Anne Littlefield is Co-Chair of the firm's School Law Practice Group and a member of the firm's seven-person Management Committee. Anne represents public school districts and charter schools in labor relations, employment and education law; including collective bargaining, personnel policies and practices, constitutional law, special education, student discipline, freedom of information, and education policies. She negotiates collective bargaining agreements on behalf of schools. She has represented numerous boards of education before special education due process hearing officers, the Freedom of Information Commission, the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration and the State Board of Labor Relations.
- Quinnipiac University School of Law: Adjunct Professor, Education Law
- Western New England College School of Law: Adjunct Professor, Education Law (former)
- Quinnipiac University Educational Leadership Program: Adjunct Professor, Education Law
- American Bar Association
- Connecticut Bar Association: Education Law Committee; Legislative Liaison
- Connecticut School Attorneys Council: Former President
- National School Boards' Association Council of School Attorneys: Board of Directors
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- Leadership Greater Hartford
School-Based Bonus for Teachers Negotiated
Acted as Chief Negotiator for the Hartford Board of Education in teacher negotiations during 2007. These negotiations led to an agreement to institute a school-based performance bonus for teachers, based on whether individual schools make significant gains in improving students' test scores.
Successful Representation in IDEA Case
Successfully represented the Woodstock, Connecticut Board of Education in defense of a claim brought under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA"). Plaintiff sued our client, claiming that the Board had failed to appropriately identify the child as eligible for special education services in a timely way, and to require the Board to reimburse the parents for their payment of tuition to a private school. At the administrative hearing, the Board of Education won. The plaintiff appealed the hearing officer's decision to the United States District Court of Connecticut in which the decision for the Board of Education was upheld. The plaintiff sought judgment in the United States 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals which upheld the lower courts' rulings. A.P. v. Woodstock Board of Education, 370 F. App’x 202, 55 IDELR 61 (2d Cir. 2010).