Fresh Start, Not False Start: How New Bankruptcy Student Loan Programs Are Tackling Student Loan Debt January 23 @ 1:00 PM ET ABI’s Consumer Bankruptcy Committee will discuss how new bankruptcy student loan management programs are helping debtors solve their student loan problems. The panel discussion will cover issues affecting…
This year, the Swift Law Group with whom we work closely on our consumer harassment cases sent us a wonderful holiday gift — a chocolate treasure chest! Everyone who saw it exclaimed “Oh Wow!”. Everyone! Then it was a free for all… Thank you to the Swift team!
The holidays came earlier it seems this year, and many of us were unprepared this year! Only our bookends looked the part at our holiday firm lunch! Happy holidays everyone!
See below for tips to end roadblocks faced by our older population when dealing with student loans! In a Yahoo Finance article this week, several problems were outlined and addressed during Secretary DeVos’ testimony on Capitol Hill. First, lengthy delays in the Borrower Defense to Repayment program for those who…
After having moved my parents and in laws to South Tampa’s SOHO district to be close to us, I can’t help but notice all the E-Scooters appearing there and in downtown Tampa over the past year. Please be careful when riding these. At least wear bright colors and a simple…
Some of our student loan clients have asked what they can make in terms of income and still be approved for a social security disability discharge. Normally we tell them income from employment counts, income from investments do not. For those that fear that they have to do a little…
Many federal student loans placed in in-school deferment will accrue interest during school and capitalize upon graduation: Loan types that do not require payment of interest when deferring student loans include: Subsidized Federal Stafford Loans Subsidized Direct Subsidized FFEL Consolidation Loans Direct Subsidized Loans Federal Perkins Loans Consolidation Loans Loan types that do…
Interesting times to be a student loan attorney. Just this week, a key decision was issued by the Fifth Circuit in In re: Crocker, No. 18-20254 which discharged private student loans. Why is this important? Well, it’s the first published Circuit level case on this issue. And the Court ruled…
Sometimes, in a bankruptcy, we want to separately classify student loans, particularly federal student loans, where our client debtors can benefit from public service or income driven plans with debt forgiveness. It’s also helpful to separately classify private student loans if we’ve otherwise reached a settlement agreement with the creditor. …
The Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida maintains its own newsletter called Court Connection which is distributed among court personnel and attorneys throughout the Middle District of Florida. This Court is the third most busy bankruptcy district in the country! One of the reasons it’s so active is…