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Joseph L. Roselle concentrates his practice on representing public and private school boards throughout New Jersey. His work includes state funding issues; construction contracts; commercial and professional contracts; employee rights, including seniority, tenure, discrimination and discipline issues; discrimination and harassment investigations; environmental issues; property sale and acquisition; employment disability and leave claims; student rights, discipline and residency issues; compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act and Open Public Records Act; public contracting and related public bidding issues; ethics and conflict of interest issues; commercial disputes; insurance; indemnification; employee benefits; constitutional matters; and land use and zoning issues.
Joe has represented school districts in a variety of H.I.B.-related litigation. He also counsels on issues concerning employee discipline, tenure and seniority, the evaluation process and leave rights, as well as discrimination and whistleblower claims. Joe has represented boards of education in the collective negotiation process, including related impasse and fact-finding proceedings.
Prior to joining the Firm, Joe practiced in the areas of public entity law, insurance defense and real estate. Before entering the practice of law, he worked for a private company where he prepared and reviewed contracts and bid specifications for municipal services, as well as contracts for the sale of goods to regional and national retailers.
Joe’s prior experience has proven invaluable to his practice in which he handles a variety of issues on behalf of school districts, including matters such as bid and contract development for school construction projects, labor negotiations and the handling of student, personnel and labor matters before the Commissioner of Education, Office of Administrative Law, State Courts and the Public Employment Relations Commission.
Joe is a Trustee for the New Jersey Association of School Attorneys and frequently lectures on current issues in school law.
- Sep 29, 2021Roselle and Gilfillan Presented "Handling a Difficult Board Meeting" at County School Board's Associations
- Oct 22, 2020New Jersey School Boards Association Virtual Workshop
- Jul 17, 2018Human Resource Law from A to Z
- Jun 14, 2018Pass the Trash
- Oct 25, 2017New Jersey School Boards Association Convention Workshop
- Dec 6, 2016New Jersey Personnel Administrators Association
- Oct 26, 2016New Jersey School Boards Association Convention
- Jun 8, 2016Being Smart About Intellectual Property
- Oct 30, 2014NJSBA School Law Forum
- Jan 24, 2013School Bullying: A Legal Primer
- Oct 23, 2012NJSBA Annual Conference
- Jul 1, 2020Significant Changes on Healthcare Plans and Staff Contributions Coming for All School Districts
- Apr 15, 2020School Districts May Utilize Virtual Instruction and Must Continue To Pay Employees and Contractors During State Of Emergency Or Public Health Crisis
- Feb 13, 2019New Jersey Passes Law Requiring Schools to Provide Instruction on LGBT History
- Jan 4, 2019New Financial Literacy Instructional Requirements for Middle School Students to Begin with the 2019-2020 School Year
- Jan 2, 2019New Jersey Appellate Division Invalidates the Use of the PARCC Test as a High School Graduation Requirement
- Jul 23, 2018Appellate Division Affirms Board's Right to Order Removal of Classroom Signs During Collective Negotiations
- Jun 27, 2018SCOTUS Rules Public Employees That Opt Out of Union No Longer Required to Pay Portion of Union Dues
- Jun 21, 2018Reversed: Supreme Court Undoes Expanded Requirements for Issuance of Rice Notices
- May 21, 2018"Pass the Trash" Legislation Imposes Stringent Requirements on Schools
- Apr 26, 2018"Draft" Minutes of Public Bodies Remain Exempt from Disclosure under the Open Public Records Act
- Aug 5, 2016Graduation Is No Longer a Walk in the PARCC
- May 13, 2015NJ Supreme Court Requires School Boards to Notify Employees Who Are Serving in Non-Tenurable Replacement Capacity
- Jul 25, 2014Commissioner Rules That Only Board Of Education as a Whole Or Board President May Send a Rice Notice to the Superintendent
- Jun 23, 2022Morris/Essex Health & Life Publishes List of "Morris County Top Lawyers 2022"
- Oct 26, 2021New Jersey School Boards Association Virtual Workshop 2021
- Jun 8, 2021Morris County Top Lawyers 2021
- Jul 28, 2020School Law Practice Group Celebrates 10 Years at Schenck Price
- Jul 6, 2020"Morris County Top Lawyers 2020"
- Apr 30, 2020Returning from COVID-19: Navigating and Responding to Issues as Schools Go Back to the "New Normal"
- Jan 3, 2017New Partners Named
- Dec 1, 2016Copyright Issues for the Unsuspecting School District
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- Included on the list of Morris/Essex Health & Life magazine's 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 "Top Lawyers" in Education*
- Repeatedly selected to the New Jersey Rising Stars® * list, featured in New Jersey Monthly magazine, in the field of Schools & Education
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- Presenter, "Handling a Difficult Board Meeting," Bergen County School Board's Association, September 29, 2021
- Co-Presenter, "OPRA/OPMA Traps for the Unsuspecting BOE Member," New Jersey School Boards Association's Virtual Workshop 2020, October 20-22, 2020
- Author, "Significant Changes on Healthcare Plans and Staff Contributions Coming for All School Districts," July 1, 2020
- Webinar presenter, "Returning from COVID-19: Navigating and Responding to Issues as Schools Go Back to the "New Normal," April 30, 2020
- Author, "School Districts May Utilize Virtual Instruction and Must Continue To Pay Employees and Contractors During State of Emergency or Public Health Crisis," April 15, 2020
- Author, "New Jersey Appellate Division Invalidates the Use of hte PARCC Test as a High School Graduation Requirement," January 2, 2019
- Speaker, "Human Resource Law from A to Z," NBI, July 17-18, 2018
- Speaker, "Pass the Trash", School Leader Magazine
- Author, “'Draft' Minutes of Public Bodies Remain Exempt from Disclosure under the Open Public Records Act," April 26, 2018
- Author, Copyright Issues for the Unsuspecting School District
- Has lectured on education law topics throughout New Jersey, including on topics related to tenure, student residency and student discipline, as well as public financing and shared service issues, for the National Business Institute (NBI) and New Jersey School Boards Association (NJSBA)
- Served as guest lecturer on school law issues at Kean University
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- Trustee, New Jersey Association of School Attorneys
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association—School Law Committee
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, National Italian American Bar Association
- Member, Young Professionals Division of Morris County Chamber of Commerce
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- Has successfully represented school districts throughout the State of New Jersey in matters related to teacher tenure, student residency, and discipline and school district contracting
- Has represented local governments and insurance companies throughout New Jersey on a variety of matters, including numerous issues related to “Title 59” public entity defense
- Regularly appears before the Office of Administrative Law, Commissioner of Education, Public Employment Relations Commission, and State Court in his representation of school districts
- Advises clients on a variety of general school law issues
