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In addition to the SELC, we regularly provide in-service Other notable cases:
trainings to school districts on a wide variety of topics, T.C. v. Lompoc Unified School District, U.S.D.C. Central
ranging from student discipline to Section 504 to avoiding District of California, Case No. 2:20-cv-00765. In 2021,
disproportionate representation of minority students in Lozano Smith attorneys obtained a favorable outcome
special education. Our attorneys are also regularly invited to for the District in the appeal of two due process decisions.
present at statewide and national conferences, including the Lozano Smith represented the District successfully during
ACSA Every Child Counts Symposium, LRP National Institute, both underlying due process hearings, including prevailing
and LRP School Attorneys Conference. in a remand on one of those cases. The District then again
prevailed in the federal court on all IDEA related issues,
Mediation and Litigation Support resulting in the Plaintiff dismissing all other remaining issues,
The firm encourages its clients to build strong relationships preventing a jury trial, and resolving the entirety of the matter.
with parents, to consider alternative dispute resolution
(including mediation), and to be proactive, fair minded, and S.G. v. San Dieguito Union High School District, et al.,
responsive while setting reasonable limits. As do most school U.S.D.C. Southern District of California, Case No. 3:22-
districts, the firm’s clients informally resolve most special cv-00450. In 2023, Lozano Smith attorneys represented
education due process cases at mediation or before hearing. North Coast Consortium for Special Education (“NCCSE”)
When a hearing has been necessary, Lozano Smith attorneys in a federal case appealing an underlying OAH decision
have successfully represented clients through that process. and adding in civil discrimination claims. The federal court
Our attorneys have successfully moved for dismissal of cases granted NCCSE’s Motion to Dismiss without leave to amend,
ending the matter at the earliest possible stage.
prior to hearing when circumstances allow.
J.G. v. Los Angeles Unified School District, U.S.D.C. Central
To minimize client costs, the firm’s Special Education
Practice Group has created for use by our attorneys an District of California, Case No. 2:20-cv-1593. In 2023,
expansive internal library of special education templates Lozano Smith attorneys obtained a favorable outcome for the
including settlement agreements, presentations, manuals, district on an appeal of a due process decision. Lozano Smith
policies, procedures, forms, pleadings, statutory settlement represented the district successfully during the underlying
offers, legal opinion letters and memorandums, prehearing due process decision and appeal of same, defending OAH’s
conference statements, opening briefs, witness questions, ruling, which the Court affirmed in full.
and closing briefs.
Special Education Litigation
Lozano Smith has brought and defended numerous lawsuits
including appeals from administrative hearing decisions
and attorneys fee actions. We have filed actions to obtain
restraining orders to change the placement of special
education students who pose a danger to themselves or
others. The firm’s special education attorneys have handled
matters involving virtually every conceivable legal issue in the
field. For example, Lozano Smith:
> Represented CSBA in the mandated cost reimbursement
litigation against the State of California that resulted in a
$1 billion settlement in favor of the school districts.
> Represented districts in countless due process cases,
mediations, and numerous appeals to federal District
Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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