At School Liability Expert Group, we are a highly qualified expert witness team that works with plaintiff and defendant attorneys, schools, other child—and youth-oriented organizations, and parents throughout the United States and Canada in school and agency liability matters.
Education Expert Witness Services
General
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
As a team of experts serving the entire United States and Canada, our education expert witness services firm has diversified experience. Our specialists have handled cases and issues related to everything in the field, and we send our team to undergo continual additional training. Our expertise allows us to serve as a youth agency expert witness, a daycare liability expert witness, a higher education expert, and more. As a result, we are uniquely able to advise on a professional standard of care related to several issues affecting educational institutions:
Our firm has served several law firms, schools, colleges, parents, and other child-oriented agencies across the United States and Canada. Our experts have held various positions in schools, including teacher, coach, principal, and superintendent; handled cases and issues related to everything in the field; and we send our team to undergo continual additional training.
As a result, our education expert witness services firm has amassed diversified and unmatched experience in education administration and child safety and supervision matters. Our highly qualified expert witnesses are, therefore, uniquely able to advise on a professional standard of care expected from educational institutions and child-oriented agencies to ensure child safety and well-being:
- Standard of Care: School and agency personnel matters, including hiring, screening, and supervision
- Standard of Care: School and agency accidents and child injury related to dangerous premises or supervision
- Standard of Care: Sexual and physical abuse and harassment in schools and agencies
- Standard of Care: Special education programs and services
- Standard of Care: School evaluation in child placement and custody matters
CONSULTATION AND EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES FOR ATTORNEYS IN EDUCATION-RELATED LITIGATION
Engaging a highly competent expert witness team is instrumental in developing a strong case or successfully defending a suit when handling education-related and other child safety and supervision cases. At School Liability Expert Group, we have worked with hundreds of law firms across the United States, providing expert trial and deposition testimonies, expert case reviews and analysis, comprehensive case reports, and expert consultations in school and agency liability cases. Our clients’ testimonials show how thorough, prompt, and targeted we are. Our team comprises court-qualified experts with exceptional education, training, and diversified experience in the field of education administration and child supervision.
Whether you need special education expert witness services for IEP violations, a certified expert witness for discipline cases in schools, a qualified expert witness for Title IX procedures, or any other child or employee rights expert, we will assist you from case inception through resolution. We will review and analyze your specific case with tools synonymous with those of a large law firm but with the personalized attention of a small practice.
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CONSULTATION, PROGRAM REVIEWS, AND TRAINING FOR SCHOOLS AND AGENCIES
Schools, daycares, colleges, churches, and other child- and youth-oriented organizations can suffer costly negligence lawsuits if a child in their custody experiences abuse, injury, discrimination, or any other form of harm. Determining the professional standard of care that applies to your institution or agency can, however, be complex. At School Liability Expert Group, our education expert witness company’s services include reviewing school or agency management systems and providing a detailed assessment report on compliance and quality of the programs.
Whether you need compliance assistance in special education matters to avoid IEP violations, Title IX procedures, discipline cases in schools, or any other liability matter, our certified, court-qualified expert witness team provides focused or general management program assessments. We will work with your institution or agency to ensure strict adherence to all applicable state, federal, and local laws and regulations and reasonable professional standards of care to reduce the risk of litigation. We also help with establishing robust policies governing child safety and supervision in every on- or off-campus activity.
Our education expert witness team’s services also include training and presentations for staff on compliance with laws and regulations. With unmatched training and diversified experience in all aspects of education administration and supervision, our experts will apply thorough analysis to make recommendations that foster quality, more efficient, and compliant school or agency operations.
SCHOOL PROGRAM EVALUATION AND CHILD PLACEMENT CONSULTATION SERVICES FOR PARENTS
At School Liability Expert Group, we provide consultation and litigation services to parents and their attorneys when a child’s safety and well-being at school and agency is a concern. We also provide comprehensive school program reviews and comparisons in child custody issues. With a parent’s permission, our expert witness team will review a student’s records to assess current or prospective school placement. We will examine the school’s existing or past child custody issues, general program quality, and special education programs to determine if the school is fit for your child.
