Page 4 - Special Education Booklet

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 edu-
Administrative
Hearings cation and student disability law, including:
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
Governance > Trainings to enable school district staff, from directors to service providers, to identify and
Investigations avoid potential legal issues and maximize compliance
Labor &
Employment > Development of policies, handbooks, and reference materials
Litigation > Representation at Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) team meetings, resolution
Municipal
Public Finance sessions, mediations, prehearing conferences, due process hearings, and appeals
Public Safety > Responding to complaints made to the California Department of Education (“CDE”) and
Special Education
Student Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) and representation during resulting investigations
Technology &
Innovation AREAS OF PRACTICE
Title IX Lozano Smith represents and advises clients regarding:

> IEP meetings
Statewide > Section 504 meetings

Sacramento > Unilateral placement of students by their parents in private schools, nonpublic schools, or
Walnut Creek residential treatment centers
Fresno > IDEA and Section 504 discipline, resolution sessions, mediations, prehearing conferences
Monterey
Bakersfield and hearings
San Luis Obispo > Bullying, discrimination, and harassment claims and complaints
Los Angeles
San Diego > OCR and CDE investigations and complaints
> Special education issues related to charter school students
Group Leaders > Interagency disputes
> Case analysis and preparation
> Revocation of consent issues
> Prehearing motions, evidence preparation, and witness preparation
> Settlement analysis and agreements
> Provision of mental health services
Marcy L. Gutierrez > California Superior Court writs of administrative mandamus
mgutierrez@lozanosmith.com > California Superior Court applications for temporary restraining orders
> 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
Alyssa R. Bivins
abivins@lozanosmith.com Legal Consortium (“SELC”) each year. This seminar is conducted throughout the state and
for individual clients upon request, providing in-depth information on a variety of current
topics. Recent topics include dyslexia, mental health, and the ever-popular legal update.

California’s Premier Public Agency Law Firm LozanoSmith.com