A U.S. bankruptcy judge in New York ruled that a Navy veteran does not have to repay nearly a quarter of a million dollars in student loans due to the debt creating an undue financial hardship. Judge Cecilia Morris’s ruling stunned many observers as student loan debt...
This is obviously nothing you can plan for. One day, you’re perfectly healthy and the next, someone crashes into you completely changing your life. You need help but where to go? There are plenty of lawyer billboards advertising that they are fighters. Some are and...
NEWMAN | WILLIAMS partner, Jerry Geiger, has a Twitter Feed on legal issues relating to cars, motorcycles, bicycles and pretty much anything on wheels. Jerry handles vehicle accident litigation throughout eastern Pennsylvania but loves following the latest tech on...
Motorcycle accidents, though not necessarily more frequent than car accidents, are more likely to result in serious injury or death. According to the federal government, per mile traveled in 2006, there were 35 times more deaths from motorcycle accidents than from car...
In 2013, student members of Pi Delta Psi, Inc. traveled from their Baruch college campus in Manhattan to the Poconos. A ritual known as “The Crossing,” a gauntlet where members tackle and body-slam its members, killed a freshman. Prosecutors filed charges against the...
We regret to announce that our friend and colleague Sam Newman died this past Friday. Sam had an incredible legal intellect and was a major influence on not only the members of our firm but on our entire bar association and Monroe County as a whole. He was one of a...
Jerry Geiger and Bob Kidwell taught a citizenship class at the Hughes Library on April 18, 2019. The library offers a free class to prepare for the U.S. citizenship application and interview. It is an 8-week program open to permanent U.S. residents (green card...
Jerry Geiger and Bob Kidwell taught a citizenship class at the Hughes Library on April 18, 2019. The library offers a free class to prepare for the U.S. citizenship application and interview. It is an 8-week program open to permanent U.S. residents (green card...
Consumer Bankruptcy FAQ’s Newman Williams provides Bankruptcy law services to the Eastern Pennsylvania area. Contact bankruptcy lawyer Vincent Rubino for a free case consultation. Below are some frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to Bankruptcy Law in...
Although the U.S. Supreme Court famously said that that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,” the reality is somewhat different. In an age when schools are arming teachers, digital threats...
