Cameron R. Morgan
Shareholder
For the past ten years, Mr. Morgan has served the public school districts of the State of New Jersey in the specialized area of school law, representing boards of education in all aspects of their legal needs, with a focus on general counsel services, civil litigation, special education, administrative law, collective negotiations, labor and employment, and appellate practice. He has served as Board Solicitor to dozens of school districts, guiding district administrators through the diverse range of issues affecting the public schools, from personnel matters, tenure cases, and the range of issues that frequently arise at public board meetings, to student disciplinary matters, residency disputes, and homelessness issues, to complex matters involving the budgetary process or First Amendment rights.
Mr. Morgan’s practice also focuses heavily on counseling school districts in the complex area of special education. He has served as Special Education Counsel to dozens of school districts and has handled hundreds of special education matters, including due process hearings and grievance complaint investigations, involving children with a wide variety of special needs. In addition, Mr. Morgan routinely represents boards of education in collective negotiations and labor/employment disputes. He has appeared before the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC) on behalf of school boards in a variety of matters, including unfair labor practice charges and scope of negotiations issues.
Prior to joining Capehart Scatchard, Cameron served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Joseph F. Lisa, P.J.A.D., Superior Court, Appellate Division.
View More
“This Year in Negotiations” – Panelist, New Jersey School Boards Association, Annual School Boards Convention, Labor Relations Workshop, October 2016.
“Do’s and Don’ts of Special Education for Board Members” – New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), Annual Convention 2016, Learning Lab, October 2016.
“The Legal and Practical Do’s and Don’ts of Special Education” – New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), Legal Bootcamp, April 2016.
“Personnel Issues and Employee Relations: Discipline, Tenure, Seniority, RIF/Recall, Transfers, Non-Renewal & Grievances” – New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA), March 2016.
“Bullying the HIB Statute: An Update and Framework for Analyzing HIB Grounded in Case Law and Principled Statutory Construction” – New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), Annual School Law Forum, October 2015.
“Ethics in Public Procurement and Purchasing for School Districts” – New Jersey Association of School Business Officials (NJASBO), October 2015.
“Recent Trends is Collective Negotiations” – Burlington County Association of School Business Officials, September 2015.
“Practical Solutions in Managing FMLA and NJFLA Leave Requests” – New Jersey Association of School Business Officials (NJASBO), Annual State Convention, June 2015.
“Related Services Often Overlooked in IEPs” – 43rd Annual Special Education Law Conference at Lehigh University, May 2015.
“The Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act: Strategies for Compliance and Implementation” – New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA), April 2015.
“Student Discipline: Disciplinary Hearings, Suspensions, Expulsions, Special Education, HIB and Conduct Away from School Grounds” – New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), Annual School Boards Convention, Learning Lab, October 2014.
“Practical Solutions in Managing FMLA and NJFLA Leave Requests” – Camden County Association of School Business Officials, October 2014.
“Tenure Reform and Managing the FMLA/NJFLA Statutes” – New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA), February 2014.
“Implementing the Uniform Memorandum of Agreement between Education and Law Enforcement Officials” – Glassboro Board of Education, January 2014.
“Teacher Tenure and Arbitration Outcomes” – New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA), Annual School Boards Convention, Learning Lab, October 2013.
“Analyzing Potential Cases of Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying: A Concise Approach to Practical Implementation of the Statutory Mandate” – New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJASA), May 2013.