Experts Directory

Laura M. Purcell

Laura is a member of the Firm’s Educational Institutions Practice Group and has focused her practice on providing counsel to school districts across western New York and the Southern Tier since 1993. In this role she provides day-to-day advice in all areas of school operations, including labor relations, collective bargaining, employment law, special education, student discipline, residency and annual budget vote issues. She also advocates for districts in appeals to the Commissioner of Education, PERB [...]

Dean B. Eggert

Dean has extensive experience representing school districts throughout the state in matters involving general school law and federal special education law. He is also an AV-rated jury trial lawyer with trial experience in the area of commercial litigation, products liability defense and municipal representation. He has represented manufacturers, distributors, banks, retailers and developers in complex commercial litigation, including computer conversion, anti-trust, products liability, breach of contract, land use and unfair competition cases. Dean served as [...]

Elizabeth Lee Maron

Elizabeth works with education entities throughout Mississippi and the Southeast, including school districts, community colleges and universities. She counsels education entities in how to follow state and federal laws and how to do so professionally and with compassion, particularly with cases involving students and employees. She has been a hearing officer for school employee disciplinary hearings and testified in trial regarding investigations she conducted. She has advised education entities on such matters as student discipline, [...]