She took out half a dozen student loans as she juggled her college studies with full-time jobs, but she thought she had all of them under control. “I called the opposing counsel from both firms and said, ‘You can’t both be right,’” said Emily White, a lawyer in Columbus, Ohio, who represented Ms. Kyser. In Miami, a law firm working for Transworld brought a lawsuit last year against Antonio Fuentes, seeking payment on a $13,356 student loan. “Many judges take the attitude: ‘I paid my student loans. A New York judge questioned whether Navient, the nation’s largest owner of private student loan debt, had a right to collect on some loans at all in the state.

Source: New York Times November 13, 2017 09:56 UTC