Jaime A. Fernand

Jaime A. Fernand concentrates her practice exclusively on education law, charter school and private school governance, and related regulatory matters. She focuses on helping schools and the organizations that support them. Specifically, Jaime supports schools and networks, providing counsel in a wide range of areas including student discipline, employment law (including policies, investigations and counseling on employment decisions), social media and privacy issues (for in-person and remote instruction), reporting requirements, governance, school policies, crisis management, special education, and testing integrity. She guides schools through the charter application and renewal processes.  She also helps schools manage the challenges presented by COVID-19. Further, she conducts employment and student-focused investigations on behalf of a school’s Board of Trustees.

Jaime was trained in mediation while employed at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and she regularly assists schools with responses to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office for Civil Rights, and formal requests from government agencies and authorizers.