In his position as an attorney at the Department of Education, Mr. Siegel has done significant legal work in support of the Biden administration's student loan bailouts.

This includes, but is not limited to, the following examples.

Full 5th Circ. Urged To Rethink Blocking Student Loan Rule

The U.S. Department of Education has asked the full Fifth Circuit to reconsider a recent preliminary injunction a three-judge panel ordered blocking changes to a program providing student loan forgiveness to borrowers defrauded by higher education institutions. It said the panel wrongly held that the department doesn't have the authority to determine whether a borrower has a valid defense to repayment.

The Education Department filed a petition on Monday asking for an en banc review of the Fifth Circuit's April decision blocking the Biden administration's changes to a program allowing borrowers to assert a defense against repaying a student loan based on acts or omissions of the school that create a legitimate cause of action against the school.

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The Education Department is represented in-house by Lisa Brown, Toby Merrill, John Patrick Bailey, Brian Siegel and Todd Davis, and by Brian M. Boynton, Mark B. Stern, Joshua M. Salzman and Jennifer L. Utrecht of the U.S. Department of Justice.

The case is Career Colleges v. EDUC, case number 23-50491, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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Notice of Debt Cancellation Legal Memorandum; Federal Register Extracts

SUMMARY: The Department publishes this memorandum on the Secretary's legal authority to cancel student debt on a categorical basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONCONTACT: Brian Siegel, U.S. Department of Education, Office of the General Counsel

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Introduction

For the past year and a half, the Office of General Counsel ("OGC"), in consultation with our colleagues at the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, has conducted a review of the Secretary's legal authority to cancel student debt on a categorical basis. This review has included assessing the analysis outlined in a publicly disseminated January 2021 memorandum signed by a former Principal Deputy General Counsel. As detailed below, we have determined that the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students ("HEROES") Act of 2003 grants the Secretary authority that could be used to effectuate a program of targeted loan cancellation directed at addressing the financial harms of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have thus determined that the January 2021 memorandum was substantively incorrect in its conclusions.

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Biden Tells Justices Debt Relief Challengers Have No Standing

Highlight: The Biden administration has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to toss two orders halting the implementation of the president's student debt relief plan, arguing that neither the states nor individuals challenging the policy have proven they will be harmed by it and therefore lack standing to bring suit.

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The administration is represented by Lisa Brown, Brian Siegel, Soren Lagaard, Natasha Varnovitsky and Sue Lin of the U.S. Department of Education and Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Brian M. Boynton, Brian H. Fletcher, Vivek Suri, Yaira Dubin, MichaelS. Raab, Thomas Pulham, Courtney L. Dixon and Simon C. Brewer of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Brian Siegel has been a key cog in the Biden Administration’s efforts to push through the student loan bailout, representing the Education Department repeatedly in its fights to push through the unpopular handout to young, coastal elites.

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