James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse, which houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in downtown Philadelphia, on April 3, 2021. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a Pennsylvania lawyer’s embezzlement and fraud charges Monday.
Pennsylvania lawyer and businessman David Shulick owned Delaware Valley High School Management Corp., a for-profit education company, and was contracted with the School District of Philadelphia to run its Southwest School, an institution designed to help some of Philadelphia’s most at-risk children, according to the federal appeals court’s opinion. The program’s business model was to contract with school districts to handle its operation, such as implementing the curriculum and hiring and firing staff.
