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Article: NEW LAW MEANS MORE WORK FOR LAWYERS; BANKRUPTCY CODES TAKING EFFECT TODAY ARE MORE STRINGENT AND INVOLVED.(News)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 17, 2005
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Byline: Sue Weibezahl Staff writer
Roger Monroe, of Cortland, has been living in his camper for the past two years.
Since he became disabled as a truck driver and went through a divorce, Monroe said, he doesn't have enough money to pay his bills.
That brought him to Laura Harris, a Syracuse bankruptcy lawyer, who scrambled to file his paperwork by the end of last week.
She wasn't the only one scrambling.
Bankruptcy lawyers throughout the area hustled to get documents filed because today new and far more stringent bankruptcy laws take effect.
"We've been working round the clock," said lawyer David Gruenewald of ...