John R. Przypyszny is a partner and leads the Government and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group's Education Team. His practice concentrates on institutions of higher education, the companies and investors which comprise the evolving education market and institutional and programmatic accrediting agencies. John has extensive experience in dealing with the U.S. Department of Education's regulations and institutional eligibility requirements.
John has experience in handling a broad range of legal issues that concern proprietary and traditional educational institutions. He also has experience executing transactions in the education industry on behalf of institutions of higher education, education companies and private investors. John also provides advice to education-related corporations and trade associations on issues relating to corporate governance and organization.
John provides advice on a broad range of legal and regulatory issues that regularly affect accrediting bodies. He has assisted accrediting agencies in the development and application of accrediting standards, and has defended accrediting agencies in federal court.
John received his undergraduate degree with honors in 1987 from Georgetown University and his law degree cum laude in 1990 from Georgetown University Law Center. John has served as a negotiator in the Department of Education’s negotiated rulemaking, implementing the Higher Education Amendments of 1998. John previously served as chair of the Education Law Committee of the Administrative Law and Agency Practice Section of the District of Columbia Bar. John is a frequent speaker on educational issues and has published a compendium on distance education for the National Association of College and University Attorneys. |