About me
Chris DeLuca is the founder of DeLuca Law LLC, and Of Counsel with Rouse Frets Gentile Rhodes, LLC. Chris has over 25 years of experience providing legal, financial and management services to school administrators and business owners. In addition to being a licensed attorney, Chris is also a certified public accountant (inactive status).
Prior to founding DeLuca Law LLC, Chris spent nearly nine years serving as in-house legal counsel and Chief Financial Officer for a multi-state cosmetology school group. Chris was responsible for the school's compliance with laws and regulations for participation in the Title IV federal student aid programs. He also managed compliance for the schools' accreditation with the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts & Sciences (NACCAS).
Chris serves as Co-Chair of the American Association of Cosmetology Schools' Government Relations Committee, and is a frequent speaker at AACS and other national and regional school conferences. His recent speech topics include the implementation of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Title IX and the Clery Act, school responsibilities under the Americans With Disabilities Act, Gainful Employment reporting and disclosures, school consumer disclosure requirements, and borrower defense to repayment. Chris served as an alternate negotiator at the U.S. Department of Education's negotiated rule making sessions regarding the borrower defense to repayment regulations.
Chris is a graduate of the University of Detroit, B.S. (Accounting), 1989, and the University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 1992
