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Michael Brustein 
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Having served as an attorney advisor to the former United States Office of Education, and Chief of the Adult and Vocational Education Branch in the HEW Office of General Counsel / Education Division, Michael Brustein served on the transition team to establish the United States Education Department.  Following the opening of the new federal department in May 1980, he founded the firm with Leigh Manasevit in July 1980.
    Over the past 25 years, Brustein & Manasevit have worked with all 50 states, many school districts, postsecondary institutions, and national education organizations on issues related to federal support of education and workforce development.  Over this period of time Michael Brustein has been recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on federal grants management, audit resolution, as well as workforce education and development issues.
Year Joined Organization:
1980
Areas of Practice:
Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
Administrative Investigations
Administrative Rulemaking
Age Discrimination
Colleges & Universities
Private Schools
Public Schools
Race Discrimination
Regulatory Enforcement
Religious Discrimination
Sex Discrimination
Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment -- Employee
Special Education
Student Rights
Bar Admissions:
Connecticut, 1974
District of Columbia, 1979
New York, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1976
U.S. Supreme Court, 1978
Education:
University of Connecticut School of Law, Hartford, Connecticut, June, 1974
J.D.


New York University, New York, New York, June, 1971
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: Honors Scholar
Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha
Major:  Political Science


Published Works:
The One-Stop Guide to the Final WIA Regulations, 2000


The One-Stop Guide to the Perkins Act of 1998


The NAPIC Guide to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998


The Administrator's Guide to the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of 1998


The School-to-Work User's Guide: Understanding Federal Cost Principles and Avoiding Audit Liability, 1997


The AVA Guide to the School-to-Work Opportunities Act, 1994


The A VA Guide to Federal Funding for Tech Prep, 1992


The AVA Audit Handbook: Avoiding Audit Liability Under the 1990 Perkins Act, Revised Edition, 1992


Birth Information:
1949, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America

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Brustein & Manasevit Attorneys at Law

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Washington, D.C. 20007

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