Stanley Freeman

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Washington, DC

Stanley A. Freeman joined Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville  in 1994. He is President of the firm, Chair of the Executive Committee  and founder of the firm's education practice. Mr. Freeman frequently  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. For the past several years,  Mr. Freeman has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best  Lawyers in America in the specialty of Education Law.

Mr. Freeman has been actively involved in representing educational  institutions for twenty years. In his practice, he counsels individual  educational institutions, corporate investors in higher education,  associations of schools and colleges, accrediting agencies, and allied  educational companies on administrative, transactional, regulatory and  litigation matters. He has represented numerous schools in proceedings  before the US Department of Education, the accrediting commissions, and  guaranty agencies. 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. Mr. Freeman served as a founding member of the Board of  Directors of National Student Partnerships from 1999 to 2009 and is a  Founder of the Burning Tree Elementary School Educational Foundation.  Mr. Freeman served on the Board of Directors of the Career College  Association from 1995 to 1997.

Mr. Freeman graduated with distinction from the Honors College of the  University of Michigan in 1978 and received 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.

Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville is a Washington, DC-based law firm  that focuses on health care, education and the law of tax-exempt organizations.