• Download the audio LAWGITIMATE Attorney Diane Drain and Bobby Zavala with University of Dubuque Diane Drain established her law firm in 1991 in order to provide education for those facing financial troubles. She [...]

  • CFPB GOES AFTER STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF COMPANIES FOR DECEPTIVE PRACTICES Who is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) suing? They are: Consumer Advocacy Center Inc., which does business as Premier Student Loan Center; True [...]

  • Never pay upfront for “help” with your student loans Student loan trap According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) scammers stole millions from innocent student loan borrowers who were doing their best to [...]

  • ITT Accused of Unfair, Deceptive and Abusive Acts or Practices The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) proposes settlement with ITT Educational Services, Inc. — ITT engaged in unfair and abusive practices in connection with its [...]

  • Law suit against Department of Education – loan forgiveness program for millions of public service workers is in such a shambles that it violates federal law and the Constitution. July 11, 2019 – Article by [...]

  • Published On: February 20, 2019

    Navient, FedLoan and other student loan servicers “outrageous mismanagement” February 12, 2019 – An audit report released by the Education Department Office of Inspector General described the outrageous mismanagement of federal student loan servicers, like [...]

  • Published On: January 19, 2019

    Wells Fargo in trouble again, again, and again Washington, DC – re-posted from Senator Warren’s office (1/17/19) – A report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) prepared in February of 2018, but only recently [...]

  • Published On: July 17, 2018

    Misrepresenting the order in which the company would apply extra loan payments and failing to properly discharge federal student debt for borrowers with a total and permanent disability. […]

  •   Our vets need some relief. May, 2018 – Over the next few months the Department of Education will be sending letters to totally and permanently disabled veterans that they are eligible to [...]

  • The American dream for many is to drive a nice car, own a nice home and have a great job.  Unfortunately that dream is dead for many under 40.  Young people are leaving college with [...]

  • Her team did a fantastic job taking care of my case

    "Her team did a fantastic job taking care of my case" C.C. Diane helped me with my Bankruptcy and it was one the more complicated ones where the trustee asked for quite a bit of information and she and Jay did a fantastic job taking care of [...]

  • I will never forget how much they helped me get my life back.

    I will never forget how much they helped me get my life back. R.A.   As you can imagine, filing for bankruptcy can be stressful. Finding the right attorney can add to this stress. Working with Diane and Jay to guide me through this difficult process was the [...]

  • We were provided affordable comprehensive representation.

    “We were provided affordable comprehensive representation.”  R.B. I consulted the law office of D.L. Drain expressing our need to file bankruptcy having very limited resources. They accessed our situation and needs; educated us about bankruptcy options and ramifications. We were provided affordable comprehensive [...]