With a jury verdict delivered on January 16, 2026, Garcia Hernandez Sahwney’s trial team, led by founding partner Bonny Garcia and assisted by firm Equity Partner Janet Ly, and associates Carlos Giron and Amber Dean, secured a complete defense verdict for Napa Valley Unified School District (District) in [...]
In March 2025, the Garcia Hernández Sawhney LLP (GHS) legal team achieved a significant victory in the Third Circuit California Court of Appeal on behalf of its client Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD), for whom GHS founding partner Mary Hernández serves as General Counsel. The Court of Appeal, in a decision [...]
By: Lise Ström and Kattie Riggs They’re here! On Friday, April 19, 2024, the Department of Education (“Department”) released the final version of the Title IX regulations.[1] With an effective date of August 1, 2024, educational institutions will have only a short time to revise their Board policies and codes of conduct, and [...]
Garcia Hernandez Sawhney, LLP, lead counsel for Napa Valley Unified School District, prevailed in the the landmark case of NVUSD v. California State Board of Education in Sacramento Superior Court. See details of NVUSD’s resounding victory and a link to the Court’s ruling in NVUSD’s press release below. Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP [...]
Congratulations to Dr. Deborah Flores on her well-deserved retirement as Superintendent of the Gilroy Unified School District. She has the longest tenure of any Superintendent in Santa Clara County and a string of recognitions, including Superintendent of the year a few years ago. Garcia Hernández Sawhney is proud of having served as [...]
California Charter School Reforms Enacted: Overview of AB-1505 and AB-1507 October 9, 2019 By: Alex Sears On October 3, 2019, Governor Newsom signed into law two bills (AB-1505 and AB-1507) which make significant changes to the Education Code provisions that deal with charter school petition approval, petition renewal, and location of operations. [...]
NEW TITLE IX REGULATIONS: What You Need to Know Before They Go Into Effect Katherine Riggs On May 6, 2020, the US Department of Education issued its long-awaited final regulations concerning sexual harassment and sexual assault in K-12 schools, colleges and universities. The new regulations, which take effect on August 14, 2020, [...]
Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP welcomes KATIE RIGGS as Of Counsel. Ms. Riggs comes to GHS after a long and distinguished career that includes over 30 years with the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in San Francisco, California. Katie’s experience at OCR includes handling complex civil rights compliance reviews and [...]
During a four day retreat in February 2016, Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP Partner Mary Hernández participated as a mentor in the launch of the English Learner Leadership and Legacy Initiative (ELLLI). ELLLI is a program of Californians Together in partnership with the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE). The goal of the Initiative [...]
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