Frank G. Barile

Frank G. Barile is a Partner with Guercio & Guercio, LLP. His areas of practice include special education, public sector labor and employment law, tax certiorari, general counsel, and litigation. He currently defends school districts in Special Education Impartial Hearings, and in matters before the New York State Commissioner of Education, the United States Office for Civil Rights and the New York State Division of Human Rights. Mr. Barile provides training for clients regarding myriad topics impacting public school districts and BOCES including special education, labor and employment, school district elections, student residency, student discipline, and records access and retention, among others. He is a frequent speaker at various school law conferences and workshops throughout the State. Mr. Barile has been published in several law reviews, including the Albany Law Review, Brigham Young Education and Law Journal, and St. John's Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development.

Mr. Barile graduated cum laude from Binghamton University, with a double major in English and Philosophy. He earned a Masters in Childhood Education from St. John's University School of Education and taught middle school English before enrolling in St. John's University School of Law. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Barile was an associate attorney at a New York law firm representing public school districts and BOCES.

 

Areas of Practice:

• Education & Municipal Law
• Special Education Law
• Labor & Employment
• Real Property Taxation & Tax Certiorari
• Construction Law

Bar Admissions:

• New York
• U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
• U.S. District Court - Northern District of New York

Education:

• St. John's University, School of Law, Jamaica, New York, J.D., 2013
• St. John's University, School of Education, Jamaica, New York, M.S., 2007
• Binghamton University, Harpur College of Arts & Sciences, Vestal, New York, B.A., 2004

Publications:

• School districts have 10 days to dispute notice of financial responsibility for foster care tuition, On Board, New York State School Boards Association (Mar. 1, 2021)
  
• Eye in the Sky: Employee Surveillance in the Public Sector, 79 ALBANY L. REV. 131 (co-author, Spring 2016).
• Making Enemies Out of Educators: The Legal and Social Consequences of Disclosing New York City Teacher Data Reports, 2013 B.Y.U. EDUC. & L.J. 125.
• Learning from Lebron: The Suspicionless Drug Testing of TANF Applicants, 26 ST.JOHN'S J. C.R. & ECON. DEV. 789 (Spring 2012).

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• New York State Bar Association
• Albany County Bar Association

News & Publications:

• School districts have 10 days to dispute notice of financial responsibility for foster care tuition, On Board, New York State School Boards Association (Mar. 1, 2021)
  Eye in the Sky: Employee Surveillance in the Public Sector, 79 ALBANY L. REV. 131 (co-author, Spring 2016).
• Making Enemies Out of Educators: The Legal and Social Consequences of Disclosing New York City Teacher Data Reports, 2013 B.Y.U. EDUC. & L.J. 125.
  Learning from Lebron: The Suspicionless Drug Testing of TANF Applicants, 26 ST.JOHN'S J. C.R. & ECON. DEV. 789 (Spring 2012).

Honors & Awards:

• Super Lawyers - "Rising Stars" (2022)