Education Law Lawyers in New Orleans
80 verified education attorneys in New Orleans. Find experienced Education Law counsel to evaluate your case, explain your options, and represent you through every stage of the legal process. Compare education experience, read verified client reviews, and book a free consultation with local New Orleans counsel — AttorneyQnA never charges clients to connect with an attorney.
Avery Bryce Pardee is a lawyer practicing appellate litigation, business & commercial litigation, corporate compliance & white collar defense and 4 ot...
Mark Raymond Beebe is a lawyer practicing litigation, agriculture, antitrust / unfair competition and 16 other areas of law. Mark received a B.A. degr...
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Lambert J. "Joe" Hassinger, Jr. is a lawyer practicing amusements, sports & recreation, construction, environmental & toxic tort and 18 other areas of...
Mark E Hanna is a lawyer practicing class action, litigation, state, local and municipal law and 2 other areas of law. Mark received a B.A. degree fro...
Michele Gaudin is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, personal injury, motorcycle accident and 9 other areas of law. Michele received a B.A. degree ...
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After graduating from Tulane Law School, I started my career as an attorney in New York City litigating antitrust and securities and financial fraud c...
Jaimme Angelle Collins is a lawyer practicing litigation, health care, education and 7 other areas of law. Jaimme received a B.A. degree from Emory Un...
Debra Jean Fischman is a lawyer practicing school board liability, labor and employment, sexual harassment and 8 other areas of law. Debra received a ...
M. H. "Mike" Gertler is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, products liability law, toxic torts and 66 other areas of law.
Roselyn B Koretzky is a lawyer practicing health care, hospital law, medical malpractice defense and 4 other areas of law. Roselyn received a M.Ed. de...
Margaret E Woodward is a lawyer practicing general civil practice, federal and state trial law, appellate practice and 5 other areas of law. Margaret ...
Michael S. Mitchell is a lawyer practicing labor and employment, collective bargaining and arbitration, education law and 8 other areas of law.
Stefanie Band Allweiss is a lawyer practicing labor and employment, civil rights, colleges and universities and 2 other areas of law. Stefanie Band re...
Hon. Clare F Jupiter is a lawyer practicing school law, governmental torts, personal injury and 1 other area of law.
David D Duggins is a lawyer practicing commercial law, retail collections, civil practice and 2 other areas of law. David received a B.A. degree from ...
Thomas A Rayer, Jr is a lawyer practicing civil rights litigation, education law, religious institutions and 4 other areas of law. Thomas received a A...
Michelle D. Craig is the founder and owner of Transcendent Law Group.
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Elizabeth Anderson Roussel is a lawyer practicing litigation, commercial dispute resolution, directors and officers / professional liability and 7 oth...
Christopher Rutledge Teske is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, insurance coverage, insurance litigation and 3 other areas of law. Christopher rec...
Julie M. Lafargue is a lawyer practicing municipal and zoning, transportation, personal injury and 4 other areas of law.
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Scott David Schneider is a lawyer practicing employee benefits, appeals, colleges and universities and 5 other areas of law. Scott received a B.S. deg...
Susanne A Veters is a lawyer practicing labor and employment, employment / labor, employee handbooks and 7 other areas of law. Susanne received a degr...
William David Aaron, Jr. is a lawyer practicing business and commercial litigation, appellate practice, class actions and 20 other areas of law. Willi...
Mr. Robert A Garda, Jr is a lawyer practicing employment law, education law, civil litigation and 1 other area of law.
Magdalen Blessey Bickford is a lawyer practicing disability, leave and health management, labor and preventive practices and 9 other areas of law. Mag...
Charles M Samuel III is a lawyer practicing education law, wills, probate and 3 other areas of law. Charles received a B.A. degree from Transylvania U...
Patrick M Amedee is a lawyer practicing diving and offshore injuries, personal injury, environmental law and 7 other areas of law. Patrick received a ...
In 2005, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice named Louis Gertler as a 2005 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award Finalist for his work on the Scott v. American ...
Recipient, lnternational Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Distinguished Achievement in Advocacy in Georgetown Criminal Justice Clinic, 1984. Author,...
Nicholas Dale Doucet is a lawyer practicing commercial litigation, general tort defense, products liability litigation and 7 other areas of law. Nicho...
