School Law Group
Group Principals William H. Hair

SCHOOL LAW GROUP

Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton LLP
1000 Town Center Drive
Sixth Floor
Oxnard, California 93036

[T] (805) 485-1000
[F] (805) 988-8387

Overview

School districts are affected by an immense array of laws, rules and regulations. The ever-increasing legal implications of the actions and operations of educational institutions require competent legal representation. Nordman Cormany Hair & Compton LLP provides general counsel, special counsel and litigation services to its school district clients.

The key factor in the firm's representation of its school district clients is its commitment to positive advice and assistance in helping the school district accomplish its mission and goals within legal parameters.

Services Offered

The School Law Group offers a wide spectrum of specialized skills. Its services include day-to-day advice, seminars and assistance in the following areas:

Employment Law

  • Hiring procedures (background checks, employee selection and screening procedures)
  • Certificated and classified employee evaluation
  • Investigation of alleged wrongdoing
  • Discipline, layoff and termination of certificated and classified employees
  • Management contracts
  • Reassignment and termination of administrative employees
  • Employee privacy and statutory individual rights
  • Employment discrimination
  • Sexual harassment
  • Governmental investigations of alleged discrimination
  • Drug and alcohol related issues
  • Employee benefits
  • ADA compliance
  • Family and Medical Leave Act
  • Violence in the workplace
  • Labor Relations

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Labor Relations

  • Collective bargaining
  • Alternative bargaining systems
  • Site-based decision making
  • Unfair labor practices
  • Representation before the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)
  • Contract enforcement
  • Grievance processing/arbitration

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Operations, Business and Finance

  • Open meeting laws
  • Legal conflicts of interest/disclosure requirements
  • Compliance with the Public Records Act
  • Insurance/risk management
  • Tort Claims Act
  • School finance/bond issues
  • Compliance with class size reduction requirements
  • Site acquisition and disposal, construction of facilities
  • School closures
  • Eminent domain
  • CEQA compliance
  • Land use issues/planning and zoning by municipalities that impact school districts
  • Charter school contracts

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Students

  • Student rights and responsibilities
  • Parent rights and responsibilities
  • Student discipline
  • Religious expression in the public school
  • Title IX compliance
  • OCR and other governmental investigations

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