Student athletes in Washington are uniquely situated at their college, university, or high school. Student athletes put their blood, sweat, and tears into their sport and their academics and that is why it is troubling when they do not receive due process or independent support when charged with a disciplinary violation, such as academic misconduct or Title IX sexual misconduct, or are facing an administrative issue at their school or with a conference, or before a sport's governing body.
Coaches, athletic directors, and NCAA administrators for example, often do what's in the programs or their best interest and not what is in the student athletes best interests. Student athletes must have an experienced attorney advocate guide them when a disciplinary or compliance issue arises and the student athlete faces an investigation or administrative proceedings at their Washington school or before a sport's governing body.
Issues unique to student athletes can include sports-related dismissals and suspensions, inappropriate or abusive behavior by coaches, eligibility hardship and scholarship issues, transfer disputes, NCAA administrative appeals, and issues related to injuries, concussions, and sports litigation. You must take the necessary precautions before you discuss any issues or concerns with the school or administrators. You must also understand your rights and responsibilities. An experienced attorney advisor will level the playing field and they should be in your corner from as early as possible in the process.
Washington colleges and universities where Joseph D. Lento can help as your or your student athlete's advisor during investigations, hearings, and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following schools:
- Antioch University Seattle
- Argosy University Seattle
- Bates Technical College
- Bellevue College
- Bellingham Technical College
- Big Bend Community College
- Cascadia Community College
- Central Washington University
- Centralia College
- City University of Seattle
- Clark College
- Clover Park Technical College
- Columbia Basin College
- Cornish College of the Arts
- DeVry University Washington
- DigiPen Institute of Technology
- Eastern Washington University
- Edmonds Community College
- Everest College Bremerton
- Everest College Everett
- Everest College Tacoma
- Everest College Vancouver
- Everett Community College
- Faith Evangelical College & Seminary
- Gonzaga University
- Grays Harbor College
- Green River Community College
- Heritage University
- Highline Community College
- International Academy of Design and Technology Seattle
- ITT Technical Institute Everett
- ITT Technical Institute Seattle
- ITT Technical Institute Spokane Valley
- Lake Washington Institute of Technology
- Lower Columbia College
- Northwest Aviation College
- Northwest College of Art
- Northwest Indian College
- Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building
- Northwest University
- Olympic College
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Peninsula College
- Pierce College at Fort Steilacoom
- Pierce College at Puyallup
- Renton Technical College
- Saint Martin's University
- Seattle Community College Central Campus
- Seattle Community College North Campus
- Seattle Community College South Campus
- Seattle Pacific University
- Seattle University
- Shoreline Community College
- Skagit Valley College
- South Puget Sound Community College
- Spokane Community College
- Spokane Falls Community College
- Tacoma Community College
- The Art Institute of Seattle
- The Evergreen State College
- Trinity Lutheran College
- University of Phoenix Western Washington Campus
- University of Puget Sound
- University of Washington Bothell Campus
- University of Washington Seattle Campus
- University of Washington Tacoma Campus
- Walla Walla Community College
- Walla Walla University
- Washington State University
- Wenatchee Valley College
- Western Washington University
- Whatcom Community College
- Whitman College
- Whitworth University
- Yakima Valley Community College
Washington high schools where Joseph D. Lento can help as your student athlete's advisor during investigations, hearings and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following school districts:
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- Aberdeen School District
- Adna School District
- Almira School District
- Anacortes School District
- Arlington School District
- Asotin-Anatone School District
- Auburn School District
B
- Bainbridge School District
- Battle Ground School District
- Bellevue School District
- Bellingham School District
- Benge School District
- Bethel School District
- Bickleton School District
- Blaine School District
- Boistfort School District
- Bremerton School District
- Brewster School District
- Bridgeport School District
- Brinnon School District
- Burlington-Edison School District
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- Camas School District
- Cape Flattery School District
- Carbonado School District
- Cascade School District
- Cashmere School District
- Castle Rock School District
- Centerville School District
- Central Kitsap School District
- Central Valley School District
- Centralia School District
- Chehalis School District
- Cheney School District
- Chewlah School District
- Chimacum School District
- Clarkston School District
- Cle Elum-Roslyn School District
- Clover School District
- Colfax School District
- College Place School District
- Colton School District
- Columbia School District (Stevens)
- Columbia School District (Walla Walla)
- Colville School District
- Concrete School District
- Conway Consolidated School District
- Cosmopolis School District
- Coulee-Hartline School District
- Coupeville School District
- Crescent School District
- Creston School District
- Curlew School District
- Cusick School District
D
- Damman School District
- Darrington School District
- Davenport School District
- Dayton School District
- Deer Park School District
- Dieringer School District
- Dixie School District
E
- East Valley School District (Yakima)
- East Valley School District (Spokane)
- Eastmont School District
- Easton School District
- Eatonville School District
- Edmonds School District
- Ellensburg School District
- Elma School District
- Endicott School District
- Entiat School District
- Enumclaw School District
- Ephrata School District
- Evaline School District
- Everrett School District
- Evergreen Public Schools (Clark)
- Evergreen School District (Stevens)
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- Federal Way School District
- Ferndale School District
- Fife Public School District
- Finley School District
- Franklin Pierce School District
- Freeman School District
G
- Garfield School District
- Glenwood School District
- Goldendale School District
- Grand Coulee Dam School District
- Grandview School District
- Granger School District
- Granite Falls School District
- Grapeview School District
- Great Northern School District
- Green Mountain School District
- Griffin School District
H
- Harrington School District
- Highland School District
- Highline School District
