Michelle Alissa Ball

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.

When you find your child being mistreated by the school system, it can be a difficult process. Our daughter was suspended, and we felt we were unjustly being bullied by the principal and vice principal of her school. It took us a few weeks before we were able to figure out what we needed to do, an...d that was when we contacted Michelle. She contacted the school district's attorneys and discovered that the suspension was against the school's own policy. So the principal of the school was forced to remove the suspension from our daughter's record. We were happy with the end results, and I would not hesitate to use Michelle Ball in the future to protect our rights. She was easy to communicate with, personal and understanding. Highly recommend!

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!!!

I hired Michelle to fight a wrongful expulsion for my daughter. She knows the education codes like the back of her hand, so nothing got passed her. It's like she has a third eye. She kept us informed every step of the way. She'll fight until everyone is satisfied. After it was over we were sad to see... her go.