Law Graduate Tries to Shed Debt in Bankruptcy

By Patrick Gregory, Bloomberg BNA

Mark Tetzlaff has close to $300,000 in law school debt and is seeking the U.S. Supreme Court’s help in getting it discharged in bankruptcy.

Courts including the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth circuits are split on what constitutes “undue hardship” that makes a debtor eligible for such a discharge. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit is also considering this issue.

Tetzlaff has fallen on hard times, James M. Wilton of Ropes & Gray LLP, Boston, who represents Tetzlaff, told Bloomberg BNA.

He has massive debt and is “10 ...