Ms. Gupta is a part of Brock Clay’s Educational Law team, where she represents the firm’s large and small school district clients, including Fulton County Board of Education, Cobb County Board of Education, Marietta City Board of Education, and Stephens County Board of Education. She represents clients in both state and federal courts, as well as in administrative proceedings. In addition, she provides practical, day-to-day advice regarding school district operations and provides training to school district staff in a variety of areas.

Ms. Gupta handles a variety of educational issues such as charter school petition review and a full range of employment issues, including Fair Dismissal Act disputes and discrimination claims. She also has extensive experience with Special Education issues. Ms. Gupta provides day-to-day guidance for school districts dealing with federal and state law compliance and also defends school districts in special education disputes.

She is admitted to practice in all courts in the State of Georgia, as well as the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition, Ms. Gupta is a registered mediator with the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution.

Ms. Gupta attended the University of Chicago, where she graduated with honors and earned a degree in Psychology in 1995. She earned her J.D. from the University of Michigan School of Law in 2001, where she served on the editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Gender and Law.

Exceptional Accomplishments

Ms. Gupta served as lead counsel in a multitude of special education cases in which she successfully defended school districts accused to have violated federal and state civil rights regarding students with disabilities, including the following:

• K.C. et al v. Fulton County School District, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47652 (N.D. Ga. 2006)
• S.M. et al v. Fulton County School District, Civil Action No. 1:05-cv-00960-CAP (N.D. Ga. 2007)
• Fulton County School District v. C.L., OSAH-DOE-SE-0603839-60-Crawford (Georgia 2005);
• Z.M.S. v. Paulding County School District, 107 LRP 964 (Georgia SEA, 2006);
• M.T. v. Cobb County School District, 104 LRP 35927 (Georgia SEA, 2004);
• Fulton County School District v. J.B., 104 LRP 35945 (Georgia SEA, 2004).

In addition, Ms. Gupta has successfully defended school districts in personnel matters. She has successfully defended school districts in Fair Dismissal Act disputes, such as:

• Reddish v. Fulton County School District, Civil Action No. 2005-CV-97088 (2007).

She also served as co-counsel in Anderson-Sorhaindo v. Fulton County School District, Civil Action No. 1:02-cv-00346-GGB (N.D. Ga. 2004), in which a federal jury returned a full defense verdict in favor of a school district accused of pregnancy discrimination.

Representative Speaking Engagements

• "Special Education: Discipline & the Disabled Student," Center for School Law & Policy Training Conference; Winder, GA, November 2006.
  
• "Charter Schools in Georgia," Cherokee County School Board Training, October 2006.

Professional and Community Involvement

Ms. Gupta is active with community and professional organizations, such as:

• Cobb Bar Association
• IndusBar of Georgia
• Georgia Association of Women Lawyers