Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Christopher Porter joined Brustein & Manasevit as an associate in November 2006. Mr. Porter advises clients with regards to a number of Federal education programs, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Act, and the Workforce Investment Act. In addition, he advises clients with regards to student privacy issues, specifically those arising under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

A primary focus of Mr. Porter's practice is defending clients in adverse Office of Inspector General audits and program review determinations, including administrative litigation. Another focus is advising State educational agencies and school districts that have been designated as high-risk grantees with regards to Federal education programs.

Upon graduating from Tulane Law School in May 2005, Mr. Porter served as a law clerk at the Office of Administrative Law Judges for the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, DC. As a clerk, his primary areas of expertise were Whistleblower protection statutes and Federal workers' compensation programs. Prior to law school, Mr. Porter received his B.A. in Political Science from Brown University.

Mr. Porter is a member of the bars of New York and the District of Columbia.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Litigation
• State Education

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Education Law

Bar Admissions

• New York, 2007
• District of Columbia

Past Employment Positions

• Department of Labor, Office of Administrative Law Judges, Law Clerk, 2005 - 2006

Education

• Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
  J.D.
  Honors: Moot Court (Business Law)
• Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
  B.A.
  Major: Political Science

Address

3105 South Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007-4419

Phones

202-965-3652
800-914-8212 (Toll Free)

Faxes

202-965-8913

Emails

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