is a partner in the law firm of Schenck Price Smith & King, LLP. Her law practice is primarily devoted to the areas of education and public employment law. Ms. Butler represents numerous boards of education as general or special counsel. In addition to providing her school district clients with counsel in the many components of school law and student, staff and board operations issues, she represents her clients in litigation matters including student residency, discipline, special education hearings, staff tenure proceedings, employment discrimination matters, grievance arbitrations, unfair practice proceedings, and bid/contracting disputes. Ms. Butler regularly appears before the Department of Education, Office of Administrative Law, Public Employees Relations Commission, Division on Civil Rights, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the various state and federal courts. She is a trustee of the New Jersey Association of School Attorneys, and a member of the National Council of School Attorneys. Ms. Butler also is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association's School Law Committee and its Labor and Employment Law Section. She frequently lectures and provides in-service training on various education and employment issues. After attending Penn State University for two years, Ms. Butler graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, summa cum laude. She attended the Columbus School of Law of the Catholic University of America. Ms. Butler served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Clarkson S. Fisher, former Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.