- Partner
Lisa R. Allred specializes in education law, representing school districts, colleges, and universities, and applying her expertise in business, real estate, personnel, public works, technology, and intellectual property law ...
- Partner
Steve Andelson is a founding partner of AALRR. He has exclusively represented school and community college districts in employment, personnel, labor relations, and general school law for over 40 years.
Mr. Andelson’s work ...
- Partner
Christopher Andre is a seasoned civil litigator who focuses his practice on civil litigation and advising and representing employers. Mr. Andre is an editor of and frequent contributor to the firm’s Labor and Employment Law ...
- Of Counsel
Alan Atlas has an extensive and varied background in both public and private sector labor and employment law, with a specialty in representing public agency management in labor relations. He has a wealth of experience representing ...
- Partner
E.B. Bell represents school districts and county offices of education in education law, with a concentration in special education and student issues. He provides interpretation and assessment of issues arising under the ...
- Partner
William Betley practices in all areas of employment law, including unlawful harassment, discrimination, wrongful termination, employee classification, and wage and hour. He also counsels and represents architects, engineers ...
- Partner
Mark Bresee represents California public school and community college districts and county offices of education. His areas of practice include all aspects of labor and employment law, student issues including attendance and ...
- Partner
Bryce Chastain has practiced law for 17 years. He focuses on complex matters in construction law, from site investigation and acquisition, through design and construction, to post-completion defect, warranty, and premises ...
- Partner
Andreas Chialtas is the chair of AALRR's Facilities, Construction & Property Practice Group, and is a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Chialtas practices primarily in the areas of real property, land use and ...
- Senior Associate
Georgelle Cuevas regularly assists school districts, county offices of education, and community colleges in navigating the requirements of the Education Code, Public Records Act, the Brown Act, and conflict of interest laws. Ms ...
- Partner
Kevin Dale provides legal services to both public and private sector clients. Mr. Dale provides services to various public agencies including school districts, housing authorities, cities, counties, water agencies, and other ...
- Senior Counsel
Scott Danforth represents California school districts, county offices of education, community college districts, and private businesses. His focus on education law includes employment, special education, premises ...
- Partner
Alexandria Davidson represents California public school districts as general counsel. She has experience with employment-related matters, including certificated and classified employee discipline, reductions of force ...
- Partner
Mary Beth de Goede has exclusively represented school and community college districts in employment law, personnel and labor relations, and general public school law for over 30 years. She has served as the principal legal advisor ...
- Partner
Tony De Marco represents California public school districts and public agencies as general counsel, and in all aspects of governance, transparency, as well as labor and employment law. His areas of practice include certificated ...
- Senior Counsel
Peter Denno handles a wide array of education and employment law matters for public school districts. His areas of concentration include student rights and discipline, certificated and classified employee discipline ...
- Partner
Bill Diedrich represents school districts, community college districts, and other public agencies in all aspects of labor and employment law.
Having served for more than a decade as Chief Negotiator for school districts and ...
- Senior Counsel
A. Christopher Duran is a skilled litigator with over 16 years of experience representing both public and private sector clients in education law, labor and employment, and a variety of civil litigation matters. He practices ...
- Partner
Amy Estrada represents school districts, county offices of education, and community colleges in San Diego, Orange, and Imperial counties.
Ms. Estrada assists education administrators with a variety of personnel and general ...
- Partner
Jennifer Fain is the partner in charge of the Marin office. She represents public schools, county offices of education, and special education local plan areas on compliance with federal and state laws involving students with ...
- Partner
Eve Peek Fichtner represents school districts, county offices of education, community colleges, and private employers for personnel matters, student issues, and all forms of discrimination and harassment claims. Ms. Fichtner ...
- Partner
As a trusted advisor, Paul Fleck works closely with his business clients navigating the complexities of federal, state, and local employment and labor laws. Representing management exclusively in all aspects of employment ...
