Merrick Wadsworth
Partner
Procopio
Merrick has worked for charter schools for more than a decade. He advises on a variety of operational issues, including charter renewals and material revisions, authorizer relations, student discipline, board policies and governance, contracts, facility issues, entity formation, government funding requirements, and many others. Merrick regularly provides trainings on Title IX, Brown Act, Public Records Act, avoiding conflicts under the Political Reform Act and Government Code section 1090, board governance, and new legislation impacting charter schools. He also has experience assisting with various phases of civil litigation and appeals. Prior to law school, Merrick worked as a substitute teacher in all grade levels at the Kings County, California, Office of Education.
