April 24, 2026: Chris DeLuca, chair of the firm’s Higher Education Practice Group recently spoke at the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) National Conference on Allied Health Education in New Orleans. This event brings industry leaders, educators, and administrators from across the country to discuss the top issues in health care education. Chris gave a presentation titled “Composite Score – Strengthening Institutional Financial Health.”
Chris is a frequent speaker at national and regional higher education conferences, where he shares his insights on navigating regulatory, compliance, and other challenges of owning and operating institutions of higher education. In addition to providing ongoing legal counsel and guidance to higher education institutions, Chris also has in-house experience managing compliance and accreditation.
About Chris DeLuca: Chris has over 30 years of experience providing legal, financial, and management services to business owners and career school operators. He represents schools in dispute resolution with the U.S. Department of Education and accrediting agencies and provides ongoing legal counsel and guidance to schools navigating the regulatory and compliance challenges of owning and operating institutions of higher education. In addition, Chris provides legal counsel to both buyers and sellers in transactions involving the change in ownership of regulated institutions of higher education.
About the Higher Education Practice Group: The firm’s Higher Education Group attorneys work with colleges, universities, service providers and other academic enterprises nationwide to help them seize new opportunities, rigorously defend their interests, and successfully meet the challenges of a constantly changing business, regulatory and technology landscape. In particular, the group’s lawyers have special expertise with career colleges.
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