Bryan Cleveland

Bryan Cleveland is an Attorney with EdChoice Legal Advocates, where he represents parents in defending school choice programs as part of EdChoice's partnership with the Institute for Justice.

Before joining EdChoice, Mr. Cleveland was the General Counsel for the Oklahoma State Department of Education, where he helped a newly elected state superintendent advance school choice and parental rights in Oklahoma. Prior to that role, he was the Deputy Solicitor General for the State of Oklahoma, where he handled the State’s most pressing cases in federal and state district courts and on appeal. He also previously was a law clerk for Judge Steve Grasz of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, a law clerk for Judge Henry Morgan in the Eastern District of Virginia, and an associate at a top law firm in Washington, D.C.

He received a bachelor’s degree from Biola University and a law degree from Harvard Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Journal of Law & Technology. Before law school, he advised a member of Congress on legislation and communications.