Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Arbitration and Teacher Tenure
• Civil Rights/Discrimination Law
• Conflict of Interest Law
• Constitutional Law
• Discipline of Students
• Liability for Negligence
• Municipal Finance Law
• Open Meeting Law
• Public Records Law
• Retirement Law
• Unfair Labor Practices
• Vocational Education
• Education Law 100%

Honors and Awards

• Recipient, Dedicated Service as Legal Counsel and Presenter at The Education Law Institutes, Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials (M.A.S.B.O.)

Published Works

• The Massachusetts School Law Disgest, M.A.S.B.O., Bimonthly, 1993
• The Legal Status of Professional Personnel in the Public Schools, M.A.S.B.O., 1986
• Issues and Concerns of Importance to Public School Officials, Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative, Vol. II, 1988
• Issues and Concerns of Importance to Public School Officials, Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative, Vol. I, 1986
• General Law of Education Relating to School Committees, M.A.S.B.O. Cooperative Corporation, January, 1984

Classes and Seminars

• Presenter, The Education Law Institute (Annual Conference), M.A.S.B.O.
• Presenter, Various Statewide In-Service Training Programs, Workshops and Seminars to Educators on School Law

Representative Clients

• Massachusetts Association of School Business Officials
• The School Committee of the Town of Holbrook, Massachusetts
• The School Committee of the Town of Rockland, Massachusetts

Representative Cases

• Foudy v. Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, 402 Mass.179, 521 N.E.2d 391 (Mass. 1988)
• Matthews v. School Committee of Bedford, 22 Mass.App.Ct.374, 494 N.E.2d 38 (Mass.App.Ct. 1986)
• McParland v. Rosencranz, 629 N.E.2d 369 (Mass.App.Ct. 1994)
• School Committee of Holbrook v. Holbrook Education Association, 395 Mass.651, 481 N.E.2d 484 (Mass. 1985)
• School Committee of Town of Rockland v. Massachusetts Department of Education, 753 F.2d 169 (1st Cir. 1985)
• Doe v. Anrig, 561 F.Supp. 121 (D.C.Mass. 1983)
• Dale Wilson v. Labor Relations Commission, 96-P-193 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 1997)
• Direnzo v. Gerhart, 94-J602 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 1994)
• Timothy Russell v. Peter L. Nixon, trustee & other, 01-P-704 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2003)
• Dale Wilson v. Labor Relations Commission, 00-P-598 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 2002)
• John McParland v. James Rosencranz, Esq., 93-P-368 (Massachusetts Appeals Court 1994)
• Braintree Baptist Temple v. Holbrook Public Schools, 616 F.Supp.81 (D.Mass. 1984)
• Doe v. Anrig, 692 F.2d 800 (1st Cir. 1982)

West Practice Categories

Education Law