Ayanna Y. Thomas

Ayanna concentrates her practice in school law and counsels K-12 public, private and charter school clients, as well as colleges and universities. She is committed to providing clients with practical and thoughtful legal advice that meets their needs.

Ayanna provides day-to-day counseling and represents school clients in adversarial proceedings before administrative agencies and in state courts.

Ayanna has extensive experience in various matters that impact the operations of schools, including student discipline; special education and disability related issues; student residency and homelessness; Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; mandatory reporting; Freedom of Information Law; school board governance; school district contracts; policy development, school district elections and employee discipline.

Ayanna also counsels clients on labor and employment law matters, including employment discrimination and workplace harassment. She often conducts investigations regarding employee and student complaints of discrimination and harassment, including racial discrimination, gender discrimination, sexual orientation discrimination and sexual harassment.

Prior to joining Bond, Ayanna interned at a school district’s in-house legal department and a labor and employment law firm.