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Paul H. Green chairs the Firm’s Technology and Social Media Practice Group and is a member of the School Law and Labor and Employment Practice Groups. He counsels boards of education in all facets of school law and is highly regarded for his particular depth in public bidding and contract matters, employee relations and cyberlaw issues.
Paul has devoted his legal career to representing school districts as well as a broad range of other public and private employers. He was fortunate to have worked for many years with his father, Jacob Green, a pioneer in New Jersey school law and public sector labor relations, and to have participated in the evolution of New Jersey public sector labor law. Paul regularly appears before the Office of Administrative Law/Commissioner of Education, the Public Employment Relations Commission, the Division on Civil Rights, and State and federal courts.
He is a member of the National Schools Boards Association Council of School Attorneys and is a member and former president of the New Jersey Association of School Attorneys.
Further, Paul’s prior experience in information technology and his deep interest in the rapidly developing technology sector and associated legal developments has led to his counseling a wide variety of clients on a multitude of legal issues arising in technology-related areas.
He frequently lectures and provides in-services on topics such as legal aspects of technology, energy-savings programs and power purchase agreements, public contracting pitfalls, sexual harassment, bullying, student discipline, student free speech, employee evaluation and discipline, special education/Section 504, and public and student records issues.
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
- October 24, 20242024 New Jersey School Board Association Workshop Annual Reception
- March 20, 2023Paul H. Green Leads Discussion for FDU School Law Class
- Mar 11, 2020Are You Cyber Safe?
- Mar 27, 20192019 Administrative Law Forum
- Oct 25, 2018New Jersey School Boards Association Workshop
- Dec 1, 2016LGTBQ Issues in Schools
- Oct 29, 2014NJSBA School Law Forum
- Mar 29, 2014NJSBA Leadership Conference for Board of Education Presidents and Vice Presidents
- June 21, 2024Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Implementing Significant Changes to the Open Public Records Act
- July 11, 2023Major Expansion to School Sick Leave Law Enacted
- Jun 24, 2021Supreme Court Rules for Cheerleader in Off-Campus Free Speech Case
- Oct 13, 2020New Emergency Public Meetings Regulations
- Sep 30, 2020Governor Murphy Signs Bill S-2303 Regarding Subcontracting Agreements
- Aug 17, 2020New Law Grants Sweeping Discipline Protections to Educational Support Staff
- Apr 1, 2020CARES Act Provides for Emergency School Funding -- With a Catch
- Mar 25, 2020Governor Murphy Signs New Bills into Law Affecting School Districts
- Feb 10, 2020Superior Court Judge Invites School Districts to Join Major Discrimination Lawsuit
- Jul 27, 2012Supreme Court Sheds Light on the Sunshine Law
- Jul 28, 2020School Law Practice Group Celebrates 10 Years at Schenck Price
- Apr 30, 2020Returning from COVID-19: Navigating and Responding to Issues as Schools Go Back to the "New Normal"
- May 19, 2017Paul H. Green was elected as the Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Administrative Law Section.
- Nov 9, 2011Passaic County School Boards Association
- Mar 25, 2011Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights
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- Repeatedly selected to the New Jersey Super Lawyers®* list, published by Thomson Reuters, in the field of Schools and Education
- Selected to Morris County's Top Lawyers list (2020-2024)
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- Co-author, "Despite Strong Opposition from Certain Segments, New Jersey Overhauls its Open Public Records Act," October 16, 2024
- Author, "Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Implementing Significant Changes to the OpenPublic Records Act," June 21, 2024
- Author, "Major Expansion to School Sick Leave Law Enacted," July 11, 2023
- Lecturer, Fairleigh Dickinson University Pre-Law Program, March 20, 2023
- Speaker, "The New First Amendment Frontier: Off-Campus Speech and Student Discipline," New Jersey School Boards Association's School Law Forum, December 9, 2020
- Co-author, "New Emergency Public Meetings Regulations," October 13, 2020
- Co-author, "Governor Murphy Signs Bill S-2303 Regarding Subcontracting Agreements," September 30, 2020
- Author, "New Law Grants Sweeping Discipline Protections to Educational Support Staff," August 17, 2020
- Webinar presenter, "Returning from COVID-19: Navigating and Responding to Issues as Schools Go Back to the "New Normal," April 30, 2020
- Author, "CARES Act Provides for Emergency School Funding -- With a Catch," April 1, 2020
- Co-author, "Governor Murphy Signs New Bills into Law Affecting School Districts," March 25, 2020
- Speaker, "Are you Cyber Safe?," March 11, 2020
- Author, "Superior Court Judge Invites School Districts to Join Major Discrimination Lawsuit," February 10, 2020
- Presenter, "Open Public Records Act (OPRA), 2019 Administrative Law Forum, March 27, 2019
- Presenter, "Unfair Practices and Scope of Negotiations," New Jersey School Boards Association 2018 Workshop, October 25, 2018
- Presenter, "LGTBQ Issues in Schools," South Jersey Regional Network, December 1, 2016
- Frequent lecturer and provides in-services on topics such as legal aspects of technology, energy-savings programs and power purchase agreements, public contracting pitfalls, sexual harassment, bullying, student discipline, student free speech, employee evaluation and discipline, special education/Section 504, and public and student records issues
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- Chair, New Jersey State Bar Association Administrative Law Section
- Member, National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys
- Member and Former President, New Jersey Association of School Attorneys
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- Accomplished in development and analysis of public employee salary guides
- Obtained favorable ruling from Public Employment Relations Commission overturning prior precedent and refusing to order teacher salary guide movement at the expiration of a 2-year contract
- Successful representation of school districts and other public and private employers in collective bargaining with multiple favorable outcomes
*Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.
