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Anderson Shelli L.
Organization: Franczek P.C.
Area of expertise: School Law - general counsel to several Illinois school districts and private schools. She is often called upon by school districts to investigate and provide training related to sexual harassment and abuse. She also frequently speaks and provides training on a wide range of topics including tenured teacher dismissal, conducting investigations, teacher and student boundary issues, bullying, hazin
Brotine Maryam T.
Organization: IASB Staff
Area of expertise: School Law - editor of IASB’s Policy Reference Education Subscription Service (PRESS).
Before joining IASB, Ms. Brotine was an attorney with Robbins Schwartz, focusing in the areas of special education and students’ rights. Ms. Brotine counseled and represented school districts with respect to IEP meetings, ISBE complaints, OCR complaints, mediation, due process hearings, residency hearings, st
Callaway Lisa R.
Organization: Engler Callaway Baasten & Sraga, LLC
Area of expertise: School Law - Ms. Callaway concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment law. Before joining our firm, Lisa was a partner at Clark Baird Smith LLP, Vice President and General Counsel for the Management Association of Illinois, and an associate practicing labor and employment law at two other Chicago law firms.
Over the past decades she has represented school districts, commu
Engler Teri E.
Organization: Engler Callaway Baasten & Sraga, LLC
Area of expertise: School Law - her school law practice has been concentrated in the areas of special education/disability law and other student issues. Ms. Engler has successfully represented school districts and special education cooperatives throughout Illinois in administrative and judicial proceedings, including proceedings under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitatio
Fattore Crumley Dana
Organization: Franczek P.C.
Area of expertise: School Law - partner in the Education Law Practice Group at Franczek P.C.
A former public school teacher, Dana serves as general counsel to K-12 public schools, with an emphasis in the areas of labor and employment matters, special education, student rights, and school board policy and governance.
Dana is an active member of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys and the National Council of
Garrett Frank B.
Organization: Robbins Schwartz
Area of expertise: School Law - represents school districts, community colleges, local governmental bodies and public and private companies in all aspects of employment law, including complaints and charges of unlawful discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, civil rights violations, employee discipline and termination. Frank also counsels and provides training to employers in the following areas:
Hauser Raymond A.
Organization: Petrarca, Gleason, Boyle & Izzo, LLC
Area of expertise: School Law - focused on labor relations, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, arbitrating labor disputes, detachment/annexation and school reorganization proceedings, construction matters, school finance and real estate matters, and student rights and disciplinary matters.
In addition, Mr. Hauser is an experienced litigator, having represented school and municipal clients in civil right
Jones D. Shane
Organization: Tueth, Keeney, Cooper, Mohan & Jackstadt, P.C.
Area of expertise: School Law - more than 20 years’ experience representing employers in labor & employment law, higher education, and K-12 school law in Illinois and Missouri. He assists employers in all aspects of labor and employment law, from wage and hour compliance to employee investigation, discipline and dismissal. Shane also counsels public entities such as school districts, community colleges, and municip
Martire Ralph
Organization: Oak Park-River Forest HSD 200
Area of expertise: School Law - xecutive director of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability (“CTBA”), a bipartisan 501(c)(3) think tank committed to ensuring that state, federal and local workforce, education, fiscal, economic and budget policies are fair and just, and promote opportunity for all, regardless of race, ethnicity or income class. He is also the Rubloff Professor of Public Policy at Roosevelt Uni
Petrarca Justino D.
Organization: Himes, Petrarca and Fester, Chtd.
Area of expertise: School Law - Chairman of the Council of School Attorneys, associated with the National School Boards Association, leading over 3,000 education lawyers in advocating for public schools. He also serves as President of the North American Association of Educational Negotiators, representing school board negotiation professionals from the United States and Canada.
Justin Petrarca's practice is conc
Roselli Caroline A.
Organization: Robbins Schwartz
Area of expertise: School Law - practices in the areas of special education law and student rights. She counsels school districts and colleges on a wide range of education related issues, including student discipline, special education disputes, student records, policy development, bullying and sexual harassment, and other student related matters. She assists school districts in responding to complaints from the Il
Schwartz Brian D.
Organization: Illinois Principals Association
Area of expertise: School Law - author of three books: “Illinois Law in the School Office, 2nd Ed.,” “The Law of Homeschooling” and “Finding Middle Ground in K-12 Education.” Brian is the past chair of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Education Law Section Council and has served on the national Board of Directors of the Education Law Association. He also serves as an adjunct professor of education law at the
Smart Melissa
Organization: Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC)
Area of expertise: School Law - litigation group manager and senior counsel at the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois (ARDC), where she oversees a staff of litigation attorneys, investigates charges of lawyer misconduct and prosecutes disciplinary cases.
investigated thousands of charges of professional misconduct and has been responsible for over 100 diff
Watkins Charles (Chad)
Organization: Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA)
Area of expertise: School Law - chief legal counsel to the IASA Board of Directors and the Executive Director; provides advice to association members in the area of members’ employment contracts and other areas involving members’ employment; works with the committees and matters involving legislation; attends Region meetings and speaks to the members about the Association’s programs and activities.
Wright Brandon K.
Organization: Miller, Tracy, Braun, Funk & Miller, Ltd.
Area of expertise: School Law - focuses his practice on school law, having developed a particular interest in the field of special education, due process, and co-operative school districts. He regularly speaks at roundtables, division meetings, Illinois Association of School Boards' Workshops and Conferences, Illinois Principals' Association Conferences, Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education Conf
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