According to figures released on April 24, 2014, by the United States Bankruptcy Courts, bankruptcy filings in the Southern District of Indiana, Southern District of Illinois and Western District of Kentucky were down an average of 9% during the 12-month period that ended March 31, 2014,  compared to the previous 12-month period that ended March 31, 2013....Read More

Most doctors, dentists and other healthcare providers have patient accounts with balances of a few thousand dollars or less on which they struggle to collect payment from their patients. Providers often send demand letter after demand letter, but to no avail. Afraid of the cost and time involved in pursuing a legal remedy, including fear...Read More

Michael E. DiRienzo, a Partner at KDDK, will chair a panel discussion as part of the Creditors’ Session of the Bi-Annual Southwestern Indiana Bankruptcy Conference. Presented by the Evansville Bar Association’s Business and Commercial Law Section, the Conference will be held on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at the Evansville Teachers Federal Credit Union Phipps Center,...Read More

Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) has hired Patrick C. Thomas as an associate attorney.  He was sworn in during an Admission Ceremony held today in Indianapolis. Patrick C. Thomas (Pat) has joined KDDK as an associate and serves on the firm’s Litigation and Trial Services practice team.  Pat is licensed to practice law...Read More

Earlier this year, the Indiana Legislature amended and added Section 4 to Indiana Code 32-29-8.  The addition of Section 4 is important to many groups, including banking institutions, purchasers at sheriff sale, and junior lienholders.  It provides these parties a statutory remedy to clear title when a purchaser at sheriff sale and/or plaintiff mortgagee learns...Read More

A primary reason for creating a corporation to conduct business is to shield corporate shareholders from personal liability for the corporation’s acts and debts. This corporate shield is of obvious benefit to shareholders, allowing them to freely invest in an enterprise while limiting their risk. The corporate shield, however, is a great frustration to creditors...Read More

On May 29, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated, rejecting a Chapter 11 bankruptcy debtor’s plan which proposed to sell their property free and clear of the Bank’s liens and repay the Bank with the sale proceeds, but failed to permit the Bank to credit-bid at...Read More