- Hockinson School District
- Hood Canal School District
- Hoquiam School District
I
- Inchelium School District
- Index School District
- Issaquah School District
K
- Kahlotus School District
- Kalama School District
- Keller School District
- Kelso School District
- Kennewick School District
- Kent School District
- Kettle Falls School District
- Kiona-Benton City School District
- Kittitas School District
- Klickitat School District
L
- LaCenter School District
- LaConner School District
- LaCrosse School District
- Lake Chelan School District
- Lake Stevens School District
- Lake Washington School District
- Lakewood School District
- Lamont School District
- Liberty School District
- Lind School District
- Longview Public Schools
- Loon Lake School District
- Lopez School District
- Lyle School District
- Lynden School District
M
- Mabton School District
- Mansfield School District
- Manson School District
- Mary M. Knight School District
- Mary Walker School District
- Maryville School District
- McCleary School District
- Mead School District
- Medical Lake School District
- Mercer School District
- Meridian School District
- Methow Valley School District
- Mill A School District
- Monroe School District
- Montesano School District
- Morton School District
- Moses Lake School District
- Mossyrock School District
- Mount Adams School District
- Mount Baker School District
- Mount Pleasant School District
- Mount Vernon School District
- Mukilteo School District
N
- Naches School District
- Napavine School District
- Naselle-Grays River Valley School District
- Nespelem School District
- Newport School District
- Nine Mile Falls School District
- Nooksack Valley School District
- North Beach School District
- North Franklin School District
- North Kitsap School District
- North Mason School District
- North River School District
- North Thurston Public Schools
- Northport School District
- Northshore School District
O
- Oak Harbor School District
- Oakesdale School District
- Oakville School District
- Ocean Beach School District
- Ocosta School District
- Odessa School District
- Okanogan School District
- Olympia School District
- Omak School District
- Onalaska School District
- Onion Creek School District
- Orcas Island School District
- Orchard Prairie School District
- Orient School District
- Orondo School District
- Oroville School District
- Orting School District
- Othello School District
P
- Palisades School District
- Palouse School District
- Pasco School District
- Pateros School District
- Paterson School District
- Pe Ell School District
- Peninsula School District
- Pioneer School District
- Pomeroy School District
- Port Angeles School District
- Port Townsend School District
- Prescott School District
- Prosser School District
- Pullman School District
- Puyallup School District
Q
- Queets-Clearwater School District
- Quilcene School District
- Quillayute School District
- Quinault School District
- Quincy School District
R
- Rainier School District
- Raymond School District
- Reardan-Edwall School District
- Renton School District
- Republic School District
- Richland School District
- Ridgefield School District
- Ritzville School District
- Riverside School District
- Riverview School District
- Rochester School District
- Roosevelt School District
- Rosalia School District
- Royal School District
S
- San Juan Island School District
- Satsop School District
- Seattle School District
- Sadro-Woolley Schools
- Selah School District
- Selkirk School District
- Sequim School District
- Shaw School District
- Shelton School District
- Shoreline School District
- Skamania School District
- Skykomish School District
- Snohomish School District
- Snoqualmie Valley School District
- Soap Lake School District
- South Bend School District
- South Kitsap School District
- South Whidbey School District
- Southside School District
- Spokane School District
- Sprague School District
- Stanwood-Camano School District
- Star School District
- Starbuck School District
- Stehekin School District
- Steilacoom Historical School District
- Steptoe School District
- Stevenson-Carson School District
- Sultan School District
- Summit Valley School District
- Sumner School District
- Sunnyside School District
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- Tacoma School District
- Taholah School District
- Tahoma School District
- Tekoa School District
- Tenino School District
- Thorp School District
- Toledo School District
- Tonasket School District
- Toppenish School District
- Touchet School District
- Toutle School District
- Trout School District
- Tukwila School District
- Tumwater School District
U
- Union Gap School District
- University Place School District
V
- Vader School District
- Valley School District
- Vancouver School District
- Vashon School District
W
- Wahkiakum School District
- Wahluke School District
- Waitsburg School District
- Walla Walla School District
- Wapato School District
- Warden School District
- Washougal School District
- Washtucna School District
- Waterville School District
- Wellpinit School District
- Wenatchee School District
- West Valley School District (Spokane)
- West Valley School District (Yakima)
- White Pass School District
- White River School District
- White Salmon Valley School District
- Wilbur School District
- Willapa School District
- Wilson Creek School District
- Winlock School District
- Wishkah Valley School District
- Wishram School District
- Woodland School District
Y
- Yakima School District
- Yelm School District
Z
- Zillah School District
Student athletes at Washington schools have more to lose when facing disciplinary or administrative proceedings at their school or with a sport governing body such as the NCAA. Student athletes' academics, eligibility to play, scholarships, and future professional sports opportunities can all be negatively affected by a school's or the NCAA's actions. That is why it is critical to address any school or sport-related issue or concern affecting student athletes as best as possible and Joseph D. Lento and the Lento Law Firm have unparalleled experience passionately fighting for the future of their student athlete clients at colleges, universities, and high schools in Washington and throughout the nation.
Attorney Joseph D. Lento does not settle for a participation trophy - He fights to win. He also prioritizes the needs and well-being of the student athletes he represents, with an eye towards the unique circumstances of student athletes which must be carefully considered in addressing and resolving school and administrative body issues and concerns.
Joseph D. Lento is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, is admitted as an attorney pro hac vice in state and federal court if needed when representing clients nationwide, and serves as an advisor for student athletes facing disciplinary and administrative cases in Washington and throughout the nation. Make certain your or your student athlete's rights and interests are protected – Contact National Student Athlete Attorney Joseph D. Lento today at 888-535-3686 for help.
