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Special Education
FIRM OVERVIEW Client Focused
Practice Areas Lozano Smith is known for and provides the highest quality special education expertise in California.
Our practice is dedicated to helping school districts with all areas of special education and student
Administrative disability law, including:
Hearings
Charter School > Day to day availability to address timely questions as they arise
Community College > Records Request/Public Records Act responses and advice
Facilities & Business > Trainings to enable school district staff, from directors to service providers, to identify and avoid
Governance
Investigations potential legal issues and maximize compliance
Labor & > Development of policies, handbooks, and reference materials
Employment > Representation at Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) team meetings, resolution sessions,
Litigation
Municipal mediations, prehearing conferences, due process hearings, and appeals
Public Finance > Responding to complaints made to the California Department of Education (“CDE”) and Office
Special Education for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and representation during resulting investigations
Student
Title IX
Areas of Practice
Lozano Smith represents and advises clients regarding:
Statewide > IEP meetings
> Section 504 meetings
Sacramento > Unilateral placement of students by their parents in private schools, nonpublic schools, or
Walnut Creek
Fresno residential treatment centers
Monterey > IDEA and Section 504 discipline, resolution sessions, mediations, prehearing conferences and
Bakersfield hearings
San Luis Obispo
Los Angeles > Bullying, discrimination, and harassment claims and complaints
San Diego > OCR and CDE investigations and complaints
> Special education issues related to charter school students
> Interagency disputes
Group Leaders > Case analysis and preparation
> Revocation of consent issues
> Prehearing motions, evidence preparation, and witness preparation
> Settlement analysis and agreements
> Provision of mental health services
> California Superior Court writs of administrative mandamus
Jennifer Baldassari > California Superior Court applications for temporary restraining orders
jbaldassari@lozanosmith.com > Appeals to the United States District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
> United States District Court claims for attorneys’ fees and costs
Special Education Legal Training
Hundreds of special education administrators attend the Lozano Smith Special Education Legal
Consortium (“SELC”) each year. This seminar is conducted throughout the state and for individual
Kaitlyn M. Tucker clients upon request, providing in-depth information on a variety of current topics. Recent topics
ktucker@lozanosmith.com
include dyslexia, mental health, and the ever-popular legal update.
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