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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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