Charles W. (Chuck) Cagle is a shareholder member of the Education Law and Government Relations Practice Group and practices statewide from the Nashville office of the firm.  The education law group represents over 70 public boards of education, private schools, charter schools, private universities and a private medical school.  Mr. Cagle also serves as the general counsel for the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TOSS).

Practice Areas Covered in the Group Include:

• Employment of licensed and classified employees
• Employee and student discipline
• Employee and student rights
• Special education and disability accommodations
• Constitutional issues
• Civil rights issues
• School desegregation
• School system consolidation
• School system business practices
• School funding and taxation
• School construction
• State and Federal Regulation
• Education-Related Litigation

In addition, Mr. Cagle served as an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Peabody College of Education and Human Development and Tennessee Technological University teaching master’s and doctoral level courses in K-12 education law, public policy, and the law of higher education.

AFFILIATIONS

• Tennessee Council of School Board Attorneys, Past President
• National School Attorneys Association
• National School Boards Association’s Council of School Attorneys
• Education Law Association
• American Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Nashville Bar Association

PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND ACTIVITIES

• AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Selected by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell as an Elite Lawyer of the South
• Named to The Best Lawyers in America®, Education Law, Tennessee
• Fellow of the Nashville Bar Association
• Historical Committee of the Nashville Bar Association
• Government Relations Committee, Nashville Bar Association
• Federal Practice Committee, Nashville Bar Association
• Public member for the State of Tennessee on the Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools – Commission on Colleges
• Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Award – Vanderbilt Peabody College
• Chair of the External Board of Visitors, Tennessee Technological University College of Interdisciplinary Studies and Regional Development
• Board Member, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Center at Tennessee Technological University
• Recipient of the Kip Reel Award for Educational Leadership given by the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents
• Recipient, Tennessee Technological University Outstanding Service Award
• Recipient, Tennessee Technological University College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award
• Board of Directors, Tennessee Business Roundtable – Chair of the Education Committee
• Board of Directors, Tennessee SCORE (State Collaborative on Reform of Education)
• Board of Directors, Nashville Symphony Orchestra
• Board of Directors, League of American Orchestras
• Board of Directors, Association of Major Symphony Orchestra Volunteers

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