This week, partner David J. Berney published an article in the Legal Intelligencer examining President Trump's education agenda. In the article, President Donald Trump, Education, and the American Dream, Berney discusses the role that education plays in the American dream and analyzes whether the President's policies will improve the education system in meaningful ways. Berney's analysis [...]
On November 13, 2018, David Berney, Esq. argued before a panel of judges of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in Nicole B. v. School District of Philadelphia. In that case, the student was the victim of brutal bullying and harassment. However, the lower court threw the case out because it did not believe that the minority tolling [...]
There's nothing more motivating for our work than seeing a student who has found the joy in learning. She just needed the right school.
Associate Kevin Golembiewski recently co-counseled an amicus brief in the United States Courts of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), a national nonprofit dedicated to parents and children with disabilities. The brief, filed in support of the parent in Jay F. v. William S. Hart [...]
