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Boucek Sara G.
Organization: Kriha Boucek, LLC.
Area of expertise: School Law - unctions as 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.
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Brickman Heather K.
Organization: Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP
Area of expertise: School Law - concentrates her practice in all phases of school law, including transactions and finance, governance, and personnel issues. She is a frequent lecturer on behalf of the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, the Illinois Association of School Boards and other school associations on a broad range of topics, including current legislative issues, employee benefits, and gene
Gerner Philip H.
Organization: Robbins Schwartz
Area of expertise: School Law - counsels and represents school districts and community colleges in collective bargaining negotiations, union representation petitions and IELRB proceedings, teacher evaluations, remediations and dismissals, employee discipline and discharge issues, labor contract administration and grievance arbitration, and other labor and employment issues. Phil has represented school districts and
Goelitz Jeffrey C.
Organization: Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP
Area of expertise: School Law - epresenting schools and special education cooperatives, and focusing primarily on labor and personnel issues. In particular, Jeff frequently advises on reductions in force and dismissals under SB 7, teacher evaluations under PERA, and employee misconduct and termination cases, as well as FOIA and the Open Meetings Act.
A bit of a technology geek at heart, Jeff also works with sch
Harding Kyle W.
Organization: Chapman and Cutler LLP
Area of expertise: School Law - partner in the Illinois Public Finance Department of Chapman and Cutler LLP. He joined the firm in 2005 after participating in the firm's summer associate program in 2004. His practice includes acting as bond counsel, disclosure counsel and underwriter’s counsel on governmental use bond financings.
Kyle routinely advises issuers, investment banks, commercial banks and financial a
Jones Stephanie E.
Organization: Kriha Boucek, LLC.
Area of expertise: School Law - General Counsel to the Illinois State Board of Education. She provides legal advice to the State Board, the State Superintendent and the Agency; works with Agency staff in drafting and developing legislation and regulations; and serves as a resource to stakeholders regarding school law.
Prior to becoming General Counsel, Ms. Jones was a Partner at Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, R
Kepler Tracy
Organization: Lawyers’ Assistance Program (LAP)
Area of expertise: School Law - Director of the American Bar Association’s Center for Professional Responsibility (CPR), providing national leadership in developing and interpreting standards and scholarly resources in legal and judicial ethics, professional regulation, professionalism and client protection. erved as an Associate Solicitor in the Office of General Counsel for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USP
Schwartz Brian D.
Organization: Illinois Principals Association
Area of expertise: School Law - practiced school law for 22 years. He is the author of three books: “Illinois Law in the School Office, Second 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
Silverthorn Michelle
Organization: Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism
Area of expertise: School Law - Diversity & Education Director for the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, Michelle expands the Commission’s national presence through blogs, social networking sites, and online discussion groups on legal education, diversity and young lawyers. Michelle is also the chief instructional designer for the Commission’s numerous educational offerings, including our new ho
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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