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Martin Fine joins California's premiere School Law practice

SACRAMENTO, Calif., September 21, 2004 – Martin Fine has joined the partnership of Best Best & Krieger (BB&K) as a member of the School Law and Special Education Practice Group, resident in the firm’s Sacramento office. He has been practicing school and public agency law since 1987, most recently as general counsel to the Sacramento City Unified School District.

Mr. Fine has extensive experience advising school boards and administrators on a variety of legal matters including personnel, special education and constitutional issues, conducting litigation and administrative proceedings, and developing risk management and conflict resolution programs. Prior to Sacramento City Unified School District, he was general counsel for Grant Joint Union High School District. His law firm background includes practicing public agency and school law at both Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard and Lozano, Smith, Smith & Woliver.

Mr. Fine received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1987. He also earned a Masters degree in Counseling Education. Mr. Fine is a certified trainer in negotiations and advanced mediation, which he studied at Harvard Law School. He is also an adjunct professor at University of San Francisco Graduate School of Education, University of California at Davis and Sacramento State University.

“Martin’s unique combination of school district and law firm experience will greatly benefit our school clients in northern California in particular, but also firm-wide,” says Woody Merrill, BB&K’s School Law and Special Education Practice Group chair.

“We are delighted to have an attorney of Martin’s caliber join our growing Sacramento team,” adds BB&K’s Sacramento office managing partner, Dennis Cota.

BB&K’s School Law and Special Education Practice Group provides a full range of legal services to school districts, county offices of education, joint powers authorities, cities and other public agencies. The firm’s Sacramento office was opened in 2001 and today houses 18 attorneys and 14 support staff.