Kaitlyn A. Schwendeman

Education:

B.Mus, University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music, summa cum laude (2010)

J.D., Fordham University School of Law (2015)

Areas of Expertise:

Collective Bargaining; Personnel and Student Issues; Special Education

Experience:

Ms. Schwendeman’s practice is concentrated collective bargaining and personnel matters. She also provides assistance to clients in special education and Section 504 law, and student matters. She regularly counsels school districts and county offices of education on a wide range of day-to-day legal issues. Ms. Schwendeman has appeared before the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, California Department of Labor Standards and Enforcement and the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, as well as other administrative agencies tasked with investigating and enforcing civil rights and labor laws.

Prior to joining SCLS, Ms. Schwendeman practiced special and general education law in New York State for three years at a law firm in Albany, New York. She then joined a boutique law firm in San Francisco, practicing private-sector labor and employment law. During law school, Ms. Schwendeman served as a law clerk to the late Justice Melvin P. Schweitzer, New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division, in New York County. Before becoming an attorney, Ms. Schwendeman taught music in the New York City public schools.

Ms. Schwendeman is a member of the State Bars of California and New York.

Contact:

Kaitlyn A. Schwendeman
School and College Legal Services of California
5350 Skylane Boulevard
Santa Rosa, California 95403
T: (707) 524-2690
F: (707) 578-0517
kschwendeman@sclscal.org