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David DeSchryver* has been an attorney with Brustein & Manasevit since 2006.   Mr. DeSchryver analyzes and writes about the federal budget process, education legislation, and important administrative actions to keep clients informed of activities in Washington that can affect their federal programs.  He works with clients to develop their federal legislative strategies and facilitates their representation before Congress and administrative agencies. 

Mr. DeSchryver worked in education policy and practice for over 10 years.  As a policy director for The Center for Education Reform, he worked with state and federal legislators to develop a wide variety of school improvement legislation.  As a managing editor and academic services manager at SchoolNet he wrote many articles on school reform and technology and has used that work to help him to implement comprehensive instructional management systems in urban schools and districts.  Finally, as an NCLB program manager for the DC Public Charter School Board, he worked with schools to understand NCLB and to facilitate their school improvement processes.  Mr. DeSchryver brings these experiences to his current position at Brustein & Manasevit. 

Mr. DeSchryver received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Kenyon College (OH) in 1995, a J.D. from the George Washington Law School in 2003 and is a member of the Maryland Bar Association.   

* Admitted in Maryland and in Washington, DC.