Our education expert witness services also help with concerns regarding bullying, harassment, abuse, or anything else that causes you to worry about your child’s safety at school. Our certified and court-qualified expert witness team has the expertise to offer you targeted support in various matters including special education cases for IEP violations, school discipline cases, Title IX procedures, or any other liability issue. We will work with you and the school or agency involved to resolve any issue quickly and smoothly.
SCHOOL AND AGENCY LIABILITY ISSUES
- School or Agency Accidents and student injuries — Schools and agencies must maintain safe premises and equipment and provide reasonable child supervision during their on- and off-campus activities. During litigation involving child injury or death in a school or agency, our highly qualified expert witness team examines the expected responsibility towards the child in a particular activity, the adequacy of the established safety and supervision policies and emergency response protocols, and more. We then determine whether the school breached the legal or professional standard of care and whether that was the proximate cause of the child’s harm.
- Sexual harassment and abuse — Title IX protocols and other laws are routinely updated to protect children from sexual abuse. In cases involving sexual harassment, abuse, and Title IX procedures, our education expert witness services include determining whether the school or agency met the legal and professional standard of care through restricted or monitored interactions, clear procedures for abuse identification and mandatory reporting, prompt response, and other measures.
- Discrimination — Serious cases have stemmed from schools and agencies enabling hostile environments by failing to promptly address child discrimination by staff and other children based on protected characteristics such as disabilities, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, and more. Our court-qualified expert witness services team is well-versed in all non-discrimination laws and standards. We examine whether a school or agency should be held liable for discrimination based on its action or inaction.
- Harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB)—While schools are not responsible for mitigating student conflict, such as an innocent dispute between two students who disagree, they can be held liable for bullying issues. Our education expert witness services assist a plaintiff or defense attorney with testimony on whether the conduct in question was bullying or conflict.
- Violence – With school shootings occurring more and more frequently, schools and agencies must tighten school safety and security measures. They should also understand their liability in school police supervision to prevent violence and liability lawsuits.
- Special education and disability matters — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and other disability laws require schools and agencies to provide children with disabilities with proper special education programs and other accommodations to set them up for academic success and ensure their well-being. Parents and their attorneys can enlist our highly qualified education expert witness services team in due process hearings involving inadequate disability provisions, in cases involving IEP and disability rights violations, or when a child’s placement becomes a contested issue.
- Constitutional issues involving discipline — Wrongful terminations or accusations can and do occur when schools and agencies disregard constitutional due process provisions in disciplinary actions against students and personnel. This exposes institutions to damage claims. We offer expert opinions during the hearings or review cases to determine whether a plaintiff was denied this right and any associated damages.
- Staff hiring, supervision, and retention — Screening, regular background checks, supervision, and training of staff and volunteers are vital to protecting students. Schools and agencies enlist our education expert witness services to ensure compliant staff processes and attorneys engage us for litigation involving wrongful employee termination or retention.
- School transportation-related injuries—Our experts can also review and offer expert opinions in cases involving negligent hiring and supervision of school bus drivers that resulted in student accidents or deaths.
As a result of our excellent knowledge of specific professional standards of care owed to children in every activity, our education expert witness services at School Liability Expert Group attend to a wide range of school and agency liability issues, including:
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Our Commitment
TO OUR CLIENTS
At School Liability Expert Group, attorneys, schools, child-oriented agencies, and parents can rely on our certified and highly qualified team for education expert witness services in any school liability issue. Our services include but are not limited to expert testimonies, consultations, case and program reviews, and child placement assistance.
To effectively serve our clients, we strive to:
- Provide reliable, thorough, and highly individualized consultation.
- Respond to your needs promptly with the highest degree of professionalism.
- Maintain communication and build a close working relationship.
- Bring the resources of a large firm with the rapport and flexibility of a small practice.
- Empower you with the knowledge only an education expert with a lifetime of experience in many facets of education can offer.
- Always enter into an understood engagement arrangement with our education expert witness services before a client incurs any obligation.
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