Constance Schneider Couch

• Representing one of the country’s largest postsecondary education providers and a proprietary education company in both a government enforcement action brought by the Federal Trade Commission and an action brought under the False Claims Act alleging violations of Title IV regulations.
• Defending a Medicare Advantage organization in arbitrations regarding hospital reimbursement rate disputes.

Constance Couch focuses her practice on a variety of litigation matters, including higher education, health care, and government enforcement actions. Before joining the firm, Constance served as a student attorney for the Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic, where she and her team successfully represented a client in an education matter from trial to appeal, resulting in a favorable decision from the Georgia State Board of Education.

Constance received her J.D., with honors, from the Emory University School of Law, where she served as president of the Emory Christian Legal Society and served on the executive board of the Emory Public Interest Committee. At Emory, she received the 2024 Eliza Ellison Prize for Leadership in Law and Religion given by the Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Constance attended Liberty University, where she received her B.S. in industrial organizational psychology, summa cum laude. At Liberty, she was the first woman to be elected as student body president in the school’s history.

Languages

• Spanish

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• Emory University (J.D., 2024)
• Liberty University (B.S., 2021)

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