Education and School Law

  • School district governance and policies
  • Open meetings / public records / student records
  • Human Resource Issues - civil rights, unemployment, workers' compensation
  • Contracts of superintendents, treasurers and other administrators
  • Non-renewal and termination of teacher and administrator contracts
  • Collective bargaining with teacher unions and non-teacher unions
  • Grievance arbitration
  • Unfair labor practices
  • Acquiring and disposing of property / public use of property
  • Special education, including hearings before IHOs
  • Discipline of students / search and seizure / freedom of speech / freedom of religion / custody & residency / athletics / other pupil regulation
  • Liability defense & risk management
  • School territorial transfer
  • Community school creation and operation
  • Financial Planning and Supervision Commission
  • Academic Distress Commission

Practiced by: James E. Roberts, John A. McNally IV