Thrun Law Firm has an extensive history in advising school boards on the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act. Attorneys in the firm are well versed in these statutes and their nuances. Firm members attend board of education meetings at school officials’ request, and frequently counsel school officials and board members about procedural rules applicable to different, and sometimes unique, situations.

Additionally, we have represented numerous school districts in circuit court and appellate actions concerning both statutes. The following is a sampling of the litigation in which we represented school boards:

• Bradley v Saranac Community Schools 455 Mich 285 (1997). We defended both the Saranac and Lansing school district’s position as it related to the disclosure of personnel files. The advice that we provided to the school boards was affirmed by the courts.
• Traverse City Record Eagle v Traverse City Public Schools, 184 Mich App 609 (1990). We successfully defended the Traverse City School District’s refusal to disclose tentative agreements on labor contracts sought by the press prior to a ratification vote by the parties.