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Practice/Industry Groups:
Education
Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Melissa Bondy is an attorney in Bricker & Eckler education group and concentrates her practice in the
areas of education law and developmental disabilities law, with an emphasis on special education; development of board policies; administration
of student discipline; and public and student record concerns.
Representative Experience
Represents school districts, county boards of developmental disabilities, and other public entities throughout Ohio
Resolution of special education disputes arising under the IDEIA, including attendance at IEP meetings, resolution sessions, and mediations, providing representation at due process hearings, and training staff on compliance issues
Advises public employers about employment issues, such as employee discipline or termination and grievance arbitration
Former Staff Attorney to the Honorable William M. Young, Twelfth District Ohio Court of Appeals
Community and Professional Activities
Member, Ohio State and Columbus Bar Associations
Member, National School Boards Association, Council of School Attorneys
Member, Council of School Board Attorneys
Participant, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio Project Mentor Program
Former President, Board of Directors, Amethyst, Inc.
Recent Seminars and Presentations
Guidance Document for IEPs, New IEP PR-07 Form, and IEP Annotations, School Study Council of Ohio, April 2009
Complaint Investigations by the Office for Civil Rights and the Ohio Department of Education, State Support Team 12, March 2009
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Canal Winchester Local School District In-Service, October 2008
Special Education Update, Buckeye Association of School Administrators, September 2008
Drafting Legally Defensible IEPs, Southwest Licking School District In-Service, March 2007
Education
The Ohio State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993)
University of Notre Dame (J.D., 1996); Boucher Scholar
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