Personnel and Employee Relations

A significant portion of the firm's practice is devoted to assisting school districts in dealing effectively with problem teachers, both probationary and tenured. Attorneys advise school administrators on legal requirements in terminating incompetent teachers. They also help draft warning letters, notices of deficiencies, statements of charges, and other statutorily required notices. In addition, the firm's attorneys have experience representing school districts in the whole gamut of employment problems: probationary teacher non renewals, employee arbitrations, sexual harassment, overtime, Fair Labor Standards Act issues, unemployment compensation appeals, reductions-in-force, Americans with Disabilities Act issues, and discrimination complaints by employees and former employees. MGO attorneys perform audits of district personnel programs.