Janelle Ruley
Partner/Attorney at Law
Young, Minney & Corr, LLP
The transformative power of education drives Janelle Ruley. Since 2007, she has been an ardent advocate for the rights of charter schools, nonprofit public benefit corporations, and public agencies. She has shepherded the opening, renewal, and revision of nearly 1,000 charter schools while also defending against attempts to revoke them. Janelle regularly appears before administrative agencies, school districts, county boards of education, and the California State Board of Education. Janelle is a clear communicator and a trusted resource for schools and nonprofit boards. In her daily practice, Janelle regularly counsels' clients regarding charter school development, charter renewals, charter petition appeals, charter petition material revisions, drafting and revising memoranda of understanding, negotiations with chartering authorities, compliance with the Brown Act, the Political Reform Act, and Government Code Section 1090; and policy development related to public transparency laws.
