Michael Lewis

I am a Lancaster-based attorney in the Saxton & Stump Education Group. My practice includes all aspects of working with Pennsylvania school district representatives, including school boards, superintendents, executive leadership teams and other district staff. I advise districts on legal issues related to the Constitution, students’ rights, education, employment, civil rights, real estate, local government, procurement, contracts, tort law, and more. I interpret federal, state and local laws, providing my legal opinions and advice in the drafting of legal documents, policies, rules and regulations, resolutions, applications and other documents. In 2024, I extensively familiarized myself with the new Title IX rules to perform explanatory presentations to school boards, staff and administrations.

Before moving into private practice, I worked as the compliance and student services coordinator for Bucknell University. I worked with coaches, athletic staff and student-athletes to keep the athletic department compliant with NCAA, Patriot League and institutional rules and regulations. I also worked with the athletic department’s official athlete recruiting visits, financial aid for athletes and compliance records for coaches when they were recruiting athletes. I also oversaw the school’s name, image and likeness (NIL) procedures, including working on policies that define the school’s program.

While still in college and law school, I worked as a legal intern for Hershey Entertainment and Resorts as well as the Dauphin County District Attorney’s Office. I earned his law degree at the Michigan State University College of Law and his undergraduate degree at Lafayette College, where I played quarterback for the school’s football team.