Eugene Clark-Herrera, a partner in Orrick’s San Francisco office, focuses his practice on financing for school and college facilities, as well as city and county facilities and infrastructure. His practice includes serving as bond and disclosure counsel on revenue and tax-supported bond financing involving counties, cities, school and college districts, charter schools, airports, and student and multi-family housing projects.

Heather Chairs the firm's Charter School and School Innovation group. She advises on education reform, including innovation network agreements with public school districts, charter school application development, nonprofit application assistance, the development of governing documents and bylaws, and implementation of and accountability to charter school authorizers. Heather has been intimately involved in the charter school and school reform movements since the inception of the laws in Indiana in 2001. In addition, Heather works with education service providers and schools to provide high-quality educational options to Indiana students and families. She serves as counsel to charter school boards and school leaders by providing guidance on educational questions, public access, school discipline and open records, business, finance and personal matters. She helps charter school authorizers develop application, review and accountability systems, and has worked with public and private school leaders and reform organizations to promote and seek assistance from state elected and administration officials for support of new school programs and opportunities for students and families. The firm also assists schools with labor and employment matters, facility financing, litigation and pre-litigation strategies, corporate and governance, compliance, data reporting and collection, insurance and cyber insurance matters, healthcare and benefits, trademark and IP matters, special education, authorizer compliance and many other areas.

O’Neill, founder of Barton Gilman's New York office, is one of the nation’s foremost legal experts on education reform. Former roles include: General Counsel, SUNY Charter Schools Institute and multiple leadership roles at EdisonLearning. Paul lead efforts in New Orleans's post-Katrina revitalization of education. He is a Co-founder/Senior Fellow at the National Center for Learner Equity. An adjunct faculty at Columbia University’s Teachers College in education law and policy, he is also a prolific author. Education: J.D., UVA; M.Ed., Columbia University; B.A., Oberlin College. He is admitted to practice in NY.Paul O’Neill is one of the nation’s foremost experts on legal issues impacting education reform. Paul served as General Counsel of the SUNY Charter Schools Institute and represents schools and networks in private practice for Barton Gilman LLP. He is also President of Tugboat Education, which advises education organizations on school governance, board best practices, operational issues and policy. Paul serves as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College, where he teaches courses on education law and policy. He is the author of numerous books and articles on education law & school reform.