- Tax Law
- Debt CollectionStarr & Starr, PLLC is a boutique law firm that assist individuals, businesses and entrepreneurs with bankruptcy, civil litigation, commercial debt collection, and judgment enforcement matters in New York and New Jersey.