The Kline Law Firm, LLC ​138 Bulloch Ave ​ Roswell, Georgia 30075       P: 678-695-7506    [email protected]

Aric M. Kline, Esq.

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Aric M. Kline serves as general counsel for the Kline Law Firm, LLC.  He attends IEP team meetings and Section 504 team meetings on behalf of families, provides counsel regarding disputes concerning the adequacy and/or implementation of IEPs and Section 504 plans, initiates due process hearing complaints before the Office of State Administrative Hearings (OSAH), initiates Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) complaints, and initiates complaints with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR).  As an experienced litigator, Mr. Kline understands that early mediation may be the key to success for your family in short of litigation.  Nonetheless, Mr. Kline has hundreds of hours of courtroom experience in litigating IDEA cases and has several years of experience in the federal court appellate process regarding IDEA appeals.  Most importantly, in the event of litigation, Mr. Kline has experience in successfully resolving disputes after the filing of litigation through mediation, formal negotiations, and informal negotiations.
Mr. Kline has served as a guest speaker at several conferences regarding compliance with IDEA as well as Section 504. Further, he has trained multiple educators and boards of education regarding the broad scope of IDEA and Section 504 in order to reinforce the responsibility of school districts to provide special needs students with individually tailored IEPs and Section 504 plans to ensure student success.

Firm Experience
Partner, Gregory, Doyle, Calhoun & Rogers, Marietta, GA
February 2013 - October 2015
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Associate, Brock, Clay, Calhoun & Rogers, LLC, Marietta, GA
May 2002 - February 2013

Education
Rutgers School of Law, Camden, Camden, NJ, 2001
  • J.D. 2001.
  • Graduated in top 25%-30% of class.
 
Oglethorpe University,  Atlanta, GA, 1997
  • B.A., Political Science, 1997.
  • Senior Research Internship – Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs.

Bar Admissions
All trial courts and appellate Courts of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Reported Decisions & Career Highlights
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
  • Roy v. Fulton County School District, 288 Fed. Appx. 686 (11th Cir. 2008).
  • T.K. v. Cobb County School District, No. 07-14137-B (11th Cir. 2008).
  • K.A. v. Fulton County School District, 741 F.3d 1195 (11th Cir. 2013).
 
U.S. DISTRICT COURT DECISIONS
  • A.G. v. Fulton County School District, CAFN:  1:07-cv-00598 (N.D. Ga. 2009).
  • Roy, et al. v. Fulton County School District, CAFN:  1:06-cv-00886 (N.D. Ga. 2007).
  • S.C. v. Cobb County School District, CAFN:  1:06-cv-2658 (N.D. Ga. 2011).
  • Gottschalk v. Wacker, et al., 1:10-CV-02705-JEC (N.D. Ga. 2011).
  • Fulton County School District v. S.C., CAFN 1:07-cv-01907 (N.D. Ga. 2009).
  • Z.J. v. Cobb County Board of Education, CAFN:  1:10-cv-03098-TWT (N.D. Ga. 2010).
  • K.A. v. Fulton County School District, 2012 WL 4403778 (N.D. Ga. 2012).
 
GEORGIA COURT OF APPEALS DECISION
  • Chisolm v. Tippens, 289 Ga. App. 757 (2008).
 
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW OPINIONS
  • Child with a Disability v. Cobb County School District, 109 LRP 25048 (Georgia SEA 2008).
  • Child with a Disability v. Fulton County School District, 108 LRP 60563 (Georgia SEA 2008).
  • Child with a Disability v. Cobb County School District, 108 LRP 52807 (Georgia SEA 2008).
  • Child with a Disability v. Cobb County School District, 108 LRP 52657 (Georgia SEA 2008).
  • Child with a Disability v. Cobb County School District, 109 LRP 72062 (Georgia SEA 2009).
  • Child with a Disability v. Fulton County School District, 111 LRP 33557 (Georgia SEA 2010).
  • Child with a Disability v. Cobb County School District, 114 LRP 663 (Georgia SEA 2013).
  • Child with a Disability v. Cobb County School District, 113 LRP 29347 (Georgia SEA  2013).
  • Child with a Disability v. Cobb County School District, 114 LRP 9548 (Georgia SEA 2014).
 
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