Catherine Guttman-McCabe

Catherine Guttman-McCabe is a partner at Potomac Law Group and has spent her career advising educational institutions, with a particular focus on higher education and employment matters. She serves a variety of clients in the education sector, including colleges and universities, associations, and service providers. She provides advice and counsel related to federal and state education regulations, accreditation, distance education, governance, faculty tenure, employment, student matters, Title IX, campus security, disabilities, privacy, and consumer protection. In addition to providing advice and counseling, Guttman-McCabe conducts internal investigations, compliance reviews, and training. Guttman-McCabe founded the Education practice group at Clearspire Law Co. in 2011 and joined Potomac Law Group in 2014. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of Strayer University; Associate University Counsel for Georgetown University; Counsel for Cortiva Institute; and Associate at Hogan & Hartson, LLP (now Hogan Lovells). She has been an active member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys for many years. Guttman-McCabe has served on the board of the 110 Foundation and engaged in many community service projects with her children through an organization they founded, Kids and Teens in Action. Guttman-McCabe is originally from New York and is a life-long supporter of the arts. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Swarthmore College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.