Author Archives: Michael J. Berger

10 Page Class Action Settlement Notices have been mailed out to all eligible class members. If you were a student enrolled at Silver State Helicopters on February 4, 2008 and you received a loan from Student Loan Express, you should receive this notice on or before January 11, 2009. If you have not received it, […]

Settlement offered to Silver State students By Chris Cobb The Herald-Zeitung Published December 29, 2009 Some measure of relief could soon be landing in the mailboxes of former students of Silver State Helicopters. The nationwide flight school had plans to relocate its headquarters to New Braunfels before abruptly going bankrupt in February 2008 — cutting […]

Q. When will I receive Notice of the Class Action Settlement? A. Notices are being mailed out now. They are expected to be sent out by an independent administrator between December 28 and December 30, 2009. If you are my client and you have not received notice of the settlement by January 7, 2009 and […]

All former students of Silver State Helicopters with questions about the proposed class action settlement with Student Loan Xpress are invited to e-mail their questions to [email protected]. This is a special e-mail address set up by class action counsel for this purpose. In addition, in person meetings with former SSH students and class action counsel […]

Earlier today, United States District Court Judge Steven D. Merryday signed an Order granting preliminary approval to the proposed class action settlement with Student Loan Xpress. A copy of the docket entry is set forth herein: The following transaction was entered on 11/19/2009 at 2:04 PM EST and filed on 11/19/2009 Case Name: Holman v. […]

The proposed class action settlement applies to eligible class member students in all 50 states, regardless of whether or not their State Attorney General is a party to the Assurance of Voluntary Compliance Agreement entered into by Student Loan Xpress and the Attorney Generals for 12 states.

NOTICE OF SALE OF ESTATE PROPERTY In re: Armorlite Roofing Technology, LLC United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California Case No. 2:09-bk-22974-SB Sale Date: December 16, 2009 Sale Time: 11:00 a.m. Sale Location: 255 E. Temple Street, Courtroom 1575, Los Angeles, California 90012 DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY TO BE SOLD Armorlite Roofing Technology, […]

CIT Group, the owner of Student Loan Xpress, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy Sunday night, November 1, 2009. CIT’s bankruptcy filing will be the fifth largest in U.S. history. The 101 year old lender received a $2.33 billion taxpayer-financed bailout in December 2008. This taxpayer money will most likely be lost. The effect of CIT […]

2 BIG Developments today in the Silver State Helicopters matter. First, papers were filed in Federal Court in Tampa, Florida confirming that class counsel reached a proposed settlement with SLX whereby the loans of students enrolled at SSH when it ceased operations will be significantly reduced depending on the number of Federal Aviation certifications or […]

The proposed class action settlement agreement with Student Loan Xpress will be submitted to the Court tomorrow or Friday for preliminary approval. I will post detailed information about the proposed settlement as soon as it is filed with the Court. If and when the proposed settlement agreement is approved by the Court, as I expect […]