Obtain Essential Special Education Legal Best Practices
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Special education legal issues can be confusing for school personnel and attorneys alike. This hands-on legal guide will walk you through legal best practices concerning IEPs, 504 plans, manifestation determination reviews and more. It will provide you with the information you need to provide maximum legal protections to special needs students and minimize school exposure to lawsuits. Handle special education issues with confidence - order today!
This program has been approved by the Illinois MCLE Board for 6.0 hours of recorded technology CLE credit, which includes approval for 0.0 hour of legal ethics CLE credit by the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism.
JENNIFER M. DEUTCH is a partner with Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP. She advises school districts and public bodies in all areas of the law, with a special emphasis on student, special education and charter school matters. Ms. Deutch is a certified federal mediator and serves on the Subpoena Committee of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys. Prior to entering law school, she was a special education teacher. Ms. Deutch graduated, with highest honors, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received her J.D. degree from Vanderbilt University. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri.
KEVIN B. GORDON is a partner at Kriha Boucek, LLC, where his practice includes work in the areas of student rights, special education, school finance, construction, real estate, litigation and general school law. Mr. Gordon is a frequent speaker on student discipline, residency, privacy, and business issues. He is admitted to the State Bar of Texas where he practiced school law before joining the firm. Mr. Gordon is admitted to practice in Illinois. He earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Gordon is a past member of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Council of School Attorneys, serving as its chairman. He is a frequent speaker for the Illinois Association of School Business Officials and the Illinois Association of Administrators of Special Education, and at the annual IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Conference. He is a recognized leader and trusted partner in the areas of special education, student discipline, rights and residency, school finance, collective bargaining, business transactions, and general school law issues. He is a frequent speaker on school law issues.
KEVIN B. GORDON is a partner at Kriha Boucek, LLC, where his practice includes work in the areas of student rights, special education, school finance, construction, real estate, litigation and general school law. Mr. Gordon is a frequent speaker on student discipline, residency, privacy, and business issues. He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1996, where he practiced school law before joining the firm. Mr. Gordon was admitted to practice in Illinois in 1999. He is a frequent speaker for the Illinois Association of School Business Officials, Illinois Association of Administrators of Special Education, and at the annual IASB/IASA/IASBO Joint Conference. Mr. Gordon is a recognized leader and trusted partner in the areas of special education, student discipline, rights and residency, school finance, collective bargaining, business transactions, and general school law issues. He earned his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University.
AIMEE LEBLANC is an attorney with Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP, where she counsels school districts in a variety of school law matters. She is a member of the National and Illinois Council of School Attorneys. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. LeBlanc spent more than 20 years working in public elementary education districts in Illinois, including nine years of experience working as an administrator in the area of student services, serving as a coordinator, a state-approved director of special education, and most recently as an assistant superintendent for student services for Arlington Heights School District 25. Ms. LeBlanc received her B.S. degree from Marquette University and her Master of Arts from Northwestern University. She graduated summa cum laude from the John Marshall Law School where she was a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity and the John Marshall Law Review.
JOSEPH P. SELBKA is an attorney with Pluymert, MacDonald, Hargrove & Lee, Ltd. Mr. Selbka focuses his practice in the areas of business law, church and not-for-profit law, commercial real estate, employment law, estate planning, litigation and mediation, as well as probate and trust administration. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the Northwest Suburban Bar Association, and serves on the Arlington Heights Board of Zoning Appeals. Mr. Selbka earned his B.A. degree from the University of Illinois; his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School; and his M.P.A. degree from the University of Illinois.
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