Writings/Articles


Collection of Lawsuit Attorney Fees in Iowa

Posted on: January 14th, 2022 by

Attorneys’ fees can be significantly expensive for a party in a lawsuit, and often those fees cannot be recovered by the plaintiff even after winning a judgment. Many parties to a transaction will wisely include a provision in their contract stating that if a judgment is recovered with respect to the agreement then the prevailing […]

What Every Bankruptcy Lawyer Must Know About Chapter 12

Posted on: May 3rd, 2021 by

Shareholder Joe Peiffer and associate Austin Peiffer recently co-authored an article on chapter 12 bankruptcy with Vermont bankruptcy trustee Jan Sensenich. It was published in the May 2021 edition of the American Bankruptcy Institute‘s ABI Journal. **As of April 1, 2022, the chapter 12 bankruptcy debt limit was raised to $11,097,350.

Thirty-Three Years of Asking, “Are We There Yet?”

Posted on: November 18th, 2019 by

The Commercial Law League of America recently published Joe Peiffer’s article “Thirty-Three Years of Asking “Are We There Yet?”” as one of the title articles in the summer edition of their publication, Commercial Law World. Click the image below to read the article. **As of April 1, 2022 the chapter 12 bankruptcy debt limit has […]

Thirty Years of Asking

Posted on: December 21st, 2017 by

Joe Peiffer recently wrote an article for the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal entitled Thirty Years of Asking, “Are We There Yet?”: Congress Rights a Taxing Wrong in Chapter 12. Click the thumbnail below to read the entire article:

Flaw in Tax Provision of Chapter 12 Fixed

Posted on: October 27th, 2017 by

President Trump delivered significant relief to beleaguered family farmers who need to sell farm assets to “right-size” their farm and incur taxes when he signed the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 on October 26, 2017. Tucked in the last six pages of the twenty-six-page bill is the Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification […]

Tough Financial Times in Agriculture and Lending Clauses – Peril for the Unwary

Posted on: October 9th, 2017 by

Overview The farm economy continues to struggle. Of course, certain parts of the country are experiencing more financial trauma than are other parts of the country, but recent years have been particularly difficult in the Corn Belt and Great Plains.  Aggregate U.S. net farm income has dropped by approximately 50 percent from its peak in […]