3 Summit Park Drive, Suite 400 Cleveland, OH 44131
Phone:(216) 503-5055 Fax:(216) 503-5065

John E. Britton is the firm’s president and has been practicing school law since 1984. John’s practice is dedicated exclusively to the representation of school boards, primarily in litigation, labor relations, special education, pupil personnel, human resources, and school finance matters. John has been a frequent presenter and lecturer in the area of school law throughout Ohio. He is the coordinator of the Ashland Leadership Academy Seminars (ALAS), an administrative leadership program he helped establish in 2001 with Ashland University. He regularly addresses administrators at ALAS on a variety of topics relating to leadership, accountability, and preventive legal maintenance. In addition, he serves as counsel for the Ohio Schools Council Legal Hotline, a division of the Greater Cleveland School Superintendents Association. He received an “AV” rating through Martindale-Hubbell.

• Bar Admissions and Memberships
• Admitted to practice law in Ohio, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Member of the Akron Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, the National School Boards Association’s Council of School Board Attorneys, and the Education Law Association
• Served on the executive committee of the Ohio School Boards Association’s Council of School Board Attorneys (Chairman, 2003)

• Education
• Received his undergraduate degree from Valparaiso University (B.A., 1978)
• Earned his law degree from The University of Toledo (J.D., 1981)