John Audi to Present at School Board Secretaries Conference
News Release
New Britain, PA – Managing Partner John G. Audi, Esq. of Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams will be a featured presenter at the 2019 School Board Secretaries Conference July 31, 2019 at 8:30 A.M. at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, 250 Kalahari Boulevard, Pocono Manor, PA. This annual conference is designed to provide the latest policy and legal updates, extend networking opportunities and help attendees refresh skills in preparation for the back-to-school season.
Audi will present as part of the session “School Board Secretaries: Lessons Learned & Panel Discussion.” Joining him will be Beth Zeigler, 2019 School Board Secretaries Committee Chair and Heather Masshardt, Pennsylvania School Boards Association Governance Services.
Audi brings over 30 years of experience in public sector labor and employment law. He served for nine years as in-house regional counsel for the Pennsylvania State Education Association and for 11 years as an administrative law judge for the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board. Audi now focuses his work on education labor law, public sector law, legal consultation and staff training. He is a frequent lecturer on labor, employment and education legal matters.
The 2019 School Board Secretaries Conference runs from July 30-31, 2019. It is presented by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PBSA), a nonprofit statewide association of public school boards. Founded in 1895, the PSBA is one of the first school board associations established in the United States. Over the past several decades, voluntary membership by local school entities has been virtually 100 percent.
Sweet, Stevens, Katz & Williams, LLP was formed in 1995 by nine experienced education lawyers who created the first private law practice in Pennsylvania dedicated entirely to Education Law. Since then, the firm has grown to 18 attorneys who represent over 290 school and municipal entities as Solicitors or as Special Counsel in more than 50 counties throughout Pennsylvania.