Jonathan Heidelberger

OF COUNSEL

JONATHAN HEIDELBERGER (Of Counsel) received his Juris Doctor from Cornell University Law School, and his B.A. from Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences. He is admitted to practice law in New York State and U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Jon is certified by NYSED as a Special Education Impartial Hearing Officer and is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association. He became associated with the firm in July 2010 and has spent over 40 years actively engaged in every aspect of public school district representation. He has successfully represented school districts in countless rounds of collective bargaining, including mediation; fact finding and super conciliation; hearings and proceedings before PERB and other administrative agencies; negligence and civil rights defense in both state and federal court and before the EEOC, OCR, and SDHR; competitive bidding disputes; all types of appeals to the Commissioner; and certificated and non-certificated employee and student disciplinary proceedings. His depth of experience in the general practice of law has enabled him to develop a special expertise regarding real property law as it relates to school districts. As such, he has successfully negotiated and completed the acquisition, use, leasing, and disposition of numerous parcels of real property on behalf of his school district clients. He presents yearly at the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Clerks' Workshop on such issues as elections, FOIL, Open Meetings Law, FERPA, and clerk's responsibilities generally. He participates in our annual in-house school district election workshop for our district clerks, central office staff and board members. Having represented a number of public libraries over the years, he has also developed an expertise in the law as it relates to public libraries and their relationship with their local school districts. He served as Village Attorney or Assistant Village Attorney for the villages of Asharoken and Northport for many years and as counsel to the Northport Board of Zoning Appeals. In addition, Jon has maintained an active general practice serving private clients including one of the largest school bus transportation companies on Long Island.