Maurer Law LLC

06/12/2018

We are expanding to work with HR departments that want to offer student loan resources as part of their talent recruitment and retention.

06/06/2018

Some quick basics on what you can do if your transcript is being withheld because of your student loans. Maurer Law LLC offers free evaluations of transcript cases.

One of the most punitive and self-defeating things colleges and universities do these days is hold a student’s official transcript because of student loan debt. Without an official transcript…

05/08/2018

maurerlawllc.com/2018/05/08/in-honor-of-teacher-appreciation-day-some-thoughts-on-teachers-and-student-loan-debt/

Teachers are some of the lowest paid professionals in the country. According to the National Education Association, the average starting salary for the 2016-2017 school year was $38,617. In Ohio…

05/07/2018

The answer to the most common questions I get from student borrowers: What is refinancing? What is consolidating? Should I do either?

“Should I refinance my loans? Should I consolidate my loans? What is the difference between the two?” These are some of the most common questions I get whenever I talk to somebody about…

05/04/2018

How would you like it if the amount of loans you owed depended on how your classmates did after school? That's what the Department of Education is trying to put in place under Betsy DeVos for the 100,000 graduates of Corinthian College

Almost 100,000 student loan borrowers — already scammed by the notorious and now-shuttered Corinthian Colleges — are now being graded on the worst curve of their life. Under a new set …

04/25/2018

Waiting for your borrower defense claim to be processed? You're not alone.

Tens of thousands of borrowers have submitted so-called “borrower defense” claims to the Department of Education, alleging that their loans should be discharged because of misconduct by…

04/17/2018

Are you a veteran with a disability determination by the VA and want to know if you might be eligible for student loan relief? Despite recent changes in the law that make the process more affordable, the Department of Education still requires eligible veterans to apply for student loan relief.

Maurer Law LLC offers a free consultation on student loan issues and takes pride in representing veterans on student loan and other consumer finance matters.

The VA has records of hundreds of thousands of vets who should be eligible to have their student loans discharged — if only they knew about the program and applied. For years, two government …

04/16/2018

https://maurerlawllc.com/2018/04/16/why-paying-your-student-loans-will-look-different-in-2019/

The federal government has put out a call for bids to radically overhaul the student loan servicing program in 2019 with the goal of creating a unified website to pay and administer all federal stu…

04/14/2018

https://maurerlawllc.com/2018/04/05/changes-to-pslf-in-the-omnibus-spending-bill/

In late March 2018, Congress passed H.R. 1625, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 otherwise known as the omnibus spending bill. Contained deep in the thousand-page document was a provision …

04/13/2018

https://maurerlawllc.com/2018/04/13/the-definitive-yale-harvard-stanford-lrap-comparison/

I had the immense privilege of going to Stanford Law School. When I began to be known among my friend group as knowledgable on student loans, I started to get requests for student loan consultatio…

04/12/2018

https://maurerlawllc.com/2018/04/03/services/

Maurer Law LLC offers a range of services on student loan issues: Financial consultations to optimize repayment plans. Dispute resolution with loan servicers Borrower defense and discharge applicat…