Susan McGown is a director with the law firm of McGown & Markling Co., L.P.A.
While Ms. McGown serves as the Coordinating Director of the Firm’s Special Education practice, Ms. McGown also serves school boards in a wide-array of school law areas ranging from labor and employment, construction, pupil services, litigation, grievance arbitration, discrimination charges, policy revision, and general consultation.
As General Counsel for the Ohio Educational Service Center Association, Ms. McGown provides special education law consultation to a wide array of educational service centers and school districts through the School Law HotlineSM and other legal services.
Ms. McGown has served as a school psychologist and coordinator of special education for various Ohio school districts, and as an adjunct faculty member for the University of Akron School of Law. Ms. McGown is a frequent presenter on special education law throughout the State of Ohio.
Ms. McGown holds a Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ for ethical standards and legal ability.
Ms. McGown has also been selected by her legal peers as one of The Best Lawyers in America® in the specialty of Education Law. For over a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers® has been regarded – by both the profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive and rigorous peer-review survey comprising more than 2.8 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. Because no fee or purchase is required, being listed in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.
Educational Background:
- Cornell University, B.A., 1975
- Kent State University, M.Ed., 1976
- Kent State University, Ed.S., 1977
- University of Akron, J.D., 1988
Professional Memberships:
- Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys Special Education Roundtable
- Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys
- Ohio School Psychologists Association
- National School Boards Association
- Ohio State Bar Association
Bar Admissions:
- The Ohio Supreme Court
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- The United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
