I’d like to thank the PAF’s Hillsborough Chapter for the invitation to speak at their luncheon today with the assistance of our long term legal assistant, Angie Glaser, now paralegal!! — about Taking Control of Your Student Loans. There were lots of good questions by people starved for information and…
We’ve noticed over the past few months that some of our clients and many other borrowers have been reporting that they are having no luck getting their federal loans in forbearance after they’ve filed a Borrower Defense to Repayment (“BDTR”) application. These forbearances are simple to request and are supposed…
One of our PSLF class actions against the largest student loan servicer in the United States, Navient, was profiled by ABC Action News here in Tampa last week. Our clients are finding they have to basically start all over with their ten years of Public Service Loan Forgiveness because the…
CNN Money recently featured two of our clients, Amanda Lawson-Ross and Bill Cottrill, in a story Student Loan Nightmare: ‘I have to start all over’. These two clients filed Complaints seeking class action status. One observation in the story: “They make it incredibly difficult to take advantage of [PSLF]; you…
One of our student loan attorney colleagues, Austin Smith, is the guiding force behind a class action filed in Texas that is pending: In re: Evan Brian Haas and Michael Shahbazi v. Navient Solutions, LLC and Navient Credit Finance Corporation. It may affect our Florida clients with private student loans as it…
The automatic stay that normally applies when a debtor files bankruptcy, does not work the same in a second or even third bankruptcy case. This has caught many debtors unaware and may cause the loss of a home. In a 2nd bankruptcy filing, the automatic stay expires after 30 days. …
Matt Taibbi of the Rolling Stones just published a very enlightening piece “The Great College Loan Swindle” today. He explains just how universities, banks, and the government turned student loan debt into America’s next financial bubble — or as a client called it this week a “nightmare”. He highlights a student…
Parent Plus loans continue to be a big problem. Not only are the consumers unable to pay the loans that were taken out for their children, they are continuing to not take advantage of plans that would allow them to pay less without hurting their credit. Case in point: (As…
Our firm was instrumental in the filing of several class actions in Florida against Navient and Great Lakes for our clients who believed they were accruing time toward public service loan forgiveness — when it turns out their loans were not eligible. The kicker is all they needed to do…
One of the best ways of getting information out to the general public has been our blog. It helps to get the word out on what consumers should be doing to help their financial future. Topics have been on things that our law firm has helped clients in the past…