Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Nicolas Michiels is a principal and attorney at Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC since September 2010, specializing in advising educational institutions on compliance with state and federal standards and representing post-secondary schools in audit and program review proceedings before the US Department of Education. Prior experience includes roles as a law clerk and summer associate at the same firm, a summer associate at the National Security Archive where Nicolas developed a guide for Freedom of Information Act requesters, and a paralegal clerk in the education practice group at Hogan & Hartson, LLP. Nicolas also contributed as a project assistant for the National Democratic Institute and completed an internship at BRABUS NORTH AMERICA, producing a service guide for clients. Educational qualifications include a Juris Doctor from American University Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Government from Georgetown University.
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Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC is a Washington, DC-based law firm that began with a strong focus on healthcare law and healthcare policy and has gradually expanded capabilities to include a national education practice, public policy and government relations services, representation of non-profit organizations, and representation of clients seeking expertise in other areas of administrative law. In 2014, the firm further expanded its capabilities to include an Indian tribal governments practice group, which provides a full range of legal and government relations services to tribal governments and organizations. The firm prides itself on being one of the few in the United States that has chosen to devote its entire legal practice to the sophisticated and complex legal issues facing participants in the health, education, and certain complementary sectors of the economy. It also prides itself in making a conscious and affirmative attempt to render an unusually personal and collegial form of service that is particularly tailored to the different needs and desires of individual clients, and to provide the highest quality of service in as efficient a manner as possible. Members of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC are nationally known and have written and lectured extensively on issues within their particular areas of expertise. Their backgrounds include service with the Health Care Financing Administration; in the US Department of Health and Human Services; the former US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; the Executive Office of the President; the Congress and the General Accounting Office; presidential commissions; the US Attorneys' offices; and in the private practice of law.