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Jim Burnes is a partner in the education group of Bricker & Eckler. His practice involves school law, public sector labor law including MR/DD's and construction law, with an emphasis on issues involving grievance arbitration, unfair labor practice charges, ADA, Ohio's OSHA laws, disabled children, school annexations, collective bargaining, federal and state employment discrimination, litigation and public sector bidding and construction law.
Representative Experience
Representation of school districts throughout the State of Ohio for over 20 years in all areas of school law
Successfully served as counsel for school boards and public agencies before Independent Hearing Officers (IHO's) in special education due process hearings, the State Employment Relations Board, the Office of Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Ohio Civil Rights Commission, federal and state court, the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals and numerous arbitrators
Community and Professional Activities
Member, American, Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations
Member, ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys and Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys
Lecturer for the Ohio School Boards Association, Buckeye Association of School Administrators, State Board of Education, Ohio Association of Pupil Services Administrators, The Midwest Business Institute, and many school districts
Member, Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys Executive Committee
Adjunct Professor, The Ohio State University, teaching Masters degree courses in Special Education Law
Education
Ohio Wesleyan University (B.A., 1973)
Capital University Law School (J.D., 1978).
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