Our law firm, Phillips & Thomas LLC, was recently interviewed by Tara S. Bernard, a financial journalist at the New York Times, in relation to student loan discharge issues in bankruptcy. The article is entitled “Discharging Student Loan Debt Is Supposed to Be Easier Than Before,” and appeared the Times on August 9, 2023.
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With a federal court ruling issued on July 13, 2023, Phillips & Thomas LLC has litigated a very important firearms rights case to a successful conclusion. For the first time, a Missouri federal court has ruled that Missouri’s criminal expungement statute, RSMo. §610.140, does restore a person’s right to possess a firearm.
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The Kansas City Municipal Court is part of Judicial Circuit 16. The courthouse is located at 511 E 11th St., Kansas City, MO 64106. It is located at the corner of Locust and 11th Streets. The court hears misdemeanor cases (such as theft and assault), traffic cases (such as speeding and driving while suspended), municipal code infractions, animal ordinance violations, and even housing code violation cases that arise out of incidents alleged to have occurred in the metropolitan Kansas City Missouri area.
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In early October 2022, Phillips & Thomas LLC successfully litigated a student loan adversary proceeding that arose out of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case in the District of Kansas. The case was In Re Vasko (Adv. No. 21-6020, District of Kansas, June 7, 2021). The facts were as follows.
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The Overland Park Municipal Court court handles misdemeanor criminal, traffic, and probation violation cases that arise in this city. Some of the typical cases include: driving under the influence (DUI), drug possession, shoplifting or theft, trespassing, minor in possession of alcohol, driving with an expired license or tag, and speeding.
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Our Johnson County, Kansas law firm located in Leawood is a veteran-owned business. One of our attorneys and owners, George Thomas, had a prior career as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps before attending law school and becoming an attorney. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) on a Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) scholarship from 1986 to 1990.
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We have moved our bankruptcy, criminal defense, and traffic law firm to a new location in Leawood, Kansas. After spending the past 22 years located in Prairie Village, Phillips & Thomas, LLC, will now be located in beautiful Park Place in Leawood, Kansas. Park Place is located just one block north of Town Center Plaza Shopping Center and also is close to the former Sprint Campus. We are also near the busy intersection of 119th Street and Nall and are also just a few minutes south of I-435. The new address is:
Our phone number of 913-385-9900 and email addresses will remain the same. We look forward to serving you at our new location!
Missouri changed the expungement laws on January 1, 2018, when Missouri statute §610.140 became effective. The statute has been amended since its adoption. This statute allowed for the expungement (removal) of a large number of offenses from the criminal record of a person (felonies, misdemeanors, and infractions) that were previously ineligible for expungement. However, those who are looking to have an old conviction in Missouri expunged should consult with an attorney at the earliest opportunity. The statute is complicated, and an evaluation process is necessary to determine whether a person is eligible.
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We have received many calls lately asking how bankruptcy can help during the financial crisis triggered by the the Covid-19 virus outbreak. As everyone knows, recent months have seen unprecedented events disrupt the normal patterns of life all across the globe in the wake of the pandemic. This turbulence has left many of us feeling apprehensive, uneasy, and insecure. It has also caused a great deal of financial hardship for both businesses and individuals. Many people are out of work, or have seen their incomes go down dramatically.
When a criminal case has been filed, an arrest warrant will often be issued by a judge. Obviously, no one wants to have active warrants out there pending in the system, since it means a person can be taken into custody at any time. It turns out that courts and law enforcement agencies don’t like active warrants, either. The more warrants that are out there, the greater the burden of work that is placed on agencies to process and clear them.
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