About
MILES DEVON SKEENS IV (JD, M.Ed) is a highly regarded litigator and lawyer with experience in both law and schooling. Upon commencement from Northern Kentucky University, Mr. Skeens was universal into the distinguished Teach For America software, which locations particularly certified educators in public faculty lecture rooms in underserved regions. Mr. Skeens taught high school government and history in Baltimore City Public Schools even as earning his Masters of Science in Education from the top-ranked Johns Hopkins University. This experience endowed him with a ardour for community-building, public provider, and pupil rights.
Mr. Skeens graduated from the Brandeis School of Law on the University of Louisville, wherein he became a posted member of Law Review, a recipient of the Greenbaum Fellowship for Public Service, and an marketing consultant to the University s exploratory committee on constitution college funding. Mr. Skeens was certainly one of 3 law college students selected from a nationwide search for the coveted Summer Associate function on the New York City Office of the Appellate Defender, where he represented indigent individuals of their appeals earlier than the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division. He was the simplest Summer Associate selected who did now not attend an Ivy League regulation faculty, making him the best recognized Brandeis pupil to argue earlier than the New York Supreme Court earlier than even passing the bar. Mr. Skeens has lectured on such topics as student freedom of speech, building faculty protection via advantageous community support, and increasing public funding in rural Appalachia. His writings have been published by means of Bar Briefs Magazine, The Louisville Courier-Journal, and The Lexington Herald-Leader. He has been quoted for functions on education by means of NPR and CNBC. Mr. Skeens is a founding accomplice at the law office of Patton & Skeens, PLLC and lives in Louisville.
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- Education Law
- Civil Rights
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Discrimination, Employment, Fair Housing, Police Misconduct, Privacy Law
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
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Graduation year: 2015
Graduation year: 2013
Graduation year: 2009
