What's it like to work with F3?
Public education may be legally required, but it’s a calling nevertheless – a cause and a mission with lofty ideals and far-reaching consequences. School districts that call on F3 attorneys know their mission will be ours, their challenges our challenges, and their successes our only goals. Count on us to listen, see the big picture, know the law, get ahead of the issues, offer practical counsel, and build a lasting relationship.
What can F3 solve for you?
Nearly every aspect of public education has legal components. With talent and experience few firms can match, F3 is ready to advise you on every nuance of public education from top to bottom. We are pleased to represent nearly half of California’s 1000 school districts not only because of our legal skills, but also because we’re here for the nearly six million students who depend on you.
“Our lawyers do what they do best, helping educators concentrate on teaching and learning, not putting out fires.”
– Terilyn Finders, Chief Client Services Officer
As much as any enterprise, a school district’s countless moving parts must work together and complement one another for the district to accomplish its mission. Governance functions must be in line with state and federal law as well as district policies. Administrators and teachers require training in the ever-changing educational and administrative guidelines they must follow. School boards have elections, which must adhere to laws and regulations. School districts negotiate with labor unions on contracts that require bargaining, drafting, and implementation, as well as managing the day-to-day relations with employee groups on policy and other matters. Schools must be built and maintained according to standards ranging from safety and accessibility requirements to environmental compliance. Additionally, administrators must keep up with ever-changing technologies, with their vendor contracts, training, and implementation challenges. And –hardly finally – when there are conflicts, experienced negotiators and litigators lend a hand to resolve them. In other words, public school districts need a full-service law firm focused entirely on schools. That’s who we are at F3.
Although school districts have such daunting responsibilities and so many diverse challenges, educators come to the task with passion and commitment. At F3, our attorneys welcome the opportunity to partner with educators in meeting those challenges and helping them fulfill their mission to provide the best possible education to the students of every community we serve. We are indeed a firm with a cause. We listen carefully, provide thoughtful counsel based on decades of experience, and build the kind of relationships that make us the lawyers clients enjoy calling. It’s not only our knowledge of all the law that has made us the firm of choice for nearly half of all California public school districts, it’s our devotion to the public-school mission and the people who have dedicated their professional lives to it.
