legislation

Working on student loan dischargability

May 29, 2018

As a member of the Legislative Committee of the National Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, Norma Hammes led NACBA’s effort in drafting its comment letter urging the Department of Education to release data and simplify the undue hardship analysis.

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