Karin M. Anderson |
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Contact: kanderson@asmesq.com
Office: 760.266.4249 Cell: 714.767.6380 Fax: 760.266-4180 Education: University of San Diego - 2011 (Juris Doctor) University of California, San Diego - 2008 (Bachelor of Science, Psychology) Admissions: State Bar of California United States District Court, Central District of California |
Karin M. Anderson is Senior Counsel with Adams Silva & McNally LLP. Ms. Anderson assists educational agencies with special education, student, charter school, and labor and employment issues.
Ms. Anderson’s practice focuses on special education matters, where she provides guidance on day-to-day issues and questions, assists with the IEP team meeting process, represents school districts at mediations, due process hearings and at the federal district court level, prepares responses to complaints before and guides staff through the Office for Civil Rights and California Department of Education investigation process, as well as provides workshops and trainings to school district staff on a variety of topics.
She also supports clients with various student-related legal matters, such as UCP and CDE complaints and investigations, student fees disputes, student records and discipline issues, including expulsion hearings, and general policy development and review. Additionally, Ms. Anderson often works with educational agencies on charter school issues involving special education, student, MOU and general oversight matters.
Prior to joining Adams Silva & McNally, Ms. Anderson served as Senior Counsel, and previously, Associate, at another education law firm. She began her legal career as Staff Attorney at the Center for Education Policy and Law at the University of San Diego, where she drafted reports and studies, in collaboration with educational leadership doctoral students, regarding the legal and policy implications of mayoral control over school districts, student misuse of electronic communication devices, and charter schools.
While in law school, Ms. Anderson began to focus her legal training on working with educational and other public entities, by serving as a law clerk with the San Diego Unified School District, San Diego Superior Court, San Diego County Public Defender – Juvenile Delinquency Office, and the Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles. As a law student, she was a member and Executive Editor of the San Diego Law Review, received the USD Honor Scholarship, and earned awards for receiving the highest grades in Tax I and Employment Discrimination
In the local community, Ms. Anderson regularly volunteers as a mentor to high school students to support their education and career goals.
Ms. Anderson’s practice focuses on special education matters, where she provides guidance on day-to-day issues and questions, assists with the IEP team meeting process, represents school districts at mediations, due process hearings and at the federal district court level, prepares responses to complaints before and guides staff through the Office for Civil Rights and California Department of Education investigation process, as well as provides workshops and trainings to school district staff on a variety of topics.
She also supports clients with various student-related legal matters, such as UCP and CDE complaints and investigations, student fees disputes, student records and discipline issues, including expulsion hearings, and general policy development and review. Additionally, Ms. Anderson often works with educational agencies on charter school issues involving special education, student, MOU and general oversight matters.
Prior to joining Adams Silva & McNally, Ms. Anderson served as Senior Counsel, and previously, Associate, at another education law firm. She began her legal career as Staff Attorney at the Center for Education Policy and Law at the University of San Diego, where she drafted reports and studies, in collaboration with educational leadership doctoral students, regarding the legal and policy implications of mayoral control over school districts, student misuse of electronic communication devices, and charter schools.
While in law school, Ms. Anderson began to focus her legal training on working with educational and other public entities, by serving as a law clerk with the San Diego Unified School District, San Diego Superior Court, San Diego County Public Defender – Juvenile Delinquency Office, and the Children’s Law Center of Los Angeles. As a law student, she was a member and Executive Editor of the San Diego Law Review, received the USD Honor Scholarship, and earned awards for receiving the highest grades in Tax I and Employment Discrimination
In the local community, Ms. Anderson regularly volunteers as a mentor to high school students to support their education and career goals.
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