Law Office of Michelle Ball

Michelle, many years ago, was successful in reversing our daughter’s expulsion from a certificate program one day before graduation at a community college. The program directors and staff maintained their insistence on the credibility of their expulsion decision. The challenge was difficult. Michelle prepared a compelling and successful work product which resulted in a reversal of the expulsion and the recovery of all attorney and professional fees. Her due diligence and expert preparation avoided a lawsuit and opened years of future employment and opportunities for our daughter. We are forever grateful for her counsel and successful delivery of evidence to make this wrong, right.

Michelle Ball got us through a difficult time in our son’s life. I called Michelle last spring because our son, a high school senior with a disability, was suspended from high school after bringing marijuana on campus. The vice principal had threatened to expel him, just four months from graduation. I found Michelle online, the only attorney who popped up when I Googled «expulsion.» In our first conversation, it was clear that Michelle knew everything relating to special education law and expulsions. Our other attorney had advised us to simply go to the expulsion hearing and «wait and see,» but it was clear to me the district meant to expel him.
Michelle quickly cleared her schedule and got to work, wading through school records a foot deep, and writing a letter to our school district before the hearing, which was only two days away. Michelle gave me homework to do, getting letters from a psychologist and a psychiatrist who had worked with us. She was on the phone with me well after business hours, and we attended the meeting well prepared.
Although we are near L.A. and Michelle is in Sacramento, Michelle attended by phone, and I am sure that her representation made all the difference. Our district administrators and their attorney listened to Michelle, who was well-​versed and argued aggressively on our son’s behalf. Instead of insisting on expulsion, the district backed down and sent our son to a different school, where they provided accommodations so he could quickly graduate.
It was the best result we could have hoped for. Michelle was easy to work with, quick to return my calls, and extremely effective. I would not hesitate to call her again, though now our school days are over.

Michelle Ball is well versed in the Ed Code and has a lot of contacts within school districts and that is impressive. Unfortunately, we found her work to be sloppy. Our daughter’s last name was incorrect in e-​mails sent to the district and I spend over an hour correcting errors in her letter to the district on our behalf. I found the costs extreme for the results we achieved, which were basically none, just an agreement that our daughter, who had been bullied, could attend Independent study rather than being sent to a continuation school where she did not belong. To add insult to injury we then owed her more than the original retainer we placed.
If you are going up against a public school district, save your money for private school as you will spend thousands working with Michelle Ball and end up virtually in the same place you started.
Very disappointing!