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Athina Lekas Cornell
Westfield: 908-233-6800 ext. 2396
acornell@lindabury.com
Athina Cornell’s practice is primarily devoted to representing boards of education in a variety of areas, including special education, personnel and labor negotiations. She serves as both general counsel and special education counsel to boards of education throughout the state. Her practice also consists of representing management in employment and labor matters including litigation of sexual harassment, discrimination, wrongful discharge, breach of contract and whistleblower claims.
Admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York, and before the District Court of New Jersey and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, Athina represents boards of education through all court levels. She has lectured on special education, school law issues and employment topics and provides training to administrators as well as school staff.
While attending Seton Hall University School of Law, Athina chaired the Women’s Law Forum and served as a member of both The Journal of Sport Law and The Health Law & Policy Program. She has also received several awards for trial advocacy, including quarter-final finishes in the University of Minnesota Civil Rights Moot Court Competition and University of Wisconsin Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition.
Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1996
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey, 1996
New York, 1999
Memberships:
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Union County Bar Association
Education:
Seton Hall University School of Law, J.D., 1996
Skidmore College, B.A., 1991
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Practice:
Education Law
Special Education
Labor Law
Employment Law
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