"The IDEA does not promise perfect solutions to the vexing problems posed by the existence of learning disabilities in children and adolescents. The Act sets more modest goals; it emphasizes an appropriate rather than ideal, education; it requires an adequate rather than optimal, education."
Senior Associate General Counsel
Graduated Santa Clara University School of Law, 1988
17 years experience in school law
Past President of the California Council of School Attorneys; Former Chair of the Foster City Education Committee
Special training and experience: Student Rights and Discipline, Special Education, Personnel Matters, Administrative Hearings and Arbitrations, Governance, Conflicts of Interest, Public Record and Brown Act Issues.
Supervising attorney for the SCLS Hayward and Santa Cruz offices
