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  • [ December 27, 2020 ] Progressive Employee Discipline Policies Win in Fifth Circuit ADVOCATZ
  • [ October 3, 2020 ] Op-Ed: UFT Solidarity Loses The Case To Get COVID-19 Accommodation For Remote Teaching ADVOCATZ
  • [ June 25, 2020 ] UFT Members Denied Grievances File PERB Complaint After DOE COVID-19 Blunders ADVOCATZ
  • [ March 3, 2019 ] Teacher Tenure 3020-a Hearing Newswire ADVOCATZ
  • [ January 13, 2019 ] The Criminal Mind of New York City Public School Teacher Lucio Celli ADVOCATZ

  • Progressive Employee Discipline Policies Win in Fifth Circuit

    December 27, 2020 0
    Fifth Circuit Reminds Employers of the Importance of Contemporaneous Documentation and Flexible Progressive Discipline Policies National Law Review December 18, 2020 The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently reminded employers that they should [...]
  • Op-Ed: UFT Solidarity Loses The Case To Get COVID-19 Accommodation For Remote Teaching
    October 3, 2020 0
  • UFT Members Denied Grievances File PERB Complaint After DOE COVID-19 Blunders
    June 25, 2020 0
  • Teacher Tenure 3020-a Hearing Newswire
    March 3, 2019 0
  • The Criminal Mind of New York City Public School Teacher Lucio Celli
    January 13, 2019 0
  • NYC Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters Is Stunningly Fired By Mayor Bill de Blasio
    November 20, 2018 0
  • The NYC UFT Contract 2018 and “The Test” For Teachers is Announced
    October 11, 2018 0
  • AP: Lawmakers Buy Industry Fix to Protect Schools From Guns
    October 10, 2018 0
  • New York State Education Law 3020-a: Subpart 82-3 Procedures for Hearings
    September 29, 2018 0
  • How To Win a 3020-a Hearing
    September 4, 2018 0
  • If You Are In 3020-a Hearing and You Retire, Your Teaching License is Permanently Terminated
    August 8, 2018 0
  • DeWitt Clinton High School Principal Charges Teachers With 3020-a If They Don’t Change Students’ Failing Grades
    August 5, 2018 0
  • NYC Police Commissioner James O’Neill Appoints Members To an Internal Police Review Panel
    August 5, 2018 0
  • Rosenstein Defends Zero-Tolerance Immigration Policy and Rule of Law in ABA Speech
    August 5, 2018 0
  • Aitabdellah Salem Sat In Rikers For $1 Because No One Told Him About His Bail,Loses Lawsuit
    August 5, 2018 0
  • Members of NYC Council Urge Victims of NYCHA to Sue
    August 5, 2018 0
  • Montebello Unified School District Whistleblowers Fired, Awarded Millions in Damages
    August 5, 2018 0
  • NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FUNDING FOUND UNCONSTITUTIONAL
    August 4, 2018 0
  • Pregnancy Discrimination Case Against The NYC DOE and PS 25 Settled
    August 4, 2018 0
  • The JANUS Decision and Teacher Unions, A New York Perspective
    June 28, 2018 0
  • DeWitt Clinton High School Principal Pierre Orbe Gives Credit Recovery To Students Who Never Show Up
    June 17, 2018 1
  • The 3020-a Arbitration Newswire: At 3020-a The DOE and UFT Demand Speed, Not Due Process Rights
    June 10, 2018 0
  • Statement of Acting NY Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood
    May 15, 2018 0
  • A Statute of Limitations For Sex Assault Makes No Sense
    May 12, 2018 0
  • Next Step in the #MeToo Movement: Finding Solutions
    May 9, 2018 0
  • NY Attorney General Resigns, Barbara Underwood Takes His Place
    May 8, 2018 0
  • Rudy Crew: Juggling Too Many Kids and Issues at the New York City Board of Education, 1997
    May 7, 2018 0
  • The Center School on The Upper West Side of Manhattan Avoids Diversity. Really.
    May 7, 2018 0
  • Manhattan Center Principal David Jimenez Gets Away With Sexual Harassment
    May 6, 2018 0
  • Joseph Margulies Urges Amazon To Pick Boston As Its Second Headquarters
    April 30, 2018 0
  • Arbitration decisions: Are They in Compliance With The JUST CAUSE STANDARD?
    April 29, 2018 0
  • New Sexual Harassment Policies Are Enforced – or Not
    April 29, 2018 1
  • NYPD Blues: De Blasio Takes Over
    April 26, 2018 0
  • The Ruderman White Paper on Law, Media, Disability
    April 25, 2018 0
  • AP: Sexual Assaults in High School Sports Minimized As “Hazing”
    April 25, 2018 0
  • Betsy Combier Unravels The 3020-a Arbitration Procedure in New York City
    April 25, 2018 4
  • U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case on Teacher Free-Speech Protection
    April 14, 2018 0
  • NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer Wants Proxy Access To Universal Health Services
    April 14, 2018 0
  • Teacher Tenure Time Almost Up
    April 8, 2018 1
  • Mark Peters Creates Disarray at the NYC Department of Investigation and at Squad 11/DOE
    April 7, 2018 1

