California residents facing education law issues have access to attorneys who specialize in special education rights (IEP/504), school discipline, Title IX compliance, student rights, and education policy. The legal framework in California differs from other states in important ways, and the attorneys listed here have experience navigating Superior Court proceedings and the specific regulations that govern education law cases in this jurisdiction.

The statute of limitations for education law matters in California is generally 2 years (CCP § 335.1), though specific deadlines vary by case type. Cases proceed through Superior Court, and California's state laws may provide protections or requirements that differ from federal standards. The State Bar of California sets the professional standards for practitioners, and attorneys who focus on education law in California bring jurisdictional expertise that general practitioners often lack.

Choosing the right education law attorney in California means evaluating more than just qualifications — it means finding someone who understands the local legal system and has handled similar cases. Use the profiles on this page to compare attorney experience, read client reviews, check office locations, and identify lawyers who offer free initial consultations. Taking the time to compare options can significantly affect your outcome.

Before you choose an attorney, it helps to understand the legal landscape. Read our complete guide to education law law in California to learn about filing deadlines, state-specific rules, and what damages or remedies may be available in your case. Then use the directory below to find and compare qualified lawyers across California.

Marc Steven Applbaum - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Midway Law Firm APC
 4275 Executive Square Ste. 200 La Jolla CA 92037
(619) 993-0288
Univ of Southern Calif
English, Spanish
Bar #222511
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Cannabis & Marijuana Law
Stephen Allen Gershman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Stephen A. Gershman
 17547 Ventura Blvd # 308 Los Angeles CA 91316
(818) 990-6505
Pepperdine University School of Law
Bar #70941
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights Criminal Law
Dan Robinson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Dan Robinson P.C.
 701 E. Santa Clara St., Suite 45 Ventura CA 93001
University of Minnesota Law School (2004)
English
Bar #254458
Federal Circuit Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Communications & Internet Law
Nicole L. Phillips - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
University of San Francisco School of Law
 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco CA 94117-1080
University of San Francisco School of Law (2012)
English
Bar #306686
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Education Law Employment Law
Jason Dominguez - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Radcliff Mayes LLP
 515 S. Flower St 18th Floor Los Angeles CA 90071
(213) 788-5336
University of California, Berkeley School of Law (1992)
German, Spanish
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Education Law Employment Law
Mandy Gina Leigh - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Leigh Law Group, P.C.
 870 Market St San Francisco CA 94102
(415) 399-9155
Univ of Florida
Portuguese, Spanish
Bar #225748
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Education Law
Dana Louise Curtis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Dana Curtis Mediation
 4000 Bridgeway Suite 401 Sausalito CA 94965
(415) 331-5158
Univ of Montana
Bar #132474
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Divorce
Charles Frederick Magill - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Magill & Guzman Magill, A Professional Corporation
 1060 Fulton Mall Suite 806 Fresno CA 93721
(559) 255-3425
California St Univ Hayward
English
Bar #144187
California Bar
Unknown Status
Verified
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Philip John Crawford - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Crawford Law Firm, Inc.
 986 W Cliff Dr Santa Cruz CA 95060
(408) 313-3212
Santa Clara University School of Law (1984)
Bar #129046
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Criminal Law Divorce Education Law
Guy Ellery Louie - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Louie & Jimenez, LLP
 225 West Winton Avenue- Suite 200 Hayward CA 94533
(925) 234-1440
Thomas Jefferson School of Law (1990)
Bar #158008
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Animal & Dog Law Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation
William Robert Fuhrman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of William R. Fuhrman
 527 Encinitas Blvd Ste 202 Encinitas CA 92024
(760) 479-2525
University of San Diego School of Law
Bar #58751
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Communications & Internet Law
Robert David Links - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Slote, Links & Boreman, LLP
 1 Embarcadero Center Suite 400 San Francisco CA 94111-3619
(415) 393-8001
UCLA School of Law (1971)
Bar #61914
California Bar
Inactive License
Verified
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Katie Walsh - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Katie Walsh
 335 Centennial Way #200 Tustin CA 92780
(714) 351-0178
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
English, Spanish
California Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
Deanna Lynn Lopas - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Lopas Law
 450 South Melrose Drive Vista CA 92081
(619) 202-7493
California St Univ Sacramento
English
California Bar
Active License
Criminal Law Domestic Violence DUI & DWI
George Joseph Castagnola Jr - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law and Mediation Office of Joe Castagnola
 802 Wine Ct Petaluma CA 94954
(707) 778-0282
North Western California University, School of Law
Bar #148387
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights Divorce
