Martin, Browne, Hull & Harper, PLL, is one of the few firms in the West Central Ohio area with an established education law practice. The firm provides skilled representation to a wide variety of education institutions in both the public and private sectors including primary and secondary schools as well as colleges and universities and MR/DD boards. Over the past forty years, the firm has represented public schools in Clark, Greene, Montgomery, Miami, Champaign, Madison, Logan, Fayette, Highland and Ross Counties. The firm also represents several private universities including Antioch University, Wittenberg University and Urbana University.
Our goal is to apply our extensive knowledge and experience in education law issues in a way that meets the unique needs of our clients effectively and cost efficiently. The firm has served public schools and universities in union representation and collective bargaining issues regarding both teaching and non-teaching staff. In many cases, we have been engaged as the chief spokesperson for management at the bargaining table. In other cases, we have provided legal support and planning to others at the bargaining table. In addition, we have represented school boards and universities before the National Labor Relations Board or the State Employment Relations Board regarding unfair labor practices, representation elections and other labor matters.
Our attorneys have also extensively assisted clients with tenure disputes, contract terminations, contract non-renewals, the defense of employment discrimination charges, civil service charges, grievance arbitration, wrongful discharge suits and other employment related litigation.
The rapidly changing area of student rights has become an increasingly important concern to our education clients. Our education lawyers have extensive experience with student discipline issues, pupil suspensions, expulsion hearings, requests for student records, implementation of special education requirements under IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act as well as the ADA. We have provided our education clients with advice concerning numerous education policy issues such as school violence, searches of student lockers, drug testing of athletes, school prayer issues and other important school policy matters. Furthermore, we have provided advice and representation to education clients in numerous matters involving or impacting on school finance including annexation efforts, open enrollment disputes, protection of assessed valuation, tax abatement and exemption issues.
Members of the education practice group frequently provide clients with in-service training sessions and other educational programs to their administrators and other staff to update them on legal developments. If you would like to engage us for such a presentation, please call one of our education lawyers or e-mail us with your request.
Services Provided:
- Teacher non-renewal and termination
- Faculty tenure disputes
- Employee discipline and investigation of misconduct
- Grievance arbitration
- Collective bargaining
- Union elections
- Unfair labor practices and representation before SERB and NLRB
- Student discipline
- Special education requirements, IDEA, section 504, ADA
- Open enrollment disputes
- Tuition matters
- Annexation and real estate valuation matters
- Tax abatement disputes
- Board governance issues
- Sunshine Law requirements
- School Finance Issues
- Policy development and compliance with legislative enactments
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