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Op-Ed: UFT Solidarity Loses The Case To Get COVID-19 Accommodation For Remote Teaching

October 3, 2020 0

Considering the amount of press coverage on the PETITION filed by Attorney Bryan Glass for UFT Solidarity members to get accommodations, any reader would think that the case was precedent-setting. In fact, I believe that UFT […]

Team Advocatz: OP-ED

Betsy Combier Unravels The 3020-a Arbitration Procedure in New York City

April 25, 2018 4

The 3020-a Arbitration charging process used in New York City needs to be fixed, and in particular the omission of a vote in Executive Session by the New York City Panel For Educational Policy which is mandated by […]

CHANGING THE FORMULA FOR CLIENT REPRESENTATION IN DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND LITIGATION

Experts in New York State and New York City 3020-a Arbitration. We have won more than 40 incompetency and misconduct cases.

Advocatz is a client-centered consulting business for people who need a partner as they go through the Courts, grievances, or life problems. We are experts in labor and employment arbitration, particularly the arbitration or due process hearing for tenured teachers known as 3020-a.

We are paralegals, non-attorney advocates, and Expert witnesses who support all of our clients as they pursue a just and fair resolution through litigation, negotiation, arbitration, and mediation.

Team Advocatz always puts the needs of the client first.
We have a unique strategy wherein we fill the communication gap between representative/lawyer and client by working on a set-fee basis, not an hourly rate, and by giving unlimited time to each client for research and discussion. Our goal is to assure each client that he or she has someone in their corner at all times and that the arguments presented are accurate and comprehensive.
We keep all parties on the same page.
We specialize in 3020-a Arbitration throughout New York State as well as in New York City, and we also assist Attorneys hired to do  Article 75 and 78 appeals, Part 83 Appeals, First Department Appeals, and civil actions in State and Federal Court.
Additionally, for more than 15 years we have represented parents/guardians at Impartial Hearings, where we obtain public funding for non-public and private schools. We also attend IEP meetings, evaluations and conferences as part of our set fee.

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Publications

NYC Rubber Room Reporter
Parentadvocates.org
 New York Court Corruption
 National Public Voice
 NYC Public Voice
 Inside 3020-a Teacher Trials

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  • Progressive Employee Discipline Policies Win in Fifth Circuit December 27, 2020
  • Op-Ed: UFT Solidarity Loses The Case To Get COVID-19 Accommodation For Remote Teaching October 3, 2020
  • UFT Members Denied Grievances File PERB Complaint After DOE COVID-19 Blunders June 25, 2020
  • Teacher Tenure 3020-a Hearing Newswire March 3, 2019
  • The Criminal Mind of New York City Public School Teacher Lucio Celli January 14, 2019
  • NYC Department of Investigation Commissioner Mark Peters Is Stunningly Fired By Mayor Bill de Blasio November 20, 2018
  • The NYC UFT Contract 2018 and “The Test” For Teachers is Announced October 11, 2018
  • AP: Lawmakers Buy Industry Fix to Protect Schools From Guns October 11, 2018
  • New York State Education Law 3020-a: Subpart 82-3 Procedures for Hearings September 29, 2018
  • How To Win a 3020-a Hearing September 4, 2018

