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    Stanley A. Freeman

    Partner
    Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
    Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    Stanley A. Freeman is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the international law firm Eversheds Sutherland. He counsels postsecondary educational institutions from all sectors of higher education regarding strategic issues pertaining to participation in the federal student financial assistance programs, accreditation, licensure, and related regulatory concerns.
    Stan has been actively involved in representing educational institutions for more than 20 years. In his practice, he counsels individual educational institutions, corporate investors in higher education, associations of schools and colleges, and allied educational companies on administrative, transactional, regulatory and litigation matters. He has represented numerous schools before the U.S. Department of Education and before other federal agencies, state educational oversight agencies, and accreditors on compliance matters, financial responsibility concerns, legislative issues, and investigative matters. He has also litigated cases in the state and federal courts. He spends much of his time advising clients concerning regulatory and compliance matters arising under the Higher Education Act of 1965, including program reviews, audits, substantive changes, changes in ownership and control, and other oversight matters.
    Stan has authored numerous articles on federal student financial aid issues for higher education publications and frequently speaks to gatherings of college officials and student aid administrators.
    Stan graduated with distinction from the Honors College of the University of Michigan in 1978 and earned his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1982. He is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. He is a lifelong resident of the Washington area, and he and his wife Cecilia have five children.

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