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Student loan lawyer for media interviews and commentary

I help journalists, editors, producers, established podcasters, and newsletter writers explain federal and private student loans, repayment, default, settlement, and bankruptcy in plain language.

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Student loan lawyer licensed in Missouri since 2014.

Trusted for clear student-loan context

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Student-loan topics for the newsroom

Stanley can provide legal and practical context across the student loan lifecycle. Availability depends on the request and deadline.

Federal repayment and policy changes

What rule, program, and servicing changes mean for borrowers in practice.

Income-driven repayment and forgiveness

Eligibility, payment calculations, plan transitions, and forgiveness consequences.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Qualifying employment, payment-count disputes, reconsideration, and program changes.

Default and collections

Rehabilitation, consolidation, wage garnishment, Treasury offset, and collection defenses.

Parent PLUS loans

Repayment constraints, consolidation choices, and family-level consequences.

Private student loans and settlement

Default, negotiation, settlement factors, litigation, and cosigner issues.

Student loans in bankruptcy

Adversary proceedings, undue-hardship standards, and current government guidance.

Servicing failures

Account errors, processing delays, credit reporting, and borrower-facing consequences.

Interviews and expert commentary

Selected interviews and expert commentary. Outlet names and logos identify unpaid editorial coverage and do not imply endorsement.

Current figures, with the source universe attached

Use Tate Law's source-backed student loan debt statistics for current figures, methodology notes, primary sources, and downloadable CSV and JSON data.

$1.724T; 42.6M unduplicated recipients

total federal student loan portfolio

FY2026 Q2, quarter ended Mar. 31, 2026

Federal Student Aid Data Center portfolio summary FSA reports 42.6M unduplicated recipients, a student-benefited count that is not always the same as unique borrowers.

$1.858T

Federal Reserve G.19 broad student-loan series

2026 Q2 / June 2026

Federal Reserve G.19 consumer credit release Broader Federal Reserve series with a different universe than FSA's federal portfolio; do not add it to the FSA number.
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Stanley Tate is a student loan lawyer and the founder of Tate Law. Licensed in Missouri since 2014, he focuses on student loan repayment, default, settlement, and bankruptcy. He regularly explains complex student loan rules and borrower consequences for journalists, professional groups, and the public.

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Stanley Tate is a student loan lawyer and the founder of Tate Law, a practice focused on helping borrowers navigate federal and private student loans. Licensed in Missouri since 2014, he works on repayment strategy, income-driven repayment, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, default and collections, private-loan settlement, and student loan discharge in bankruptcy. Stanley translates policy and legal changes into practical consequences for borrowers and families. He has provided expert commentary to national publications and has spoken to legal and financial professional groups about student loan law. Journalists may contact him for on-the-record interviews, background, fact-checking, written statements, broadcast appearances, and recorded podcasts, subject to availability and deadline.

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