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Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy
Experienced Advocates in Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Law
Contact UsNo matter which side of a financial dispute you are on, you deserve a skilled and strategic legal team by your side. At Lasher, our Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy attorneys represent a broad range of clients, including creditors, debtors, receivers, bankruptcy trustees, and creditors’ committees. We bring deep experience and a results-driven approach to resolving complex business, creditor-debtor, and insolvency disputes across a wide spectrum of proceedings.
As one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading creditors’ rights and bankruptcy law practices, we provide comprehensive representation in the following areas:
- State and Federal Court Receiverships
We initiate receiverships on behalf of creditors and other parties to preserve debtor assets and represent all parties—creditors, debtors, and court-appointed receivers—throughout liquidation and receivership proceedings. - Bankruptcy
We represent debtors, creditors, bankruptcy trustees, creditors committees and all parties in interest in involuntary and voluntary chapter 11 and 7 proceedings including lawsuits adjudicating parties’ rights in bankruptcy proceedings. - Creditor-Debtor Litigation
We handle commercial litigation involving loan collections, contract enforcement, fraudulent and preferential transfer claims, turnover actions, and challenges to bankruptcy discharge. - Workouts and Restructuring
We negotiate and implement complex workouts for secured and unsecured creditors and debtors involving loan defaults, real property transactions, leases, business liquidations, and dissolutions. - Lien and Bond Claims
Our attorneys aggressively pursue or defend lien enforcement actions and bond claims, especially in the construction and related industries. - Foreclosures
We represent lenders and borrowers in judicial and non-judicial foreclosures of deeds of trust, mortgages, and other security interests, as well as related repossessions and unlawful detainer actions. - Arbitrations and Mediations
We handle a wide range of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, providing strategic alternatives to litigation. - Collections
From demand to judgment enforcement, we manage all aspects of debt collection—negotiating payment plans, securing collateral, enforcing guarantees, and pursuing remedies such as garnishments and assignments for the benefit of creditors.
Our team combines legal acumen with practical strategies to deliver efficient, effective outcomes in all matters involving creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, collections, and financial disputes.
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Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy
Collecting against an insolvent debtor (i.e., defendant) creates issues and places pressure on the creditor (i.e., plaintiff) to secure the debtor’s assets while final judgment in a lawsuit is pending. Oftentimes there is a concern that the debtor is secreting/moving assets or not maintaining assets prior to or during the pendency of the lawsuit, to […]
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Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy
UPDATE: On May 12, 2021, Washington enacted significant revisions to the Homestead statutes. These revisions may potentially and significantly increase the dollar amount of your homestead exemption. As of May 12, 2021, the homestead exemption has changed to be the greater of 1) $125,000.00, or 2) the “county median sale price of a single-family home […]
Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy
It is important for Washington employers to understand what to do when they receive a notice that an employee’s wages or salary are being garnished. The judgment and garnishment are not the employer’s problem, and there is nothing that an employer can or should do to help their employee. Failure to handle the garnishment properly can have […]