For more than 20 years, McArthur & Levin has devoted its practice exclusively to representation of school districts and county offices of education. The focus is on the representation of these agencies in connection with special education and related disability laws.
Because of its focused practice, McArthur & Levin offers special expertise in representing its clients at the administrative level before the Office of Administrative Hearings, in matters involving the Office for Civil Rights, the California Department of Education, and in state and federal courts.
In the world of education, Special Education is unique. The complexities surrounding this sector call for legal assistance that is as specialized as the educational programs of the exceptional students served.
McArthur & Levin provides representation to school districts and county offices of education in matters involving Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 USC 794) including but not limited to:
McArthur & Levin has extensive experience representing clients in state compliance investigations with the California Department of Education.
McArthur and Levin provides representation to school districts and county offices of education in matters involving all aspects the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20 USC. §1400 et seq. its implementing regulations and corresponding California statutes and regulations.
McArthur & Levin regularly speaks on special education issues, education and disability laws, and provides trainings to clients and disability related organizations. In addition, its large client base exposes its attorneys to a broad array of creative approaches to complying with the ever-expanding requirements of disability laws and changing landscape of public entity regulation, and to dealing with the complexities of the diverse issues faced today by school districts. This experience allows McArthur & Levin to bring to its clients a unique national perspective as well as a wealth of information resources, thereby enabling its attorneys to provide the most comprehensive and up to date advice and advocacy on matters affecting its clients.
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With its comprehensive expertise and its unique focus on public entity representation, McArthur & Levin offers services to school districts in the following areas, among others:
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Eliza J. McArthur has devoted her practice of more than 30 years exclusively to the representation of school districts with emphasis on special education and disability law, including student rights and responsibilities, student misconduct issues and student discipline matters. Ms. McArthur represents school districts in administrative hearings, federal district and appellate courts. She provides consultation and advice on an ongoing basis to school districts throughout the country.
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Jill graduated from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A. 1985) and Santa Clara University School of Law (J.D. 1989), and has been a member of the California Bar, among others, since 1990. After law school, Ms, Greiner moved to Nevada to serve as a law clerk to the Honorable Justice John Code Mowbray, Nevada Supreme Court. Following her clerkship, she litigated criminal and civil cases at the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office and the Reno City Attorney’s Office.
Nathan Ayala graduated from Santa Clara University in 2009 with a Political Science Major and a minor in English. He received his law degree from Santa Clara University’s School of Law in 2018. While there, he was a part of the mock trial team.
Kristal Tidwell joined McArthur & Levin in 2017. Prior to McArthur & Levin, she was an attorney for the Department of Defense in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Station in China Lake, California, where she began her legal career advising on governmental projects involving contract, environmental, trademark, patent law and civil litigation cases.
During their nearly 10 years as an attorney, Justin has gained experience across many practice areas including personal injury, multi-district litigation and consumer class actions, securities industry litigation and FINRA arbitrations, employment law, and education law, among others.
