John B. Comegno II, Founder and President of the Comegno Law Group, P.C., is recognized nationally as a leading School Law practitioner, representing public and independent schools, Educational Services Commissions, and third-party special education vendors. John is a cum laude graduate of Gettysburg College, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Wake Forest University School of Law. John, along with his firm colleagues, serves as Solicitor or Special Counsel to dozens public and independent schools throughout the region. He regularly mediates special education disputes and tries Due Process Hearings. John also has extensive experience in handling general, day-to-day student issues. These range from compulsory education, student safety and disciplinary incidents, to constitutional concerns involving free speech and religious expression. He has experience in analyzing zero-tolerance policies and balancing schools’ needs for proper discipline with constitutional protections. A nationally-recognized lecturer on School Law and who regularly presents to conventions, professional groups, associations, public and independent schools, and other audiences throughout the United States, John served as an Adjunct Professor of School Law at the Graduate Schools of Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Delaware Valley College.

Mark G. Toscano is a shareholder of the Comegno Law Group, P.C., concentrating his practice on representing public boards of education and independent schools on a variety of issues. Mark, along with his firm colleagues, serves as Solicitor or Special Counsel to over two dozen public and independent schools throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Mark also has extensive experience in defending litigations brought against public boards of education and independent schools in administrative, state and federal courts. Specifically, Mark regularly mediates and defends special education and Section 504 disputes in administrative and federal courts. In addition, Mark has defended against claims of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, religious/political affiliation, and more. Mark regularly provides lectures and in-service presentations to public school professionals as well as professional groups and associations on a variety of school law topics and concerns in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland. In the Summer of 2009, Mark was a featured speaker at the National Association of School Psychologists Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Mark has also served as an adjunct professor for the Farleigh Dickinson University, Peter Sammartino School of Education where he taught a graduate level school law course.