Leawood, Kan. – October 21, 2025: Ron Holt, an attorney with Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes, P.C., recently closed a transaction in which his client, a Pennsylvania cosmetology school, was acquired by another educational institution. The deal is an example of the law firm’s experience in representing clients in mergers and acquisitions in the national higher education space.
About Ron Holt: Ron has a national practice representing institutions of higher learning in mergers and acquisitions, litigation, regulatory matters and business transactions, including program reviews, administrative proceedings, student claims, state and federal court litigation, changes of ownership, and accrediting and state licensing agency disputes. In addition to higher education matters, Ron’s 44 years of experience include a broad range of commercial and general litigation matters in various industries regionally and across the country.
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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Rouse Frets White Goss Gentile Rhodes offers highly skilled lawyers in many practice areas with vast real world experience. Our clients benefit from blue-ribbon talent unencumbered by mega firm business models.
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