Georgianna Junco Kelman - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Georgianna Junco-Kelman
 12711 Ventura Blvd Suite 410 Studio City CA 91604
(818) 386-2801
Univ of California at Los Angeles
Bar #198486
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Education Law
Scott Bowen - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Bowen & Kennedy, P.C.
 473 E Carnegie Dr #200 San Bernardino CA 92408
(213) 297-7292
Purdue Global Law School (2018)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Divorce Education Law Family Law
Michael Burke - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Burke Law Office
 4000 MacArthur Blvd Suite 600 East Tower Newport Beach CA 92660
(949) 423-6422
University of California - Los Angeles (1984)
9th Circuit Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Business Law
Dina Coster Kaplan - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Vanaman German LLP
 14001 Ventura Blvd Sherman Oaks CA 91423
(818) 990-7722
College of Law
Bar #93693
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Education Law
David German - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Vanaman German LLP
 14001 Ventura Boulevard Sherman Oaks CA 91423
8189907722255
University of Southern California
English, Spanish
California Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Education Law
Gregory Francisco Gillett - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Gillett Law
 220 S. Mooney Blvd. Suite B Visalia CA 93291
(805) 980-9002
University of Southern California (2007)
Spanish
Bar #227979
Fort Berthold District Court, ND Tribal Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Education Law Family Law
Scott Adrian Lewis - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP
 438 First Street Fourth Floor Santa Rosa CA 95401
(707) 525-8800
California St Univ Sonoma
English
Bar #149094
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Education Law
Amy Maitrayee Ghosh - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Amy Ghosh
 3435 Wilshire Blvd Ste 2270 Los Angeles CA 90010
(213) 365-2370
University of La Verne College of Law
Bar #201701
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Civil Rights
Michelle Becker - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Office of Michelle Becker
 3579 E. Foothill Blvd., #636 Pasadena CA 91107
(626) 627-2596
Concord Law School (2006)
California Bar
Unknown Status
Education Law Immigration Law
Veronica Marie Aguilar - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Veronica M. Aguilar
 4231 Balboa Ave # 176 San Diego CA 92117
(858) 213-7853
California Western School of Law
Bar #153288
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Arbitration & Mediation Bankruptcy Civil Rights
Deborah Eshaghian - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Eshaghian Law Group
 8889 W. Olympic Blvd., Suite 220 Beverly Hills CA 90211
(424) 249-3254
Univ of California at Los Angeles
Bar #243983
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Business Law Civil Rights Criminal Law
Anthony C. Gonsalves - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
AG Law Modesto
 821 13th Street Suite H Modesto CA 95354
(209) 502-6341
Humphreys College (2017)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law DUI & DWI Education Law
Rosty G Gore - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Trygstad, Schwab & Trygstad
 1880 Century Park East Suite 1104 Los Angeles CA 90067
(310) 552-0500
English, Russian
California Bar
Unknown Status
Appeals & Appellate Arbitration & Mediation Civil Rights
Erin McNally - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Erin O Toole-McNally, Lawyer at Law
 1800 Shasta Street Redding CA 96001
(530) 246-1578
Western State University College of Law (1986)
English
California Bar
Unknown Status
Criminal Law Divorce DUI & DWI
Andrea Marcy Tytell - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
The Law Offices of Andrea M Tytell
 2121 Rosecrans Ave Suite 1350 El Segundo CA 90245
(310) 416-9710
University of West Los Angeles School of Law (1988)
English
California Bar
Active License
Civil Rights Divorce Education Law
Stephan Math - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Stephan Math
 2625 Townsgate Rd, Ste. 330 Westlake Village CA 91361
(805) 300-2097
University of California - Los Angeles (1972)
Bar #62022
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Education Law Employment Law Gov & Administrative Law
William Larson - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of William L. Larson
 2601 Saturn St #104 Brea CA 92821
(714) 646-9699
Whittier Law School (1985)
English
California Bar
Active License
Business Law Education Law Family Law
Heather Ledgerwood - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
 228 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 325 Palo Alto CA 94301
(650) 321-8722
Golden Gate University School of Law (2009)
California Bar
Active License
Education Law Estate Planning Tax Law
Delynn Arneson Axelberg - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Arneson Axelberg Law
 26895 Aliso Creek Rd B903 Aliso Viejo CA 92656
(949) 371-9409
Pepperdine University (1991)
Montana Bar
Active License
Arbitration & Mediation Business Law Civil Rights
Janeen Steel - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Vanaman German LLP
 14001 Ventura Blvd Sherman Oaks CA 91423
(818) 990-7722
San Francisco State Unv
English
Bar #211401
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Civil Rights Education Law
Loren B. Vaccarezza - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Law Offices of Loren B. Vaccarezza
 1590 Berryessa Road San Jose CA 95133
(408) 432-6000
Humphreys College of Law
Bar #183791
California Bar
Active License
Verified
Divorce Education Law Elder Law
Tamiel S. Holloway - Attorney
0/5 (0 reviews)
Holloway & Kimberlin LLP
 2633 Lincoln Boulevard, Ste 607 Santa Monica CA 90405
(213) 272-1000
Boston University School of Law
English, Spanish
California Bar
Unknown Status
Education Law Estate Planning Probate
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