Dan Scharf is a Counsel attorney in the firm’s Education practice. Dan is experienced in matters involving education law, with particular expertise in federal civil rights laws compliance and investigations.

Professional Experience

Dan’s career in law is marked by a commitment to civil rights and public service. He has nearly two decades of experience enforcing federal civil rights laws at K-12 and postsecondary educational institutions throughout Ohio and Michigan. He has conducted investigations and negotiated resolution agreements to ensure compliance with state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age. Dan has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution and has trained attorneys and investigators within a federal agency on mediation best practices. He has partnered with schools and parents to find efficient and straightforward solutions to complex compliance issues. Dan also has experience delivering presentations to education stakeholders on compliance with federal civil rights laws, and has presented to groups including administrative teams, teaching professionals, athletic directors, and parents.

His expertise spans several key federal civil rights laws, including:

• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
• Age Discrimination Act of 1975

Articles and Publications

For Humane Borders: Two Decades of Death and Illegal Activity in the Sonoran
Desert, 38 CASE W. RES. J. INT’L L. 141 (2006)

Education

Dan is a graduate of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law where he earned his J.D. in 2006. He received his B.A. from Lafayette College in 2001.