Tonia Dandry Aiken is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, personal injury, education. Tonia received a B.S. degree from Louisiana State Universit...
Katherine B Muslow is a lawyer practicing medical malpractice, health care law, higher education law. Katherine received a B.A. degree from University...
Tracie L. Washington is a lawyer practicing civil rights, labor and employment, arbitration and 3 other areas of law.
Cherrell Simms Taplin is a lawyer practicing commercial, energy & utilities, education and 2 other areas of law. Cherrell has been licensed for 24 yea...
Ms. Chelsea Brener Cusimano is a lawyer practicing employment & labor, family, corporate & incorporation and 4 other areas of law.
Courtney Terell Joiner is a lawyer practicing chemical and industrial services, construction, education and 16 other areas of law. Courtney received a...
Maryjo Lovie Roberts is a lawyer practicing employment law, labor, discrimination and 7 other areas of law. Maryjo received a B.A. degree from Univers...
Melia Rae Cerrato is a lawyer practicing education, family. Melia has been licensed for 5 years.
Julie Christine Tizzard is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, education law. Julie has been licensed for 27 years.
Marina Josephine Wilson is a lawyer practicing franchises and franchising, business law, labour and employment and 1 other area of law. Marina receive...
Brianne M Chevalier is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, insurance defense, malpractice defense and 2 other areas of law. Brianne received a degre...
Tony Nicholas Hernandez is a lawyer practicing administrative law, business, government and 11 other areas of law. Tony has been licensed for 13 years...
Timothy G Stewart is a lawyer practicing education. Timothy has been licensed for 35 years.
Kristen D Amond is a lawyer practicing education, state, local and municipal law, class action and 2 other areas of law. Kristen has been licensed for...
Margaret Marie Guidry is a lawyer practicing insurance defense, automobile insurance, commercial insurance and 14 other areas of law. Margaret receive...
Andrea Lynn Rubin is a lawyer practicing divorce & separation, education, estate planning and 1 other area of law. Andrea has been licensed for 18 yea...
Jason Michael Stein is a lawyer practicing class actions and complex litigation, employee benefits, airline and airline service providers and 14 other...
Debra Judith Weinberg is a lawyer practicing education. Debra has been licensed for 17 years.
Shawon Jackson Bernard is a lawyer practicing family, car accidents, education and 1 other area of law. Shawon has been licensed for 12 years.
Brittany Kendig Sloan is a lawyer practicing criminal defense, education, intellectual property and 1 other area of law. Brittany received a B.A. degr...
Mrs. Rachael Mcmillan Coe is a lawyer practicing labor & employment, education, disaster relief.
Ashley Joy Heilprin is a lawyer practicing construction / development, ethics-legal malpractice, intellectual property and 8 other areas of law. Ashle...
Ms. Jennifer E Barriere is a lawyer practicing litigation, class action / complex litigation, education and 7 other areas of law.
James L. Moffett III is a lawyer practicing business, insurance law, transactions and 10 other areas of law.
Erica Jewel Bindom is a lawyer practicing litigation, education, charter schools and 1 other area of law. Erica received a B.A. degree from University...
Josh Gertler is a lawyer practicing admiralty and maritime law, admiralty law, jones act and 67 other areas of law. Josh received a B.S. degree from S...
What is Education Law?
Education Law is the branch of law that governs the rights, obligations, and disputes that arise within its subject matter. In the United States, education law sits at the intersection of statutes enacted by Congress, the regulations issued by federal agencies, the laws passed by all fifty state legislatures, and the body of judge-made decisions known as the common law. Because every state writes its own version of the rules, the way education law works in one jurisdiction can look noticeably different from how it works in another, and that is one of the main reasons attorneys in this area focus their practice geographically — to stay fluent in the local statutes, court rules, and judicial preferences that shape outcomes.
At a practical level, Education Law attorneys spend their time on three categories of work. The first is advice and prevention: counselling clients on how to structure transactions, draft documents, and conduct business so that legal risk is minimised before a dispute ever begins. The second is transactional execution: producing the contracts, filings, notices, and registrations that the law actually requires to make a decision legally binding. The third is contested representation: defending or pursuing a client's interests when a dispute escalates to negotiation, regulatory enforcement, arbitration, or litigation in court.
