Current Employment Position(s)

Senior Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Tina Kannarr is of senior counsel in the Cerritos office of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo.  Ms. Kannarr represents California public school and community college districts and county offices of education in all aspects of education, employment, and labor law.  Her areas of experience include employee leave of absence and family leave issues, reasonable accommodation of employee disabilities, employment discrimination, free speech and religion rights of students and employees, and public employee conflicts of interest.

Ms. Kannarr earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Print Journalism, cum laude, from the University of Southern California. She earned her Juris Doctor from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary in Virginia.

Ms. Kannarr is admitted to practice before all California courts, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States Central District Court. She is a member of the California State Bar.

Ms. Kannarr lectures extensively on all aspects of education and employment law, including programs by the School Employers Association of California (SEAC), California School Boards Association (CSBA), California Association of School Business Officers (CASBO); and Association of California School Administrators (ACSA).  She is an editor and frequent contributor to the firm’s school law publications.

Areas of Practice

• Education Law

Representative Clients

• County Offices of Education

West Practice Categories

Colleges & Universities, Constitutional Law, Discrimination, Education Law, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Public Schools, Student Rights

Bar Admissions

• California
• U.S. District Court Central District of California
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California State Bar Association, Member

Education

• College of William and Mary School of Law
  J.D.
• University of Southern California
  B.A.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Major: Print Journalism

Published Works

• In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students Is Under Attack, But Still In Effect, 2008
• How Much Do You Make?: California Supreme Court Rules That The Names And Salaries Of Public Employees Are Not Exempt From Public Disclosure, 2007
• Schools May Ban Union Literature Containing Political Endorsements From Employee Mailboxes, 2007
• California Court of Appeal Lands Solid One-Two Punch to School Employers on Notice Requirements for Personnel Actions, 2007

Address

12800 Center Court Drive, Suite 300
Cerritos, CA 90703

Phones

(562) 653-3200 (Business Phone)
(714) 826-5480 (Other Phone)

Faxes

(562) 653-3333 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.aalrrlaw.com