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Education Law

1400 Old Country Road, 211N, Salisbury, NY 11590

Area of Practice: Education Law & Special Education JACOB S. FELDMAN received his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1976 and his B.A. (cum laude) from Brooklyn College, in 1972. He is admitted to practice law in the State Courts of New York, the United States Supreme Court, the Second Circuit and the Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, the Court of Federal Claims, and the Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York. From September, 1977 until December 1987, he was an associate senior counsel in the office of the General Counsel to the New York State United Teachers, where he handled school-related litigation involving constitutional and education law rights, seniority disputes, tenure rights and tenure areas in federal and state courts. Since 1987 he has represented public school districts as general counsel. He has handled the defense of public school districts in major federal and state litigation involving civil rights, age, race, disability and sexual discrimination matters, sexual harassment complaints, special education matters, complaints alleging First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment violations as related to the collection of school district taxes, and appeals to the Appellate Division, First and Second Departments, the New York State Court of Appeals and to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He has handled the successful defense of dozens of impartial hearings and appeals to the SRO on behalf of school districts. He has represented clients in arbitrations administered by the American Arbitration Association, and administrative proceedings before PERB, the State Division of Human Rights and the EEOC. He is a member of the Labor and Employment Law Sections of the New York State Bar Association; and the former Chairperson of the Education Law Committee of the Nassau County Bar Association. Mr. Feldman is a frequent speaker and participant in various special education law programs, speaking on topics including “Developing a Bulletproof IEP,” student discipline, preparation for and defense of impartial hearings and Section 504, conducted by the Nassau County Bar Association, the Nassau-Suffolk Academies of Law, NYSSBA, the Long Island Association of School Personnel Administrators, the LIASEA, the Council of New York Special Education Administrators, Lorman Education Services, PESI, St. John’s University, and many of our school district clients. He is the author of "Americans With Disabilities Act: Employer Obligations," Journal of Individual Employment Rights, Vol.2, #2 (1993) and “Discipline of Tenured Employees Pursuant to Education Law §3020-a, Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector, Vol.28, #2 (1999). He is the author of the “Read All About It” column, a monthly compilation of special education cases appearing in the “Attorney’s Corner” of the Centris Group’s Directors’ Website. He received LIASEA’s 2010 Award of Distinction for his special education work on behalf of school districts. He has been recognized annas a “Legal Leader - New York Area’s Top Rated Lawyers” annually since 2013 in the fields of education and labor law.

Education Law & Guardianship Law

5126 NW 57th Dr, Coral Springs, FL 33067, USA

Area of Practice: Education Law & Guardianship Law Attorney and Founder of D’Alessandro Law, Jaime A. D’Alessandro, received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law. Ms. D’Alessandro has dedicated her legal career to areas of the law that are of particular importance to children and families. As a mother of three children, Ms. D’Alessandro is especially attuned to the needs of families. Ms. D’Alessandro provides legal representation for individuals seeking guardianships for their loved ones. She also provides legal representation to children with special needs to ensure that they receive an appropriate education in accordance with federal and state law. Additionally, Ms. D’Alessandro provides families with comprehensive Estate Planning and provides legal representation in Probate Court to individuals whose family members have passed away. She works in the area of Dependency Law as well, by providing legal representation to foster care children in Dependency Court as their Attorney ad Litem. Ms. D’Alessandro is a member of the Florida Bar, Education Law Committee, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Public Interest Law Section, and Broward County Bar Association. She is also a member of the University of Florida Alumni Association as well as the University of Miami Law Alumni Association. Ms. D’Alessandro enjoys spending quality time with her husband and three children. She enjoys volunteering at her children’s school and supports the school and PTA as a proud business sponsor.

Aviation

600 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA

Area of Practice: Aviation Law With compassion, dedication, and years of aviation litigation experience, Jamie R. Lebovitz has focused his practice on helping families who have lost loved ones in aviation disasters. Jamie is a senior partner at Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy. He practices in the areas of personal injury and wrongful death litigation with a concentration in aviation, railroad, and trucking calamities. Jamie has more than 35 years of experience as a trial attorney, and he has recovered numerous multi-million dollar settlements and jury verdicts in cases against commercial airlines, aircraft manufacturers, railroad and trucking companies, and the federal government. He’s a member of the American Association for Justice, the Ohio Association of Justice, the Cleveland Academy of Trial Attorneys, the Ohio State, Cleveland, and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations, the Lawyers-Pilots Bar Association, and numerous other organizations. Jamie has been appointed by federal and state courts as a member of the lead trial counsel team and the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in aviation and railroad accident cases. In these roles, he has coordinated the investigation and preparation of cases for trial on behalf of all claimants and litigants. He has earned an AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, which has been the leading authority on peer review evaluation of a lawyer’s capabilities for more than 100 years. The rating is awarded to lawyers who have achieved the highest levels of professional skill and integrity in their fields. In addition, Law & Politics recognizes Jamie as an Ohio Super Lawyer®. Attorneys who receive this title are chosen by their peers and the independent research of Law & Politics as representatives of the top attorneys in their state. Jamie is married and has three children. Outside of the office, he enjoys skiing, reading, traveling, playing golf and tennis, and wine tasting.

Public Law & Finance

300 Convent Street, Suite 2700, San Antonio, TX 78205

Area of Practice: Public Law & Finance

Professional Liability

9900 Covington Cross Drive, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89144

Janeen V. Isaacson has been a practicing litigator for more than 21 years. Prior to joining the firm, she spent 8 years as a prosecutor for the Office of Bar Counsel, including serving as Interim Bar Counsel. She was hired by the Nevada State Bar for her litigation background to serve as the prosecutor designated to handle the largest and most difficult cases. She prosecuted and obtained disbarments for the office’s high profile and complex cases, including the case against Robert Graham, who was ultimately convicted of stealing more than $10 million in client funds. During her tenure, Janeen served as lead counsel for more than 100 discipline trials. She participated in the investigation and prosecution of hundreds of other cases which were concluded without a Formal Hearing. Janeen also handled dozens of appeals brought by Respondents and was one of the few prosecutors to participate in oral argument for a discipline matter before the Nevada Supreme Court. Before joining the Nevada State Bar, Janeen was an equity partner with the litigation firm of Marks & Isaacson. She and her partner managed a staff of approximately 20 people and handled primarily civil and commercial litigation cases. Janeen participated in a number of complex litigation trials including one that spanned a period of six months. Prior to starting her own firm, Janeen spent a number of years as in-house counsel with Travelers Insurance. She was the firm’s lead trial attorney for commercial litigation cases. She was recruited by Traveler’s Insurance while serving as an associate for the firm of Lorber Greenfield. Janeen started as an associate in the San Diego office and was transferred to Las Vegas in 1998 to help establish the firm’s office in Nevada. She has made her home in Nevada for more than 20 years. Janeen is admitted to practice law in California, Nevada and Colorado. She and her family have a second home in Colorado Springs, where her husband was born and raised, and where her family spends a portion of their time. Janeen’s experience as a Managing Partner of a law firm combined with her extensive regulatory background make her uniquely qualified to help guide law firms and lawyers through the pitfalls and complications of running a successful practice while strictly complying with the Rules of Professional Conduct and will be an asset to professionals governed by other regulatory bodies when disputes arise as to their compliance with codified standards of practice.