For more than 20 years, Peter Martin has provided advice to school districts regarding labor contracts and negotiations, open meeting law compliance, business contracts, employment disputes, special education,  and other general school law matters.  His practice currently focuses on contract negotiations,  school district elections, municipal finance, representing school districts in real estate transactions, conducting investigations,  preventing and responding to due process hearings, and handling special education appeals in the state and federal courts.   Mr. Martin has also been active in the Minnesota legislature as a lobbyist and has been involved in developing many school-related legislative initiatives over the past decade.   Mr. Martin is a member of the State Bars of Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the National School Boards Association Council of School Attorneys.

Leigh Nida is a Literacy Specialist in the Division of Academic Standards and Instructional Effectiveness at the Minnesota Department of Education. Leigh supports ELA standards review, standards implementation, and other initiatives to support high-quality literacy instruction in Minnesota. Leigh has a BS. and M.S. in Education from the University of Kansas and is working on a PhD in Educational Policy and Leadership at the University of Iowa.