Christopher DeLuca

Christopher DeLuca is a higher education and business lawyer at Rouse Frets White, P.C. with more than 30 years of legal, financial, and management experience. He advises postsecondary institutions on regulatory compliance, administrative disputes, business matters, mergers, acquisitions, and ownership changes. He also counsels buyers and sellers in transactions involving regulated schools. His work combines legal analysis with financial knowledge developed as a certified public accountant, currently inactive, and former education executive in higher education.

Christopher earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1992. He earned his B.S. from the University of Detroit in 1989. His professional background includes nine years as in-house counsel and Chief Financial Officer for a multi-state cosmetology school group. He managed compliance involving Title IV federal student aid programs and accreditation requirements, giving him direct experience with the operational and regulatory demands facing educational institutions nationwide.

Christopher represents schools in disputes with the US Department of Education and accrediting agencies while advising on ongoing compliance obligations. He counsels institutions on Title IV, accreditation, Title IX, the Clery Act, disability accommodations, consumer disclosures, and borrower defense matters. He also handles administrative law, regulatory proceedings, business law, and mergers and acquisitions. His practice helps educational organizations address regulatory risks while pursuing transactions, operational goals, and institutional growth nationwide.

Christopher DeLuca is admitted in Ohio, the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the US Tax Court, and the United States Court of Claims. He frequently speaks at national and regional higher education conferences on regulatory and compliance topics. He has also participated in federal negotiated rulemaking concerning borrower defense regulations. He brings extensive legal, financial, and management experience to institutions navigating complex higher education requirements nationwide.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Rouse Frets White, P.C.
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• President, Cincinnati Bar Association Taxation Committee

Licensed State

• Ohio

Education

• University of Michigan Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Detroit
  Bachelor of Science (BS)