Lehigh University's College of Education

Spring 2009

JEFFREY F. CHAMPAGNE, ESQ. practices education law and disability law as a member of the Education Law Group of the law firm of McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He advises and represents school districts, Intermediate Units, private schools, and colleges on special education matters, Americans with Disabilities Act issues, in administrative hearings and in federal court.

Before entering private practice, Mr. Champagne served as Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of Education from 1990 to 1995. Prior to coming to Pennsylvania, Mr. Champagne served as the director of the division of the federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) that is responsible for implementing Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and served as trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Mr. Champagne is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Law. He was honored to be named again in 2008 as one of the Best Lawyers in America ® and by Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer.