Education: University of Southern California School of Law (Juris Doctor) University of California, Berkeley (Bachelor of Arts in Molecular and Cell Biology, emphasis in Biochemistry) Admissions: California State Bar Ms. Shafer is an associate in the Los Angeles office of Adams Silva & McNally LLP. Ms. Shafer focuses her practice on a wide variety of legal issues facing school districts, including special education, labor and employment, student discipline issues, and governance.
Ms. Shafer first began practicing education law in 2009. Her experience includes representing school districts in special education and civil rights related matters, as well working as in-house counsel for a large Southern California school district for several years.