Judith S. Bresler
Judith S. Bresler
jsb@CarneyKelehan.com
T:(410) 740-4600
Hawthorn Executive Center
10715 Charter Drive,
Suite 200
Columbia, Maryland 21044
Judith (Judy) Bresler concentrates her practice in the field of school law. She represents local boards of education and superintendents throughout the State of Maryland. Ms. Bresler’s work for her education clients ranges from matters involving personnel, including evaluation, discipline, dismissal, discrimination defense, and disability accommodations, to student matters, including discipline and expulsion.
Ms. Bresler also provides policy advice and representation on issues involving student assignment, school boundaries and First Amendment Free Speech, Free Exercise of Religion and Establishment Clause cases, among others. She counsels clients on Open Meetings Law and Public Information Act compliance as well as confidentiality laws and discrimination and civil rights matters. She is experienced in the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, grievance and arbitration hearings and issues of governmental immunity.
Prior to earning her Juris Doctor degree, Ms. Bresler was a high school English teacher. She thus brings a knowledgeable and practical approach to problem solving for clients.
Ms. Bresler is a frequent speaker on school law topics. She is an adjunct professor of school law at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland.
Representative Decisions:
Hurl v. Board of Educ. of Howard County, 107 Md.App. 286 (1995)
Elprin v. Howard County Bd. of Educ., 57 Md.App. 458 (1984)
Child Evangelism Fellowship of MD, Inc. v. Montgomery County Public Schools, 457 F.3d 376 (2006)
Child Evangelism Fellowship of MD, Inc. v. Montgomery County Public Schools, 373 F.3d 589, (2004)
Rosenfeld v. Montgomery County Public Schools, 161 Ed.LawRep. 143 (2001)
Eisenberg ex rel. Eisenberg v. Montgomery County Public Schools, 197 F.3d 123 (1999)
Practices
Education
Bar Admissions
Maryland, 1980
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals,
Fourth Circuit, 1984
U.S. Supreme Court, 1986
Education
Washington College of Law, American University, JD, 1979
University of Maryland, College of Education, BA, 1972
Professional Associations
Maryland Bar Association
Howard County Bar Association
Montgomery County Bar Association
National Council of School Attorneys, National School Boards Association
Maryland Council of Local School Board Attorneys
Publications
Co-author, Maryland School Law Deskbook, LexisNexis