STUDENT LOANS IN BANKRUPTCY
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP NOW AVAILABLE IN
NACBA ONLINE STORE
Visit http://www.nacba.org/student-loans-inbankruptcy-workshop/
Purchase Includes Recordings & Materials
(and there is plenty of reference materials!)
evaluating non-bankruptcy options,
to litigating undue hardship, to
dealing with private student loans,
to making use of Chapter 13 relief,
and perhaps the most important
issue to a consumer bankruptcy
attorney outside of helping your
client, identifying ways to be
compensated for your services,
this two session intense virtual
workshop will cover it all.
I
t
has
been discussed at
conventions, workshops, 341
meetings and around the water
cooler, there is no debt rising faster
on Americans than Student Loan
Debt. 40 million people across the
United States have monumental
student debt as reported by
CNN. In fact, student loans have
increased by 84% since the
recession (from 2008 to 2014) and
are the only type of consumer debt
not decreasing. The current student
debt amount is rising at a rate of
$3055.19 per second.
Although bankruptcy has rarely
been an option for these debts,
“the times are a changing!” From
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CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY JOURNAL
Led by Consumer Bankruptcy
Attorney & Student Loan Experts,
the 2nd Annual NACBA Virtual Fall
Workshop will allow attendees to
participate from their office, home,
or on the go (just not while you are
driving). Attendees are treated
to an exclusive “Welcome & brief
Washington Update” provided by
United States Senator Elizabeth
Warren (D-MA).
In addition to Senator Warren,
sessions include instruction from
the following:
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Edward Boltz, Esq. NACBA
President & Law Office of John
T. Orcutt, Raleigh, NC (Bio)
Joshua Cohen, Esq. The
Student Loan Lawyer, West
Dover, VT (Bio)
Erik Heath, Esq. Consumer
Winter 2015
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Bankruptcy
Attorney,
San
Francisco, CA (Bio)
Adam Minsky, Esq. Student
Loan Law, Boston, MA (Bio)
Richard
“Hal”
Nemeth,
Esq. Nemeth & Associates,
Cleveland, OH (Bio)
Richard Parker, Esq. Parker
Butte & Lane, Portland, OR
(Bio)
John Rao, Esq. National
Consumer Law Center, Boston,
MA (Bio)
Randall Ryder, Esq. Ryder Law
/ Consumer Rights & Student
Loans, Minneapolis, MN (Bio)
Session 1
Welcome & Washington Update United States Senator Elizabeth
Warren (D-MA)
1. Coverage of Section 523(a)
(8) - 30 min (Joshua Cohen and
John Rao)
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Tuition debt vs. loan
·
Application of sub part (A)
(ii) to “educational benefit”
i.
Co-borrowers as
creditors
·
Private student loan as a
“qualified education loan”
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys