Membership is open to attorneys at law who are licensed to practice before the highest court in any state of the United States or before a court of record in the United States and who are (or have been within the last two years) attorneys for a local public school district, a state association of school boards or any public junior or community college.
Affiliated Membership
In the following states, COSA has a partnership with the state affiliated council. Payment is processed through your state’s affiliate, which then provides member information to COSA. Please contact your state with membership inquiries.
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Alabama Jayne Harrell Williams |
Arizona Gina Moss |
Arkansas Kathy Ivy |
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California Kyla Asbell |
Colorado Sharon Edwards |
Connecticut Gail Heath |
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Delaware John MarinucciDelaware School Boards Association 302-678-2265 jwmarinucci@verizon.net
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Florida Kristy Gavin, FSBAA Treasurer |
Georgia Kari Lewallen |
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Illinois Bridget Trojan |
Indiana Lisa Tanselle |
Iowa Marte Brightman |
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Kansas Leslie Garner |
Kentucky Alicia Lombardi |
Louisiana Robert L. Hammonds |
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Maine Angie Audette |
Maryland Edmund O'Meally |
Massachusetts Carol Grazio |
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Michigan Brad Banasik |
Missouri Scott Summers |
Montana Karla Smerker |
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Minnesota Minnesota School Boards Association |
Mississippi Stephanie Wells |
Nebraska Vicki Winters |
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New Hampshire Amanda Hodgman |
New Mexico Gina Moss |
New York Gregory J. Guercio |
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North Carolina Debbie Shinbara |
North Dakota Linnae Brew |
Oklahoma Andy Fugitt |
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Oregon Maricela Highsmith |
Pennsylvania Crista DeGregorio |
South Carolina Dr. Tiffany Ricardson |
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South Dakota Deanne Arbach |
Tennessee Jenna Zwan |
Texas Annette Moseley |
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Virginia Dorothy Vidano |
West Virginia Howard Seufer |
Wisconsin Joe Koenig |
Individual Membership
Attorneys in Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming and the District of Columbia may seek an individual membership. Download the COSA Enrollment Form here. Payment may be forwarded to the following address:
NSBA Council of School Attorneys
P.O. Box 1807
Merrifield, VA 22116-8007
If you have questions, please contact NSBA's Council of School Attorneys at 703.838.6722 or COSA_Registration@nsba.org. Many of these states also have a state council of school attorneys.
School Law Subscriber
If you don’t qualify for COSA membership, you can sign up as a School Law Subscriber and receive access to the online issues of the Council’s newsletter Inquiry & Analysis, plus receive access to the presentation papers from the Council's Annual School Law Seminar. Fill out the school law subscriber enrollment form.