 In 1981, after graduating from the Kingswood-Oxford School, he moved to Washington D.C. to attend Georgetown University.After graduating from Georgetown in 1985 with a degree in International Politics, Shurberg worked as a paralegal for several years before matriculating to the Washington College of Law at American University.At the Washington College of Law, Shurberg met his future wife, Rebecca Lord, with whom he would move to Silver Spring, Maryland in 1990.