Bankruptcy

The History of Bankruptcy in the United States for the last 100 Years, including The Chandler Act (Bankruptcy is my Middle Name!)

By Joseph McDaniel, Esq.

It has a particularly spiffy hocky-stick graph of bankruptcy filings over the last 100 years, and tries to correlate those filings with other events, like the greater availability of credit to the middle class over the last one hundred years.

I also liked the article because it made reference to Chandler. Not Chandler, Arizona, which is itself a bankruptcy capital of Metropolitan Phoenix, but the Chandler Act, which was a precursor to our current bankruptcy laws.

Why do I like discussions of The Chandler Act? Is it because I have a strong interest in historical events in the development of the current bankruptcy law of the United States?

I asked myself that same question: "Joseph Chandler McDaniel, why is it that the Chandler Act is so interesting to you?"

I have not yet found the answer. I'll keep you posted.

NOTHING HERE CONSTITUTES LEGAL ADVICE RE A CHAPTER 7, CHAPTER 13, CHAPTER 11, OR CHAPTER 12. FIND AN ARIZONA BANKRUPTCY LAWYER WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN BANKRUPTCY LAW, AV RATED, AVVO 10 RATED, ON SUPERLAWYERS, OR JUST VERY EXPERIENCED AND A FORMER CHAIR OF SOME BANKRUPTCY SECTION OR COMMITTEE. NOTHING HERE MAY BE USED AS LEGAL ADVICE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY BANKRUPTCY, WHETHER THAT BANKRUPTCY IS IN PHOENIX, GLENDALE, TEMPE, MESA, SCOTTSDALE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE.

Full post as published by Arizona Bankruptcy Attorney Blog on May 09, 2010 (boomark / email).