Silver State Helicopters Students Near Settlement With Student Loan Xpress

A proposed Settlement Agreement covering the vast majority of my clients with loans from Student Loan Xpress, as well as most other former SSH students with loans from SLX, is scheduled to be filed in United States District Court on August 31, 2009. This proposed nationwide class action settlement is to be filed in United States District Court Middle District of Florida Tampa Division Case No. 8:080cv-00305-SDM-MAP. All leading counsel representing former students of SSH have joined together to negotiate and approve the best possible settlement for our former SSH student clients. These attorneys include myself, Andrew August and Kevin Rooney of the Pinnacle Law Group in San Francisco, and Chris Casper of Tampa, Florida. Certain state Attorney Generals, including the Florida Attorney General, who have undertaken a cooperative investigation of the business practices of SSH and the events leading to its closure in February of 2008 (The AG Task Force), are reviewing the proposed settlement and using their influence to get the best possible settlement terms for former SSH students. These settlement negotiations have been ongoing for more than one year, and include three mediation sessions before retired Judge William Cahill in August, September and December of 2008 in San Francisco, California. The parties have engaged in confirmatory discovery and exchanged multiple drafts of a more than sixty page settlement agreement. Plaintiff's counsel have conducted extensive independent investigation and analysis, including obtaining a copy of SSH's computer and hard copy records. 3 separate putative class actions are pending against SLX on behalf of Student borrowers of SSH, and all of these actions may be said to have helped facilitate the proposed settlement. Most of this formerly confidential information has been set forth in pleadings filed in the above referenced District Court Case and can now be shared with you. The terms of the proposed settlement must remain confidential until the proposed agreement is filed with the Court. I will post full details regarding the proposed settlement agreement on this blog at the earliest possible time. Each client of mine with loans from Student Loan Xpress will be contacted individually regarding this settlement proposal.