Rob Fortson, a partner at McGuireWoods and senior vice president at its consulting arm, served as a Teach for America corps member in Baltimore City Public Schools and later worked at the U.S. Department of Education.

He now represents schools in Georgia on legal, policy, regulatory and business matters. In several recent cases, Fortson and his team identified millions of dollars in funding deficits and helped clients restore these funds from the local school district. One case led to an out-of-court effort that recovered almost $1 million in annual funding for his clients’ schools.