Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Maree Sneed’s practice involves advising school districts, educational associations, and private companies in the education sector on a wide range of state and federal legal issues, including those involving the U.S. Constitution, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX, and the Magnet School Assistance Project.

Maree has been involved in litigating on behalf of school districts in both state and federal courts and recently was counsel of record in two Supreme Court cases, Schaffer v. Weast and PICS v. Seattle School District No. 1. She also has counseled school districts on the development of policies and plans for English Language Learner students and racial and sexual harassment. She has assisted school districts in developing court-ordered and voluntary student assignment plans, and magnet plans and policies, including those that comply with the requirements of the federal Magnet Schools Assistance Project.

Maree is on the faculty of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and serves as a board member and secretary of the National School Boards Foundation. Before attending law school, she taught at the high school level. She was also a secondary school principal, assistant principal, and supervisor of gifted and alternative programs in the Montgomery County Public Schools.

Areas of Practice

• Education
• Litigation
• K-12

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1987
• Illinois, 1983
• Maryland, 1986
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1989
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Adjunct Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Broad Urban Superintendents Academy (Faculty)
• Broad Foundation (Board of Advisors)
• National School Boards Foundation (Board of Directors)
• "School Superintendents Insider" publication (Board of Advisors)
• Teach for America, D.C. (Board of Directors)
• American Association of School Administrators (Member)
• Council of School Attorneys (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Distinguished Service, Magnet Schools of America

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1983
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois
• George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979
  Ed.D., Doctor of Education
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1972
  M.Ed., Master of Education
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 1970
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Address

555 Thirteenth Street, NorthWest
Washington, DC 20004

Phones

(202) 637-6416

Faxes

(202) 637-5910

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Websites

http://www.hhlaw.com