Brandon is Of Counsel in Maynard’s Higher Education Practice Group. Brandon is one of a small number of attorneys in the United States with a daily practice devoted primarily to the needs of institutions of higher education, accreditation agencies, education companies, and investors.
His practice focuses on the rules and procedures related to federal student aid programs, state authorization, cybersecurity and data privacy, anti-discrimination laws, and accreditation. Brandon applies his experience at the U.S. Department of Education to help clients resolve complex regulatory and enforcement challenges.
Before joining the Higher Education Practice Group at Maynard, Brandon served as Senior Counsel to the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education, where he advised the Deputy Secretary and other senior Department officials in making informed decisions on various plans and goals concerning higher education policies, regulations, and legislation and related proposals critical to the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary. In that position, he served as the primary adviser to the Secretary on appeals of the Office of Hearings and Appeals decisions and on appeals of the Senior Department Official’s decisions on the recognition of accrediting agencies. In addition, he coordinated the development of the Campus Cybersecurity Program and advised senior staff on cybersecurity legal and policy considerations.
Brandon also served as Senior Counsel in the Department's Office for Civil Rights, where his responsibilities included advising the Assistant Secretary on drafting Title IX regulations and revising OCR investigation process and procedures. He previously was in private practice in Washington, DC, specializing in higher education matters.
Brandon is also a frequent speaker at conferences on issues relating to federal higher education policy, marketing and advertising practices, restructuring of institutions’ operations, accreditation, Title IX, and cybersecurity.
Brandon received his J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law and holds a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Political Science from York College.