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School Law

Minnesota schools face difficult challenges due to many factors including ever changing laws and regulations, enrollment fluctuations, and increasing demands for educational services and facilities. The attorneys at Karkela, Hunt, Cichosz & Jensen, PLLP, are familiar with the issues presented to today's schools. They have the experience and are familiar with the laws and regulations that face districts throughout our region on a regular basis.

Our attorneys can assist your district in all areas of school law including personnel management, hiring, discipline and discharge, contract preparation and evaluation, executive employment agreements, open meeting law issues, student discipline and discharge incorporating the Pupil Fair Dismissal Act, Data Practice Act, privacy issues, discrimination and sexual harassment, and personnel policies for students and staff.

Our attorneys pride themselves in providing detailed and thorough analysis and guidance on the issues our districts face. Our attorneys are widely recognized for practical and pro-active legal analysis and solutions.

We invite your questions and would welcome the opportunity to discuss our firm and its services with you.  Karkela, Hunt, Cichosz & Jensen - solving problems and creating opportunities for more than a century.

School Law Attorneys: Paul Hunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NEWS:

Terry Karkela recently attended the annual meeting of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) in Philadelphia, PA and was welcomed as a new member. ACREL is the premiere real esate organization for attorneys in the United States. Membership is by invitation only and limited to those attorneys who demonstrate a high level of expertise in real estate law and who have devoted substantial time and effort to improving the practice of real estate law by teaching other attorneys, writing about, and working on the adoption of legislation. Only 30 MN attorneys are members and all except 3 are from the metropolitan area.


Karkela, Hunt, Cichosz & Jensen, PLLP is pleased to announce that Matthew D. Jorud has joined our law firm and will be doing general practice work for the firm. If you need assistance, or ar looking to refer a matter, Mr. Jorud would be happy to offer free initial consultation.


Paul Hunt served as an attorney coach in the 2009 Minnesota High School Mock Trial Competition.  The Minnesota State Bar Association will recognize the more than 500 mock trial volunteers in the May/June issue of Bench & Bar.

 
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