Washington D.C. Post-Secondary Education Attorneys
Providing for schools' legal needs, so they can go about the business of education.
Ciesla & Ciesla has a national post-secondary education law practice that routinely handles issues involving the Department of Education in Washington D.C. Our firm routinely handles educational and business issues for non-profit (as well as for-profit) higher education institutions.
Experienced Chicago Post-Secondary Legal Representation
The U.S. Department of Education, located in Washington D.C., is at the center of a majority of educational laws in the United States. Our firm routinely works with college administrators to resolve conflicts with the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Since our firm concentrates on higher education law, our attorneys routinely represent clients before a variety of offices within the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) including:
- Office of Civil Rights
- Office of Higher Education
- Office of the Inspector General
- Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services
- Office of Vocational and Adult Education
Financial Aid, Disability, and Discrimination Representation
In addition to handling disputes between post-secondary institutions and the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) in Washington D.C., our lawyers handle issues related to financial aid fraud, disabilities, and discrimination. Our firm assists colleges and universities in the development, drafting, and provides legal advice on the implementation of anti-discrimination policies. Our attorneys have extensive experience protecting clients from actions associated with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Our firm has represented numerous post-secondary institutions on issues regarding discrimination and disability and has worked through the U.S. Department of Education as well as state and federal courts, administrative agencies and regional accrediting bodies to provide our clients with positive outcomes.
Business Law for Post-Secondary Institutions
Whether a post-secondary educational institution is a not-for-profit or a for-profit institution, our lawyers can help protect the business underlying the institution. Like all other businesses in the Chicago area, institutions of higher education must deal with issues such as employment practices and collective bargaining, real estate and campus development, contracts, taxation issues, business and corporate governance.
Since Ciesla & Ciesla concentrates on post-secondary education law, our attorneys are equipped to resolve the business issues facing institutions of higher education, while keeping sight of the federal and state provisions that regulate post-secondary institutions.
Many educational institutions, whether not-for-profit or for-profit, have entities such as libraries, foundations or student unions that operate on a not-for-profit basis. Our attorneys can work with educational institutions on complex tax issues that can cost or save a school thousands or millions of dollars each year.
Contact Our Chicago North Shore Post-Secondary Education Law Attorneys
The Chicago attorneys at Ciesla & Ciesla represent post-secondary institutions in matters throughout the Chicago area and the United States. Please contact Ciesla & Ciesla to learn more about how our post-secondary education attorneys can represent the interests of your school. Our firm provides solutions that meet the legal needs of educational institutions, so they can go about the business of education.