- Senior Associate
Mellissa Gallegos represents and advises California school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education in all education and employment law matters, including employee evaluation, discipline and ...
- Partner
Karen Gilyard represents California school districts and community college districts in education law and labor relations. Ms. Gilyard provides interpretation and assessment of issues arising under the Individuals with ...
- Partner
Todd Goluba heads the firm’s Northern California Education Law Practice Group. He has over 25 years of experience in education law and serves as outside General Counsel to over 25 school districts, community college districts ...
- Senior Associate
Jacqueline Hang represents California public school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education in all areas of general education law; employment matters such as discrimination, harassment ...
- Partner
Davina Harden represents California public school districts in all aspects of education and employment law. She has broad expertise in all matters related to charter schools, is a recognized leader throughout California in the ...
- Partner
Martin Hom has litigation and trial experience in a broad range of contract interpretation issues and disputes, such as delay and inefficiencies, acceleration, differing site conditions, changes, terminations for default ...
- Senior Associate
Suparna Jain represents school districts, community college districts, and other public entities, as well as some private clients in litigation and transactional matters. She has successfully made solo court appearances ...
- Partner
Jonathan Judge advises employers in various labor and employment law matters, including drug testing, mass layoffs (WARN), disparate impact analysis, immigration compliance, trade secrets, privacy, technology in the ...
- Senior Counsel
Tina Kannarr represents California public school and community college districts and county offices of education in all aspects of education, employment, and labor law. Her areas of experience include employee leave of absence ...
- Partner
Warren Kinsler advises California school and community college districts and county offices of education on a wide range of outside general counsel issues. He is a recognized expert on the Brown Act, with additional expertise in the ...
- Partner
Nate Kowalski is Chair of the firm’s Public Entity Labor and Employment Practice Group. He is an accomplished litigator who represents employers in both the private and public sectors. Mr. Kowalski has litigated hundreds of ...
- Senior Counsel
Michele Landenberger represents California school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education in labor relations and general education law matters. Ms. Landenberger’s areas of expertise include ...
- Associate
Alex Lozada provides legal services to school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education in labor and employment law and in general education matters. Mr. Lozada provides representation, advice, and ...
- Senior Counsel
Kimberly Ludwin counsels and represents California school districts, community college districts and county offices of education in all general education law matters.
Ms. Ludwin assists education administrators with a variety ...
- Senior Counsel
Bryan Martin has used his litigation and education law background to prosecute personnel and disciplinary actions at the administrative and judicial levels. He has developed successful responses to complaints against ...
- Partner
Paul McGlocklin represents school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education, focusing on classified and certificated employment matters and other labor and employment issues. He also handles ...
- Partner
Stephen McLoughlin advises public and private agencies on a wide variety of transactional and litigation issues. He represents California community college districts, universities and school districts in education-related ...
- Senior Counsel
Anna Miller represents public school districts and California community college districts in all areas of general education law; labor relations; employment matters such as discrimination, dismissal and harassment; student ...
- Partner
Marilou Mirkovich has been an attorney for over 30 years. For more than 15 years, conducting, supervising, and evaluating impartial investigations has comprised the central part of Ms. Mirkovich’s practice. Her impartial ...
- Senior Associate
Jacquelyn T. Morenz represents California school districts and county offices of education in a variety of labor and employment and general education matters, including employee disciplinary actions, leaves of absence ...
- Partner
Joshua Morrison represents California public school districts in all aspects of general education law. His areas of specialty practice include public employee discipline/dismissal, administrative hearings, matters before ...
- Partner
Kristin Myers represents California school districts and county offices of education, specializing in special education and student discipline matters. Her practice focuses on Section 504 and IEP team meetings, resolution ...
- Partner
Adam Newman is co-chair of the firm’s state-wide Student Services and Disabilities Law Practice Group. Mr. Newman has many years of experience advising and representing public school districts, SELPAs and county offices of ...
