Stephanie M. Roebuck

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Areas of Practice

Professional Experience

Stephanie M. Roebuck represents numerous public school districts as General Counsel, Labor Counsel and Special Education Counsel in Westchester and Rockland Counties, NY. She regularly handles school litigation matters in both state and federal courts, appeals to the Commissioner of Education, impartial special education hearings under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Education Law, employee disciplinary proceedings pursuant to the Education Law and Civil Service Law and discrimination and/or retaliation claims before the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and State Division of Human Rights. She also represents school districts and other municipalities with regard to labor relations from negotiation of labor contracts for all types of bargaining units to improper practice proceedings and arbitrations.

Ms. Roebuck joined Keane & Beane in 1998 from a law firm in Rochester, NY.   

Admissions

  • State and Federal Courts of New York

Professional Associations

  • Lower Hudson Special Education Task Force
  • Management Advocates for School Labor Affairs
  • National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys
  • New York State Association of School Attorneys
  • New York State Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section, Past Co-Chair of Public Sector Labor Law Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section; Member, Municipal Law Section)

Professional Activities/Publications

Ms. Roebuck has been an Adjunct Professor teaching graduate level course on school law at various institutions in Westchester. She has been a frequent lecturer at various conferences and seminars on labor and employment law and education law issues, including on subjects such as Title XI, educating non-native students, collective bargaining trends in the Lower Hudson Valley, and First Amendment rights in the school setting.

Community Service

Ms. Roebuck is a former Member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of the Hudson Valley and was its Corporate Secretary from 2003 to 2007. 

Education

  • 1996, M.I.L.R., Cornell University School of Industrial Labor Relations
  • 1992, J.D., Fordham University School of Law
  • 1989, B.A., cum laude, University of Massachusetts
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Stephanie M. Roebuck - Education Law Attorney - Westchester, New York