Don Budmen serves as Senior Counsel for Ferrara Fiorenza PC, with more than 35 years of experience assisting school law clients in education law matters including:

Representation and counsel regarding complex constitutional law issues, statutory compliance matters, student discipline issues and other such topics impacting public school districts daily.

Don provides advice, counsel and representation to school districts and BOCES concerning effective labor relations strategies and all related labor issues. Don frequently serves as the lead collective bargaining negotiator.

Don provides advice, training, and professional development on topics reflecting his core practice areas, including Board and Superintendent roles and responsibilities, fiscal oversight, sexual harassment prevention, effective student discipline strategies, employee evaluation and performance documentation, technology use and abuse issues, religion in schools, and attendance issues.