Sligo Law Group Recognized in Inaugural Chambers Spotlight Washington, D.C. Rankings for Education Law
The 2027 Chambers Spotlight Guide for Washington, D.C. has recognized Sligo Law Group, PLLC as a leading Education law firm.
The inaugural Chambers Spotlight Washington, D.C. rankings recognize outstanding small and midsize law firms offering sophisticated legal services in the nation's capital. Sligo Law Group was one of two firms in the D.C. area recognized by Chambers Spotlight for its work in federal education law based on an independent and in-depth market analysis, coupled with an assessment of the firm's experience, expertise, and caliber of legal talent.
Sligo Law Group Files for Preliminary Injunction in Ongoing Challenge to Education Department's Unlawful Termination of Community Schools Grants
On April 30, Sligo Law Group, the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and Eimer Stahl LLP filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois as the next step in an ongoing federal lawsuit on behalf of Afterschool for Children and Teens Now Illinois (ACT Now) and Metropolitan Family Services.
Sligo Law Group, Lawyers for Good Government, and DC Law Collective File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Politically Motivated Mass Firings of 140 Federal Employees
Sligo Law Group, Lawyers for Good Government, and the DC Law Collective filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of more than 140 career federal employees, alleging the Trump administration used reduction-in-force procedures to carry out politically motivated terminations while denying employees constitutional due process protections. The complaint details how agencies manipulated competitive area structures to target specific individuals, publicly stigmatized employees without providing an opportunity to respond, and funneled appeals into an MSPB process rendered effectively non-functional by an administrative backlog of over 18,750 pending cases.
Sligo Law Group Welcomes Former U.S. Department of Education Attorneys Denise Morelli and Marcus Hedrick
Sligo Law Group has welcomed two former U.S. Department of Education attorneys as Of Counsel: Denise Morelli, who brings more than 30 years of Title IV enforcement experience including hundreds of program review and audit actions before the Department's Office of Hearings and Appeals, and Marcus Hedrick, who brings more than 15 years advising on IDEA and disability law, most recently as Acting Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Educational Equity. Their addition significantly expands the firm's depth in higher education compliance and disability and civil rights law.
Beyond “The Maximum Extent Permitted By Law”: Legal Analysis of the U.S. Department of Education’s Transfers of Programs to Other Federal Agencies
A new deep-dive collaboration between EducationCounsel and Sligo Law Group analyzes the legal authority underlying the Trump Administration's use of interagency agreements (IAAs) to transfer significant Department of Education programs and funds to other federal agencies. The analysis finds that the IAAs appear to conflict with appropriations statutes expressly prohibiting such transfers and likely exceed the statutory authorities cited to support wide-scale program transfers aimed at dismantling ED without congressional authorization.
Press Release
Former U.S. Department of Education attorneys Emily Merolli, Jill Siegelbaum, and Josie Eskow Skinner have launched Sligo Law Group, PLLC, a boutique federal education law firm designed to fill the expertise gap created by sweeping layoffs at the Department's Office of General Counsel. The firm advises K–12 agencies, higher education institutions, nonprofits, and advocacy organizations on federal education law, grants compliance, civil rights, and employment matters.