Overview
We understand that a school is a complex institution with many distinct responsibilities. We work closely with every school district and higher education client to help them balance their obligations as an employer, a workplace, a social services agency, a financial institution and a governmental body. Our experience with constituent and public relations means that we can account for school districts’ need to communicate effectively with the public on almost everything they do.
We serve more than 100 public school districts, as well as numerous universities and technical colleges.
Our services include:
- Constitutional Obligations of School Districts
- Construction Contracts and Real Estate
- Employee Benefits
- Employment Litigation
- General School Law
- Immigration
- Insurance Claims
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Public Finance
- Public Records
- Pupil Rights, Responsibilities, and Discipline
- Tax
- Teacher and Administrator Contracts
- Trusts, Estates and Succession Planning
- School Law Litigation
- Special Education
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American Bar Association panel votes to try to eliminate the LSAT requirement for law schools, bribery and corruption scandal in Ohio state government, Department of Justice sues to try and block the merger of JetBlue and Spirit Airlines
- Defending Discrimination Claims Filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division
Defending Discrimination Claims Filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Wisconsin Equal Rights DivisionPlease join us on September 21st for its first installment of the 2022-2023 Breakfast Briefing Series, the theme for the year being Administrative Agency Advocacy.
- 43rd Annual Public Officials Program43rd Annual Public Officials Program
- 42nd Annual Public Officials Program
42nd Annual Public Officials ProgramPlease join our Labor and Employment, Municipal, and School and Higher Education Teams for the firm’s 42nd Annual Public Officials Program for veteran and newly-elected public officials and administrators on April 29, 2020 from 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CST.
- Given Remote and Hybrid Re-Opening of Schools, When Is a School “Closed” and When Can Employees Take Expanded FMLA? Department of Labor Issues Updated Guidance
Given Remote and Hybrid Re-Opening of Schools, When Is a School “Closed” and When Can Employees Take Expanded FMLA? Department of Labor Issues Updated GuidanceEmployers may be expecting an increase in requests for Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave as the new school year is upon us. But many employers may have questions about when and under what circumstances an employee can qualify for FFCRA leave, given the varying ways that schools “reopen.”