PLW People in the News—May 26, 2020—Wisler Pearlstine
Wisler Pearlstine announced that partner Amy T. Brooks was appointed to the firm's executive committee.
May 26, 2020 at 11:30 AM
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Wisler Pearlstine announced that partner Amy T. Brooks was appointed to the firm's executive committee.
Brooks works with school clients, routinely litigating for them in administrative and local agency proceedings up through the appeals process.
She defends schools against legal claims such as those brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as representing schools in investigations by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and U.S. Office for Civil Rights.
Brooks advises schools regarding student records and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, issues of risk-management, matters of child abuse and reporting under the Child Protective Services Law, homelessness under the McKinney Vento Act, sexual harassment and gender equity involving Title IX, and bullying and harassment investigations under Pennsylvania's Anti-Bullying Law.
A contributing editor to the Pennsylvania School Law Handbook published by the Pennsylvania School Board Association, she handles matters regarding the Public School Code of 1949 such as transportation, enrollment, residency, custody, discipline, charter schools, Pennsylvania Approved Private Schools and private schools.
Brooks is regional director for the Pennsylvania School Board's Solicitor's Association and a member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery bar associations.
She is a graduate of Temple University Beasley School of Law.
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John P. Pietrovito of Muncy, an associate in the Law Office of J. Howard Langdon, is set to begin a three-year term on the Pennsylvania Bar Association board of governors.
One of 12 zone governors who serve on the PBA board of governors, Pietrovito will represent Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Tioga and Union county lawyers.
Pietrovito previously served as a zone governor from 2014 to 2017.
He is a member of the PBA disability services committee and the PBA review and certifying board.
He began serving as a voting member of the PBA House of Delegate in 2007.
He is a past member of the PBA planning committee.
Pietrovito is a past president of the Lycoming Law Association and is the current chair of its continuing legal education committee and the legal services for the indigent committee.
In addition, Pietrovito is a member of the Charles F. Greevy Jr. American Inn of Court.
He previously served as a member of the North Penn Legal Services board of directors.
Pietrovito earned his Juris Doctor from the Temple University Beasley School of Law.
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