CNBC: A lawyer is trapped in $247,804 student debt

Aubrey Bertram was beginning to imagine his life without student debt. Bertram, a lawyer in Wild Montana, a non-profit organization working on land conservation in the state, had about two and a half years of payments before his $247,804 federal student loan balance was forgiven under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. But for many months, he has been stuck on his way to receiving that relief. “We’re not getting credit,” said Bertram, …

Aubrey Bertram was beginning to imagine his life without student debt. Bertram, a lawyer in Wild Montana, a non-profit organization working on land conservation in the state, had about two and a half years of payments before his $247,804 federal student loan balance was forgiven under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. But for many months, he has been stuck on his way to receiving that relief. “We’re not getting credit,” said Bertram, …