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Legal Services
Brustein & Manasevit
3105 South Street NW
Washington, DC 20007-4419
Contact: Mr. Leigh Manasevit, Partner
Phone: 202-965-3652
Fax: 202-965-8913
bruman@bruman.com
Brustein & Manasevit counsels institutions
participating in the Title IV federal financial aid programs. Brustein
& Manasevit litigates adverse audits and program reviews; challenges
cohort default rate calculations; and assists with certification
and reinstatement applications, accreditation, licensing, and change
of ownership issues.
Cotton & Gundzik LLP
725 S. Figueoa Street
34th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
Contact: John W. Cotton & Aaron C. Gundzik
Phone: 213-312-1330
Fax: 213-623-6699
agundzik@cgllp.com
www.cgllp.com
Cotton & Gundzik
LLP specializes in commercial and consumer litigation in arbitration's
and in California federal and state courts. We represent educational
and other institutes in a broad range of disputes with students,
regulatory agencies and other commercial entities.
Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky, LLP
2101 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
Contact: Mr. Neil Lefkowitz, Partner
Phone: 202-828-2260
Fax: 202-887-0689
lefkowitzn@dsmo.com
www.DicksteinShapiro.com
Dickstein Shapiro
Morin & Oshinsky LLP, a multiservice law firm with more
than 325 attorneys in offices in Washington, DC and New York City,
has significant experience in representing postsecondary proprietary
educational companies in merger and acquisition and finance transactions.
Dickstein Shapiro also advises postsecondary proprietary educational
companies on intellectual property, employment, employee benefit,
and real property issues. In 2002, the Firm represented the seller
of Wyoming Technical Institute in all phases of the disposition, including
the preparation and negotiation of definitive transaction documents,
and closing of the transaction. In 2003, the Firm is representing
the sellers of a postsecondary proprietary educational company in
a transaction which is significantly larger than the Wyoming Technical
Institute transaction.
Dow Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC
1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-6802
Contact: Mr. Michael Goldstein, Member
Phone: 202-776-2000
Fax: 202-776-2222
mgoldstein@dlalaw.com
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson offers comprehensive
legal services to all segments of the education industry. Services
for career colleges include advice on student financial aid, accreditation,
licensure, acquisitions, finance, telecommunications, and information
technology.
Drinker Biddle & Reath
1500 K Street NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005-1209
Contact: Mr. John R. Przypyszny
Phone: 202-842-8858
Fax: 202-842-8465
john.przypyszny@dbr.com
Drinker Biddle & Reath is full-service
law firm founded in 1849 and headquartered in Philadelphia, with
offices in Washington, D.C.; New York; Princeton and Florham Park,
N.J.; and Berwyn, PA. Drinker Biddle & Reath provides legal
services in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and restructuring,
as well as advice on institutional eligibility and certification
matters and Title IV programs.
Kaye, Rose & Maltzman, LLP
402 Broadway, 21st Floor
San Diego, CA 92101-3542
Contact: Mr. Keith Zakarin, Esq.
Phone: 619-232-6555
Fax: 619-232-6577
kzakarin@kayerose.com
www.kayrose.com
We represent California and Florida Private
post-secondary and vocational schools and colleges in all of the
many facets of their complex and specialized businesses. We handle
student and employee claims and lawsuits, from simple disputes to
large class actions and private attorney general suits. The firm
also represents schools before state and federal regulatory and
accrediting bodies, as well as in purchase and sale transactions
of the schools themselves. We place particular emphasis on the creation
and implementation of sound risk management and claim prevention
strategies, and work in partnership with our clients to structure
their admissions, financial aid and instructor guidelines to maximize
profitability while minimizing risk.
Michael Best & Friedrich, L.L.C.
77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 4300
Chicago, Illinois 60601-1635
Contact: Mr. Daniel Kaufman, Partner
Phone: 312-845-5800
Fax: 312-845-5828
dkaufman@mbf-law.com
Michael Best & Friedrich represents universities,
colleges, technical colleges, and school districts on a broad spectrum
of issues ranging from labor and employment issues to intellectual
property matters. The organization's attorneys have a thorough understanding
of educational systems and the issues affecting them.
Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, P.C.
1875 Eye Street, NW, 12th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Contact: Mr. Stanley Freeman, Attorney-at-Law
Phone: 202-466-6550
Fax: 202-785-1756
sfreeman@ppsv.com
PPS&V is a group of education lawyers
representing both privately owned and publicly traded career colleges
across the country. The company provides advice on federal regulatory
compliance, program review and audit resolution, state licensure,
accreditation, acquisitions, and more.
Ritzert & Leyton, P.C.
4084 University Drive, Suite 100
Fairfax, Virginia 22030-6803
Contact: Mr. Peter Leyton, Attorney-at-Law
Phone: 703-934-2660
Fax: 703-934-9840
pleyton@ritzert-leyton.com
Ritzert & Leyton, a D.C. law firm, represents
postsecondary institutions of higher education before the U.S. Department
of Education, state and private regulatory agencies, and federal
and state courts. The firm has experience and expertise in federal
student financial assistance, accreditation, and licensure.
Shugart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.
Twelve Wyandotte Plaza, Suite 1600
120 West 12th St.
Kansas City, Missouri 64105-1929
Contact: Mr. Ronald Holt, Esq.
Phone: 816-421-3355
Fax: 816-374-0509
rholt@stklaw.com
www.stklaw.com
Shughart Thomson & Kilroy is a business
law firm, with offices in Kansas City, Denver and Phoenix, which
provides counsel to institutions of higher learning on a full range
of legal issues, including regulatory compliance and representation
in accrediting disputes, program reviews, LS&T proceedings,
student disputes and litigation with the U.S. Department of Education;
labor and employment issues; change of ownership; and tax and corporate
members.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
8000 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Contact: Mr. Eric R. Decator, Partner
Phone: 312-876-2569
Fax: 312-876-7934
edecator@sonnenschein.com
www.sonnenschein.com
Sonnenschein, with 600 attorneys in nine U.S.
cities and a global reach throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America,
serves the legal needs of many of the world's largest and best-known
businesses, nonprofits and individuals. The firm's attorneys have
extensive experience representing colleges and universities in all
aspects of their operations. We advise clients in both the proprietary
and not-for-profit sectors of the higher education industry. In
the past few years, we have represented clients in connection with
the acquisition and disposition of numerous colleges, universities
and other post-secondary schools. Sonnenschein's higher education
lawyers routinely collaborate with the firm's lawyers in its corporate,
health care, taxation, litigation, antitrust, employment, employee
benefits, bankruptcy, environmental and real estate practice groups
in Sonnenschein's continuing effort to provide its clients with
a broad range of legal expertise.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Contact: Mr. Kenneth J. Ingram, Partner
Phone: 202-659-6800
Fax: 202-331-0573
kingram@wtplaw.com
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston represents
a number of private non-profit Accrediting Agencies, including ACICS,
ABHES, ACCET, MEAC and CSWE.
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