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Nov. 2, 2022

Bankruptcy Judge Jim Pappas, pioneer of student loan debt resolution

Jim Pappas, former chief judge of the 9th Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, tries to reach the best decision in the most cost-effective way possible.

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District of Idaho (Pocatello)

One of District of Idaho Bankruptcy Judge Jim D. Pappas’ most well-known decisions is a 2013 concurrence he wrote while serving as chief judge of the 9th Circuit’s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel in which he advocated for a more lenient standard in discharging student loan debt, calling the “undue hardship” test a “relic of times long gone.”

One of his most entertaining decisions is about a horse named Mittens.

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