Michelle Alissa Ball

Michelle was a god send! I counted my lucky stars I found her just in time. This time last year, my 7th grade brother got himself into major trouble with his school. He went on discord and used the N word to refer to a classmate. The classmate took a screenshot of the messages and reported him. Just... for that, the school suspended my brother for 5-days, pending an involuntary transfer to an alternative school (think of a school for troubled/violent students). It was literally the last week of school, before winter break, when all this happened. Most attorneys were on Christmas break, but not Michelle; thank God!!! With literally just 1 day before meeting with the district administrator, Michelle was able to work with me via phone to gather all the information she needed for the case. Given the short notice, Michelle was unable to attend the meeting with us in person, but she attended by phone and it made all the difference! All she said to the district and their attorney (who also joined by phone), was my brother was already punished enough and his actions did not warrant being transferred to an alternative school; she wanted to discuss how we can get him back to school ASAP. Literally just like that, the district agreed and drafted paperwork for us to sign so my brother could return to school that same day. Had it not been for Michelle and her hard work, we would have been drowned in stress. Thank you Michelle, for everything you did for us! PS, the administrator later told me he really liked Michelle because unlike other attorneys, she wanted to have a conversation, rather than laying down the law and debating it. I believe that was her magic!

I highly recommend Michelle Ball. We were dealing with a situation where my son was not going to be able to participate in the 8th grade promotion ceremony. We called Michelle Ball and she acted immediately and wrote a letter to the district. Within a few weeks of the school receiving the letter, we ...received a call from the school and was informed my son can participate. Michelle is extremely knowledgeable in education law, prompt and easy to work with.

The school district was investigating racist incident at son's high school. Their legal office out of nowhere sent an intimidating email on a Friday morning demanding to interview my son in the principal's office on the following Monday morning. He had nothing to do with the incident, nor did he have... any knowledge of who did. Given this, and because of the investigator's threatening tone, I got a referral to talk with Ms Ball. Long story short, I retained her services on behalf of my son, she contacted the district investigators reminding them of my son's rights. Instead of an interview at the intimidating atmosphere of the principal's office during school hours, she was able to schedule the interview after school via zoom. She attended the interview with my son and I. She stopped any questions that were beyond the scope of the investigation. Well worth the time and investment. Highly recommend her to protect your family's rights and interests.

The entire process of finding an educational attorney can be intimidating and difficult. We are glad we found Michelle. Michelle Ball helped us in our son’s difficult and complicated case. Our son was accused by another student of wrongdoing on his walk home from school. Upon the school learning ...of this, relying almost exclusively on the accusers version of the events, illegally interrogated our son along with the police and suspended him with a recommendation for expulsion. Further, the school decided to email the entire school community about the matter. Michelle negotiated with the district and prepared a diligent and compelling memorandum which resulted in the school dropping the expulsion and agreeing to destroy the records of the event, upon certain conditions. This was a good result given the situation. Additionally, although we do not live near Michelle's Sacramento office, the distance was not a factor. We successfully communicated via many emails and phone calls. Michelle was speedy with her response times, despite her very busy schedule. I would recommend Michelle Ball for any family who would ever need an educational lawyer!

I found Michelle by google search. I visited her website, read the fees information and her articles of professional advice on educational legal matters. I was very encouraged. So I called to make our first consultation appointment. She was very efficient in our meeting. She gave us honest analysis o...n our case. We hired her without hesitation. She was very responsive and stayed on top of everything. After reading the pre-meeting materials, she gave us advice and strategies. The material was devastating. Michelle told us upfront that it could very likely lead to expulsion. But Michelle managed to negotiate for us to get result of no suspension and no expulsion. We are very happy about this result. Without Michelle, we were not able to get this perfect result. Thank you so much Michelle!!!