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TV Appearances

Betsy Combier on FOX and Friends

Betsy Combier, Attorney Bryan Glass, and Attorney Michael Mazzariello on Lawline

NYC Rubber Room Reporter

 
The Hidden Rubber Rooms of New York City Create a Fiscal Nightmare

Why The NYC DOE and UFT/NYSUT Cannot Say They Protect Tenure Rights

Down The Rabbit Hole: The NYC Department of Education’s “Problem Code”

Principal Lisa Mars is Removed From “FAME” School Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

NYC DOE Chancellor Carranza Rules With Hate

UFT VIP Paul Egan is Ousted From His Job

Howard Nash, ATR Teacher, Sues The NYC DOE Pro Se and Wins An Interim Order

The NYC DOE Strategic Response Group Intercepts All Communications To The Chancellor

Disgraced Principal Caterina Lafergola is Re-Hired By Chancellor Carranza

 

ParentAdvocates

Firing Bad Teachers and the Chicago Teacher’s Union By Kristen Mcquery, Chicago Tribune

The New York City Department of Education’s “Problem Code” is an Unlawful Flag on an Employee’s Fingerprints

Asian Parents in NYC Demand That Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza Be Fired

Nick Hanauer in The Atlantic: “Education Isn’t Enough”

District 75: ‘The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love’ By Laura McKenna

Fred Rogers and His Language For Children

COPAA Releases Statement Saying School Safety Commission Report Fails Students with Disabilities and Students of Color

AP: Lawmakers Buy Industry Fix to Protect Schools From Guns

 

Inside 3020-a Teachers’ Trials

New York State Education Law 3020-a + Memos To The Field

If Charged With 3020-a and You Retire, Your Teaching License is Permanently Terminated

 

National Public Voice

Law Professors Say That Sexism is The Problem

 

NYC Public Voice

Aaron Carr and The Housing Rights Initiative Investigate Compliance With Tenant Protections

 

Courtbeat-New York Court Corruption

NY Daily News: Aitabdellah Salem Sat In Rikers For $1, Now Wants City To Pay

3020-a ARBITRATION NEWSWIRE

Winning Your 3020-A: the Investigation (Part 1)

ADVOCATZ President Betsy Combier Unravels The 3020-a Arbitration Procedure in New York City

Advocacy at 3020-a: Open and Public Hearings

The Partnership of Bully Power and Media Can Convict a Teacher at 3020-a

The Unlawful Randomness of Labor Arbitration 3020-a in New York City

Winning Your 3020-a Arbitration: Fire Your NYSUT Attorney, Don’t Settle

Prohibit The Department of Education Lawyers From Using The Danielson Rubric For Observation Reports and 3020-a Arbitration

Stellar, Dedicated Teacher Eileen Ghastin Fights the Arbitrator’s Decision To Suspend Her For Four Weeks After Almost Being Beaten Up in Her Class

The New York City Teachers’ Union Contract: Shackling Principals’ Leadership.

Outrage Spreads Throughout New York City And State At The Sell-out of Members’ Rights By The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) And the Unity Caucus

Attorney Michael Francis: Suborning Perjury at 3020-a

Why Observation Reports Should Not Be Used To Terminate a Tenured Employee by Betsy Combier

Inside 3020-a Teacher Trials

Changing “Rules”

Ten of the twenty-four 3020-a Arbitrators Quit the NYC UFT/DOE Panel

The New York City Rubber Room Anti-Teacher Charging Process Shows How Corrupt the Carmen Farina-Bill De Blasio Department of Education Really Is. by Betsy Combier

NYSUT Changes To Tenure and the Tenured Teacher Removal Process in 3020-a….What a Scam

Retirement After Being Charged With 3020-a Automatically and Permanently Terminates a NYC Teaching License

Dennis Walcott’s Speech on “Ending Just Cause at 3020-a

The 3020-a Arbitration Newswire: Gotcha Squad Attorney Ian Nikol

Winning and Losing Appeals and the Teacher-Principal Relationship

Digging Up The Garbage on The XEROX Machine

Digging Up The Garbage on the DOE Lawyers -Shareema Abel

Digging Up The Garbage on the Rubber Room

Digging Up The Garbage on the Vouchers Paid To Arbitrators

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