Lynne Adams

Practice Areas

Education Law

Government & Regulatory Law

Open Meeting Law & Public Records Law

Professional Memberships

Arizona Superior Court, Commissioner Selection Panel Member, 2018-present

Arizona Student Achievement Coalition, Board Member, 2016-present

Arizona Women Lawyers Association Member, 1988-present

Publications

Client Alerts:

Licensing Requirements for School Counselors

New Title IX Rules to go into effect today

Title IX Policy and Other Charter School Policies Now Available

ADE’s New Requirement for ESA Tuition Payments

New Title IX Rules Released by U.S. Department of Education

Attorney General Issues Opinion on Open Meeting Law

New School Year, New Legal Updates

Notice of Claim Requirement and Charter Schools

New Public Records Requirements

New Title IX Requirements On The Horizon

2022 Charter School Legislation Summary

Updated ASBCS Guidance on FCC Requirements

Refined Face Mask Requirements for Schools

Executive Order 2020-51 Posting, Notification and Board Requirements

Arizona Republic Public Records Request UPDATE

COVID-19 and Emergency Board Meetings

How FERPA and HIPAA Work Together (and why you can very likely ignore HIPAA)

Leased employees or “co-employees”? Check your contract provisions!

Hot Topics Roundup – Tips and Potential Traps

Some Charter School Enrollment Practices Under Scrutiny: ACLU Aims Spotlight on Arizona

Charter School Capital, February 12, 2018

Experience

Lynne is a strategic advisor and confidante to many of Arizona’s educators, navigating the everyday challenges faced by learning institutions so that they can focus on providing quality attention and scholarship to students across the state. Since her time serving as Chief Counsel of the Education and Health Section of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Lynne has provided more than two decades’ worth of service to a wide range of charter schools, school districts, community colleges, and public and private universities.

Lynne leads the commercial litigation group’s education law practice. She focuses on regulatory matters and litigation and provides ongoing legal advice to her school clients, including compliance with all aspects of education law, Arizona’s Open Meeting Law, and Arizona’s public records law. Among other things, she has provided advice regarding constitutional law issues, student discipline matters, Title IX, statutory requirements, parent issues, student enrollment, school finance, and responses to complaints filed with the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools and Arizona Department of Education. She also assists prospective charter schools with their applications and organization.

Some of her most notable cases include providing amicus briefs to the Arizona Supreme Court regarding public schools’ duties to their students in Dinsmoor v. City of Phoenix, No. CV-20-0214-PR (Aug. 6, 2021, Ariz. Supreme Court); defending the Maricopa County Community College District over its in-state tuition policy for DACA students; and challenging the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools’ practice of adopting rules without following the required legal process in Legacy Education Group v. Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, No. 1 CA-CV 17-0023 (June 8, 2018, Ariz. Ct. App.).

An advocate for education outside her practice, Lynne is a respected member of the local community. She was a member of the committee that selects Maricopa County Superior Court Commissioners, was an active member of the Phoenix Collegiate Academy governing board and has offered pro bono services to several community arts and nonprofit arts organizations. She has been named one of Arizona’s Top 100 Lawyers by AZ Business Magazine and Education Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers® on numerous occasions.

Education