312.332.7760 (tel.)
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mbrotine@rsnlt.com

Practice Areas: Special Education, Student Discipline, Education Law, Labor & Employment

Maryam Brotine practices education law focusing in the areas of special education and students' rights. Maryam counsels and represents school districts on mediation, due process and residency hearings, IEP meetings and matters involving student expulsion. She has tried hundreds of jury and bench trials in misdemeanor court and is experienced in negotiating and bargaining.

Prior to joining Robbins Schwartz, Maryam served as an assistant public defender at the DuPage County Public Defender's Office. She was an appointed Guardian ad Litem and argued countless juvenile abuse and neglect hearings.

Maryam was a fellow with the International Human Rights Law Institute at DePaul University College of Law. While at law school, she was a member of the trial team for the Moot Court Society and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Education

• J.D., Dean's List, DePaul University College of Law, Chicago, Ill., 2004
• B.S., Dean's List, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Ill., 2000

Admitted to Practice

• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
• Supreme Court of Illinois

Organizations

• Co-chair of the Education Law Committee, Young Lawyers Section of the Chicago Bar Association
• Judicial Evaluation Committee member, Chicago Bar Association, 2007 to Present
• Illinois Council of School Attorneys
• National Council of School Attorneys

Recent Presentation

• Creating Safety Plans in Public Schools, Chicago Bar Association, Chicago, IL (June 2010)