The clients who hire Education Law lawyers range from individuals navigating a single life event to multinational corporations with complex regulatory exposure. What unifies them is the need for an experienced lawyer who knows the relevant code sections, has appeared in the relevant courts, and can translate the strategic options into language a client can act on. AttorneyQnA currently lists 80 verified education law attorneys across the United States, each with a public profile showing their bar admissions, years in practice, and the kinds of matters they have handled — with the deepest concentration of practitioners in Texas.
When do you need an Education Law attorney?
Most people contact an education law lawyer for one of two reasons: something is about to happen that they want done correctly the first time, or something has gone wrong and they need it fixed before it gets worse. The earlier you involve counsel, the more options you usually have, and the lower the cost of getting to a resolution tends to be. The scenarios below are the ones we see most often on AttorneyQnA from prospective clients searching for education law representation.
Once your signature is on a contract, settlement, lease, or release, your bargaining leverage drops sharply. A short pre-signature review by an education law lawyer is the cheapest insurance you can buy.
Cease-and-desist letters, regulatory notices, and demand letters all start clocks. Missing the response window can convert a manageable problem into a default judgment or formal enforcement action.
Statutes of limitations, filing windows, and appeal periods are jurisdictional — courts cannot extend them as a favour. If you can identify a date that matters, you need a lawyer before that date arrives.
The moment opposing counsel appears, the conversation moves out of normal English and into procedural language. Continuing unrepresented usually means losing ground you cannot recover later.
Forming an entity, choosing a venue, structuring a deal, or selecting a remedy each has long-term consequences. A consultation at the planning stage is far cheaper than redoing it after the fact.
Multi-state matters bring conflict-of-laws questions that change which statutes apply and which court has authority. An attorney licensed in the right jurisdiction is not optional.
If any of the situations above describes where you are right now, the next step is a focused consultation. Use the Ask a Lawyer tool for short written questions, or browse the 80 education law attorneys listed above to book a paid consultation directly.
How to choose an Education Law attorney
The single biggest factor in choosing an education law lawyer is fit with your specific matter. A lawyer with twenty years of education law experience but no exposure to your particular sub-issue can easily be a worse choice than a five-year associate who has handled the same problem repeatedly. We recommend running every prospective lawyer through the same five-step checklist before signing an engagement letter.
- Bar admission in the correct jurisdiction. Confirm the lawyer is admitted in the state — and where relevant, the federal district — where your matter sits. The lawyer's profile on AttorneyQnA shows every bar admission on file, and the underlying state bar's "lawyer lookup" tool will confirm active standing in under a minute.
- Direct experience with your fact pattern. Ask plainly: "How many matters like mine have you handled in the last three years, and how did they resolve?" An honest answer reveals more than years-in-practice alone.
- A written fee agreement. Whether hourly, flat fee, contingent, or hybrid, the engagement letter should specify what is included, what triggers additional charges, and how disputes are handled. Avoid lawyers who resist writing the terms down.
- Communication cadence. Decide upfront how often you expect updates, who your day-to-day contact will be, and what response time is reasonable. The number-one complaint filed with state bar grievance committees is not malpractice — it is non-communication.
- Conflict check + reputation pulse. Make sure the lawyer has run a formal conflict check, then spend ten minutes reading independent reviews and any public disciplinary history. The state bar's website is authoritative for the second; the lawyer's AttorneyQnA profile collects the first.
Once you have a shortlist, schedule consultations with two or three. Lawyers vary widely in temperament, and the right strategic match for your case is sometimes the second or third lawyer you meet — not the first.
How much does an Education Law lawyer cost?
Legal fees in the United States are not regulated by a uniform schedule, so what you pay an education law lawyer depends on the billing model the lawyer offers, the complexity of your matter, and the local market. There are four billing structures used in this practice area; most engagements use one, but hybrid arrangements are increasingly common.
1. Hourly billing
The default model for most non-contingent matters. Rates for education law attorneys in the U.S. typically range from $150–$250/hour in smaller markets to $400–$700/hour in major metropolitan areas, with senior partners at large firms commanding $900/hour and above. Hourly billing is fairest when the scope of work is genuinely unpredictable, but it creates an incentive structure that the client has to monitor.
