What We Do
Education Law
We encourage a proactive and preventative approach to promoting and maintaining a safe, productive and efficient environment for educating students and serving the school community. We offer a blend of expertise and practical advice resulting from years of hands-on business and operational management experience. We analyze and work to resolve both unique and routine challenges confronted by Boards of Education and administrators.
Employment Law
Our practice is dedicated exclusively to the representation of employers in all aspects of employment and labor relations law. This highly regulated environment demands representation based on strategic solutions tailored to the needs and objectives of each employer. We recognize the importance of both leadership and compliance in organizational success.
Latest Posts
Aug 18th, 2026Protecting the District and Its Tax Base
School districts have two primary sources of in-State revenue. The first is State Aid, revenue received from the State of New York. The second primary source of school district revenue is real property tax payments, received from residential and commercial property owners located in the school district, based upon their property’s assessed value. Property owners can challenge the assessed value in a tax certiorari proceeding and seek to reduce their overall tax payments, as well as to recover any payments made based on the alleged excessive value.
Aug 18th, 2026School District Compliance Alert: New Immigration-Related Procedures Required Under Education Law § 3201-b
Public school districts, BOCES, and UPK programs operating on school property must comply with new requirements under New York State Education Law Section 3201-b. The statute requires the covered entities (hereinafter, referred to as “school districts”) to develop, adopt and implement procedures designed to safeguard students and families from unauthorized immigration enforcement activities on school grounds and to certify compliance with those requirements to the Commissioner of Education.
Jul 29th, 2026Supreme Court Finds that State Laws Limiting Participation in Girls’ and Women’s Sports Do Not Violate Title IX or the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause
A West Virginia law passed in 2021 imposed a categorical ban on biological males participating in female sports. B.P.J., a biological male who identifies as female, challenged the law in court claiming it violated Title IX and the Equal Protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
