Jonathan P. Read

Jonathan P. Read’s San Diego-based practice focuses on student-related and special education law. A highly respected attorney with an outstanding reputation for helping build legally compliant, student-focused programs, Jonathan has successfully delivered comprehensive special education training throughout the state.

Jonathan represents school districts and other educational agencies in all facets of due process and disciplinary proceedings under the IDEA and Section 504. He is admitted to practice in California, the U.S. District Court for the Southern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California, and has appeared on multiple occasions before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He represented the National School Boards Association as amicus curiae in the seminal U.S. Supreme Court case, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District.

A popular speaker, Jonathan is frequently requested to present before the Association of California School Administrators, the California School Boards Association, and at national events sponsored by LRP. His article entitled “Access to Achievement: The Changing Landscape of FAPE” appeared in the Summer/Fall issue of Urban Perspectives. (Vol. 15, No. 2.) Jonathan has also developed specific expertise in representing school districts in matters involving English language learners. Jonathan co-authored the book ELLS With Disabilities: A Guide to Leading Assessment and Intervention for LRP Publications.

Jonathan serves as an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he teaches all aspects of education law, including labor and employment, school governance, charter schools, and constitutional issues facing students.

Jonathan’s professional career in education began as a one-to-one aide for students with severe disabilities and as an ELL aide in the San Diego Unified School District. He subsequently taught elementary school in the Poway Unified School District. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. He received his bachelor of arts degree in music and his multi-subject teaching credential from the University of California, San Diego.