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| Education Management Consulting, LLC
Professional consultation for schools, lawyers, and individuals since 1993. Education Expert Specializing in school and education related cases. Dr. Edward F. Dragan is a court qualified education administration, school liability, general education, and special education expert and consultant to lawyers and school administrators throughout the United States. He applies his more than 30 years of experience as a teacher, principal, district superintendent, private school administrator, curriculum coordinator, and Bureau Chief, NJ State Department of Education to cases that involve schools and the education of children. -Certified school administrator and management consultant. Dr. Dragan provides consultation from case inception to settlement or litigation in matters that raise issues related to schools and children. Representative areas of concentration include risk management and assessment of liability for injury or death, policy review, special and gifted education, staff dismissal, and school evaluation in matrimonial and special education cases. He has consulted with more than 200 lawyers in more than 35 states. CASE EVALUATION RECORD REVIEW DISCOVERY ASSISTANCE CASE DEVELOPMENT ONSITE OBSERVATIONS PARTY INTERVIEWS EXPERT REPORTS DEPOSITION TESTIMONY COURT TESTIMONY Here is a partial list of recent case issues: - sexual harassment - student-on-student violence - student supervision - substantive and procedural issues in special education - staff hiring, supervision, promotion, and retention - school administration and management - constitutional issues involving suspension and expulsion - murder - wrongful death - student injury - school evaluation and comparison for custody, relocation, and special education issues. Dr. Dragan provides expert in-court testimony. He is a court qualified expert in education administration, liability, special education, special education administration, general education programs, and other areas. Memberships International Association of School Safety Professionals Education Law Association National Forensic Center Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Council for Exceptional Children Institute of Management Consultants Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution Here’s what some lawyers say about our services: Throughout, your work was professional, comprehensive, and timely. R. Gregory Leonard, Esq., Leonard & Butler, Morristown, New Jersey. We were impressed with your credentials and equally impressed with your apparent interest in maintaining and establishing heightened standards for educational institutions. Brian F. Moes, Esq., Hannah, Estes & Ingram, P.A., Orlando, Florida. We won on all points, in great part thanks to your testimony. Richard K. Sacks, Esq., Law Office of Richard K. Sacks, Lakewood, New Jersey. It was a pleasure working with you on this very difficult and challenging case. I was impressed with the thoroughness and insight of your report, and I suspect that the strength of your analysis was a factor in the Plaintiffs decision to agree to a settlement. Harvey Freedenberg, Esq., McNees, Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Dragan’s opinions and conclusions were all well grounded and supported. It is my opinion that Dr. Dragan’s report, as well as his willingness to come to Hawaii to testify, were instrumental in getting the State to concede on liability. Lyle S. Hosoda, Esq., Lyle S. Hosoda & Associates, LLC, Honolulu, Hawaii. No geographic limitation. | |||||||||||||||||
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Rutgers University Doctorate, Education Administration and Supervision
College of New Jersey
Franklin Pierce Law Center
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