2. Flat fee
Increasingly used for well-defined transactions — incorporations, will drafting, single-issue filings, uncontested matters. A flat fee tells you exactly what the deliverable will cost, and the lawyer absorbs the risk of unexpected complexity. Ask whether the flat fee includes filing fees, third-party costs, and any post-filing follow-up.
3. Contingency
Where it is permitted by the rules of professional conduct — most often in plaintiff-side education law work involving monetary recovery — the lawyer is paid a percentage of the proceeds, typically 33% before suit is filed and 40% after. The client pays nothing if there is no recovery. Contingency fees align the lawyer's economics with yours, but the percentage compounds across time, so very strong cases sometimes do better on hourly billing.
4. Retainer / subscription
A monthly fee that buys a defined block of access or hours. This is common for businesses with ongoing education law needs — contract review, employee questions, regulatory check-ins. A subscription smooths out spending and gives the lawyer a reason to know your operation in depth.
Whichever model you choose, ask for an itemised written estimate before the engagement begins, and ask explicitly what is not covered. Surprise expenses are the most common source of attorney-client friction.
Frequently asked questions about education law
How quickly can an education law lawyer review my matter?
Most lawyers can schedule an initial consultation within 1–3 business days. Urgent matters — pending deadlines, time-sensitive notices, court-ordered hearings — should be flagged in your first message; many lawyers reserve emergency consultation slots for that reason. If you need a written answer faster, the Ask a Lawyer tool typically returns answers in under 24 hours.
Do I need a education law lawyer in my exact city, or anywhere in my state?
Bar admission is the controlling rule: any attorney licensed in your state can represent you in that state's courts and agencies, regardless of which city they're based in. Practical proximity still matters for in-person meetings, local court familiarity, and access to the local bench and bar. For state-level filings and remote-friendly matters, an attorney elsewhere in the same state often works fine.
Will an initial consultation cost me anything?
Many education law attorneys offer a free 15- to 30-minute initial consultation; others charge a flat consultation fee that may be credited against the engagement if you hire them. The lawyer's profile lists the consultation policy. Free does not always mean better — a fee-based consultation is sometimes the sign of a lawyer who treats their time, and yours, seriously.
What documents should I bring to the first meeting?
Bring every contract, notice, letter, filing, or written communication connected to the matter; a written timeline of events with dates; the names and contact details of every other party involved; and any deadlines or hearing dates you are already aware of. Even an incomplete file is more useful than a verbal summary alone.
Can I change lawyers if I am not happy with mine?
Yes. Clients can discharge their lawyer at any time, for any reason, by written notice. Your case file belongs to you and must be transferred to your new counsel. Any unpaid fees through the date of discharge remain owed; any unearned advance must be refunded. If you are mid-litigation, the court typically must approve the substitution, but approval is routine.
How long does an typical education law matter take?
It depends almost entirely on whether the matter is transactional or contested. A transactional matter — a contract, a filing, a single-step transaction — can resolve in days to weeks. A contested matter — anything involving disputed facts, court intervention, or regulatory action — typically takes months at minimum, and complex cases can run multiple years. Your lawyer should give you a realistic outside estimate at intake.
Are education law lawyer fees tax-deductible?
It depends on the nature of the matter and current tax law. Fees connected to producing or collecting taxable income, managing investment property, or operating a business are often deductible; fees for personal matters generally are not. Because rules change, confirm deductibility with a tax professional for the year in which the fees are paid.
What is the difference between education law and the related practice areas?
Education Law overlaps with several adjacent areas — see the related-practice-area grid below for direct links. Choosing the right lawyer often means picking the one whose primary focus matches the heart of your problem, even if multiple labels could technically apply. When you are unsure, list your situation in your own words to two lawyers from neighbouring areas and ask which one of them is the better fit; honest lawyers will tell you.
Find education law attorneys by state
Each state link below opens the education law roster for that jurisdiction, with the local statute of limitations, court-system overview, and verified attorneys.
Education Law Law Firms
Main Law Firm
Winter Park
Walton Law Firm
San Marcos
Bruner Law Firm
Fort Walton Beach
J&Y Law Firm
Los Angeles
West Law Firm
Charleston
John T. Floyd Law Firm
Houston
Education Law by State
All states →Find education law attorneys in every US state. Each state link opens a hub with verified attorneys, the state filing deadline, and a free attorney match.