May employers or governmental agencies discriminate against persons who file Chapter 7 cases?
No. It is illegal for either private or governmental employers to discriminate against a person as to employment because that person has filed a Chapter 7 case. It is also illegal for local, state, or federal governmental agencies to discriminate against a person as to the granting of licenses (including a driver’s license), permits, student loans, and similar grants because that person has filed a Chapter 7 case.
Expert bankruptcy lawyer discusses common questions and issues people have about bankruptcy and how it would affect them. Attorney Richard Bolger has practiced bankruptcy law in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia for 33 years. He is very easy to understand and has a talent for simplifying a complex and somewhat mysterious area of the law... bankruptcy. Listen to him answer some of the common questions he has been asked over the past several decades. "Is bankruptcy right for me?" "What will happen to my job?" "Can I keep my house?"