- Partner
Anthony Niccoli has extensive experience representing contractors, subcontractors, material suppliers, and owners for a full range of construction issues, including licensing, contract drafting and negotiations, bid ...
- Partner
Aaron O'Donnell represents California community college districts, universities, and school districts in education and employment-related matters. He provides experienced advice and counsel to clients in all aspects ...
- Partner
Sharon Ormond chairs the firm’s Education Law Technology group and is a member of the firm’s Higher Education, Title IX, Civil Rights, and Wage and Hour groups. She represents numerous Community College Districts and other ...
- Associate
Gabrielle Ortiz represents California school districts and county offices of education in special education law and student disability matters. Ms. Ortiz provides interpretation and assessment of issues arising under the ...
- Partner
Chesley Quaide focuses on education law and labor relations and employment/labor law. He served as General Counsel of the Merced County Office of Education from 1991-2004, and has served as General Counsel of the Stanislaus ...
- Partner
Elizabeth Rho-Ng represents California public school districts, county offices of education, private schools, community college districts, and special education local plan areas in various aspects of education law ...
- Partner
Todd Robbins represents public school districts in the areas of education law, certificated and classified employee discipline, certificated layoffs, harassment and discrimination complaints, and contract ...
- Partner
Irma Rodríguez Moisa is an experienced litigator, labor negotiator, and trial attorney representing public and private entities in labor and employment matters. She is recognized as one of the top Labor and Employment lawyers ...
- Associate
Brooke Romero represents California school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education, as well as private schools, in a variety of general education and labor and employment matters. Her areas of ...
- Associate
Alyssa Ruiz de Esparza represents California school districts, county offices of education, and community colleges in education law. Ms. Ruiz de Esparza provides assistance to education administrators on a variety of personnel ...
- Senior Counsel
Scott Sachs represents private and governmental entities in complex litigation in the areas of data privacy and security issues, construction and environmental law.
Mr. Sachs helps clients procure equipment, set up safety ...
- Partner
Gabriel Sandoval represents universities, community colleges, school districts, charter school management organizations, and municipalities in a wide range of matters, including all aspects of education and employment law ...
- Partner
Peter Schaffert represents public sector employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, including labor negotiations, grievance arbitration, discrimination/harassment claims, employee terminations and discipline ...
- Partner
Constance Schwindt represents private entities in a wide range of real estate matters including real property acquisitions and sales, leases, subleases, ground leases, licenses and easements as well as environmental and land use ...
- Partner
Justin Shinnefield is a Partner with Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. For almost 20 years, he has represented California public school districts, county offices of education, private schools, community college districts ...
- Partner
Amber Solano is Chair of AALRR's Private Labor and Employment Practice Group, covering nine offices throughout California.
Ms. Solano is an accomplished litigator who represents employers in both the private and public sector in ...
- Partner
David Soldani advises public agencies in the areas of employment, public works and construction, environmental law, elections law, litigation, contracting and real property transactions. Mr. Soldani also represents private ...
- Partner
Constance Taylor focuses on special education, Section 504, and student issues. Ms. Taylor represents school districts at IEP team meetings, resolution sessions, mediations, due process hearings, Section 504 meetings and ...
- Partner
Mark Thompson primarily represents public school districts and Boards of Education in the areas of general education law, governance matters including the Brown Act and Public Records Act, certificated and classified employee ...
- Partner
Jonathan Vick is a member of the Facilities, Construction, and Property Practice Group and has more than 30 years of experience in state and federal courts and administrative agencies. He started his career working for the United ...
- Partner
Jabari Willis' practice focuses on representing public entities, including school districts, in labor and employment and education law matters. His experience includes matters related to certificated and classified ...
- Associate
Sara Young represents school districts and other educational agencies in all matters, including participating in due process hearings, federal court hearings, and appellate proceedings; overseeing CDE compliance complaints ...
- Partner
Elizabeth Zamora-Mejia represents public school districts, county offices of education, community colleges and universities in all aspects of labor and employment law and general education litigation. Ms ...
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