Oregon City, OR
Education Lawyer at Oregon City, OR
Practice Areas: Education
OUTCOME: Dismissed with prejudice on prehearing motions
Case dismissed in its entirety on prehearing motions. Ruling publicly available at https://www.oregon.gov/ode/rules-and-policies/Documents/2024dueprocess/DP%2024-115%20Dismissal_Redacted.pdf
OUTCOME: For District on all issues
Final Order publicly available at https://www.oregon.gov/ode/rules-and-policies/Documents/2022dueprocess/DP%2022-110%20Final%20Order%20Redacted.pdf
OUTCOME: For District on all issues
Publicly available at https://www.oregon.gov/ode/rules-and-policies/Documents/2020dueprocess/dp-20-107-dismissal.pdf
OUTCOME: Dismissed on prehearing motions.
Plaintiffs attempted to add school district to national class action lawsuit under the IDEA related to mandatory COVID restrictions. The case was dismissed based on prehearing motions. Ruling publicly ... available https://www.oregon.gov/ode/rules-and-policies/Documents/2020dueprocess/dp-20-112-dismissal.pdf
OUTCOME: For District on all issues
Final Order publicly available at https://www.oregon.gov/ode/rules-and-policies/2016dupprocess/DP%2016-118.pdf
OUTCOME: For District
Appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
OUTCOME: For District on all issues
Administrative Due Process Hearing 15-119. Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") ruled that District did not need to include a "transition plan" to assist in transitioning the Student from an out-of-state, ... residential therapeutic program back to the general education setting because (1) the IDEA does not require IEPs to have such "transition plans," and (2) "A preponderance of the evidence establishes that the District offers transition services and supports to all students transferring to the District from other schools or academic settings [...] Therefore, there is no need to mention or specify these transition services and supports in Student’s IEP." Final Order publicly available at http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/services/disputeresolution/dueprocess/2015/dp-15-119-west-linn-wilsonville.pdf
OUTCOME: For District on all issues
Administrative Due Process Hearing 15-115 before the Oregon Department of Education. Parents sought ruling that District failed to provide services and improperly dis-enrolled Student from enrollment. ... Administrative Law Judge found District made appropriate offer of services, and any failure to provide services was because of Parents' failure to participate in the IEP process. Final Order publicly available at http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/services/disputeresolution/dueprocess/2015/dp-15-115-no-bend.pdf
OUTCOME: For District on all issues
District Court reversed underlying findings and conclusions of Administrative Due Process 14-104. The hearing officer ruled against the District at the administrative level, finding that the Distric ... t should have provided extended school year ("ESY") services to the Student. District Court Judge Panner reversed that finding. Instead, the District Court found that "Student's IEP, including the District's ultimate ESY determination, was reasonably calculated to provide Student with FAPE." Further, the Court found the "ALJ erred in holding the District's data collection methodology to the standards preferred by Parent and Student's experts." District Court's Opinion & Order publicly available at http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20FDCO%2020150501M20.xml/Grants%20Pass%20School%20District%20v.%20Student
OUTCOME: For District on all issues
Administrative Due Process 14-107 before the Oregon Department of Education. Parents sought reimbursement for private school tuition under allegation that District failed to appropriately respond to al ... legations of peer-on-peer bullying. Administrative Law Judge found that District "took prompt and appropriate steps to address Student's and/or Mother's concerns." ALJ's Final Order publicly available at http://www.ode.state.or.us/wma/services/disputeresolution/dueprocess/2014/dp-14-107-corvallis.pdf
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