Author Archives: Michael J. Berger
Helping the FBI With Its Criminal Investigation of SSH
Many of our clients have received a letter and a questionnaire from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The letter is from Maureen Seitz, Victim Specialist at the Las Vegas Branch of the FBI and references the FBI’s Case Number 318E-LV040690. The letter states in pertinent part, “Your name was referred to the FBI’s Victim […]
Notice of Appearance Filed Today
Today we filed a Notice of Appearance and Request for Service of Notices and Pleadings with the Bankruptcy Court in the SSH case. Attached to our Notice was a complete list of all clients that we represent in this case. We check the docket in the SSH case several times a week to keep on […]
Running, Racing, Riding, and Raising Funds for Charity
Working on the SSH case has already required strength and endurance to go along with our determination and intelligence. Much more will be required. In April and May, my Associate Attorneys and I continued the athletic efforts that bring us balance, happiness, health and fitness. On April 5, 2008, Senior Associate Attorney Georgeann Nicol ran […]
Continuing Education
Next week, 2 important bankruptcy conferences will be taking place in California. I will be attending the 20th Annual California Bankruptcy Forum in Indian Wells, California. This 3 day conference begins on Friday, May 16, 2008 and concludes on Sunday, May 18, 2008. This conference gathers together hundreds of bankruptcy attorneys and bankruptcy judges and […]
Instructor Gail Higgins
Senior Associate Attorney Gail Higgins is once again teaching bankruptcy law at UCLA Extension in the mornings, and then coming to work with us in the afternoons. Instructor Gail ‘s intensive course in bankruptcy is part of UCLA Extension’s Paralegal Training Program. Classes began on Wednesday, May 7 and will conclude on Monday, May 12. […]
Disputing Your AES Accounts Part 2
Several of our SSH clients asked for a further explanation as to how one of our SSH clients got Transunion to remove AES from his credit report. Here is the explanation, direct from our client: “It was actually really simple. I went to www.freecreditreport.com on a whim just to check my credit, and in the […]
ABC 7 News San Francisco Tonight
ABC 7 News San Francisco is running a story on the SSH bankruptcy tonight @ 6:00 pm. I was interviewed via satellite for this story by ABC reporter Rene Koury. Several of our SSH clients were interviewed for the story as well, including James Edwards of San Francisco, CA and David Ross of Walnut Creek, […]
From The Higher Ed Watch Blog
Fueling Sham Trade Schools Stephen Burd – May 1, 2008 – 1:20am We have written a lot recently about Silver State Helicopters, a Nevada-based company that left the 2,500 students who attended its flight academies in the lurch when it shut its doors without warning on Super Bowl Sunday and filed for bankruptcy liquidation. As […]
Working on the Proofs of Claim and the Adversary Proceeding Complaint
In May, we are focusing on preparing the proofs of claim for all 1289 of our SSH clients (not including cosigners) and on the preparation of our Adversary Proceeding Complaint against the lenders. We would greatly appreciate keeping requests for status reports and individual calls or letter to the lenders to a minimum so that […]
Disputing Your AES Accounts
Earlier today, I received the following e-mail from one of my clients: “Hey Michael, About 3 weeks ago I went in and disputed the AES accounts on all 3 of my credit reports and I just got an email back from TransUnion confirming that they have deleted all 3 of the AES accounts on my […]
