Boca Raton & Palm Beach County Student Defense Lawyer

Student defense for Boca Raton and Palm Beach County

Boca Raton is a college town without always being called one. Florida Atlantic University’s main campus sits here; Lynn University, Palm Beach State College’s Boca campus, and a cluster of private and health-professions programs are minutes away; and the county reaches from Boca up through West Palm Beach and Jupiter, taking in Palm Beach Atlantic University, Keiser, South University’s West Palm Beach campus, and the local footprints of larger systems. When a student at any of these schools is accused of misconduct, failed out, denied an accommodation, or pulled into a Title IX case, the fight is with the school’s own process — and that process is the same whether you are around the corner in Boca or logging in from a dorm. I represent students across Palm Beach County, in person where it helps and remotely where it is faster, and nationally for academic and federal matters.

The schools this covers

Palm Beach County holds an unusually wide mix of institutions, and which one you attend decides what law governs your case. Florida Atlantic University and Palm Beach State College are public, which means enrollment is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment and by section 1006.60 of the Florida Statutes, with its five-business-day notice rule and its guaranteed appeal to the vice president of student affairs. Lynn University, Palm Beach Atlantic, Keiser, and South University are private, which means your rights come from the student handbook and catalog, enforced as a contract under Florida law. The distinction is the first thing I check, because the arguments that work on one do not transfer to the other. Health-professions and graduate students in the county — nursing, medicine, pharmacy, counseling — face the added weight of a licensing board behind the school, which changes what is worth fighting and how.

What “local” actually buys you

Most of a student-defense case is documents: the decision letter, the notice, the evidence file, the conduct code, the handbook, and the written submission that answers them. That work is the same from anywhere, and doing it remotely often means it gets done faster. Where being in Palm Beach County matters is the handful of moments that are better in person — a hearing a school allows an advisor to attend, a meeting with a dean where presence changes the tone, a document that has to be filed or served locally — and where a matter crosses from the campus process into a Florida court. For students who want a lawyer who knows the local institutions and can appear when it counts, that is what this page is about; for students who just want the case handled well and quickly, the location matters less than the work.

The problems I handle here

The full list is on the practice areas page, but the ones that come up most often in Palm Beach County are academic-integrity and AI-use accusations, suspension appeals, academic dismissal, Title IX matters, disability-accommodation disputes, and dismissals from the county’s nursing and other health-professions programs. Fees are flat and agreed in writing before any work begins; most students start with a $1,000 full-Full Read + Game Plan that produces a written assessment and a plan.

Common questions

Do I need a lawyer in Boca Raton specifically?

No. A student-defense matter turns on your school’s own process and the governing law, not on where your lawyer’s office is, and most of the work is written. Being in Palm Beach County helps for the moments that are genuinely better in person and for the point where a case moves into a Florida court, but it is not a requirement for good representation.

Which Palm Beach County schools do you work with?

All of them, public and private — Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach State College, Lynn University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Keiser, South University’s West Palm Beach campus, and the health-professions and graduate programs around the county. The first step in every case is identifying whether your school is public or private, because it decides what law applies.

Can you appear at a hearing on campus?

Where a school’s process allows an advisor or attorney to attend, yes. Many conduct and Title IX processes permit an advisor of the student’s choice; where they do, I attend, and where they only allow written participation, I prepare the submission that carries the argument.

What does this cost?

Flat fees, agreed in writing first. Most students start with a $1,000 Full Read + Game Plan. See fees and scope of services.

This page is general information about student-defense representation in Boca Raton and Palm Beach County under Florida and federal law. It is not legal advice about your situation, and contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship.