KaShonda L. Day

KaShonda L. Day focuses her education law practice on advising and representing school districts, particularly in matters involving students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504. She represents districts in formal state complaints, administrative due process hearings and federal court litigation. Before joining Adams & Reese in 2017, KaShonda spent seven years as in-house counsel for one of Mississippi’s largest school districts.

KaShonda also counsels school boards, administrators and other education professionals across the state on contracts, board governance, policy development, student discipline and constitutional issues. Her work encompasses Title VII compliance and discrimination, harassment and retaliation matters. She has represented school districts and other entities in labor and employment disputes, employee termination and non-renewal hearings, and proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and federal courts.

Working with superintendents and district administrators, as well as decision-makers at other organizations, businesses and public entities, KaShonda provides guidance on day-to-day operations, policies and compliance. She delivers professional development training to schools on special education matters, to other organizations on disability and accommodation issues, and to both on labor and employment law and other legal topics.

KaShonda serves on the board of directors of the Cure Sickle Cell Foundation. She is also a member of the Jackson Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc., and the Junior League of Jackson.

• Obtaining dismissal based on qualified immunity on claims against employer and former employees brought pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Family Medical Leave Act and the Equal Protection Clause
• Obtaining a favorable verdict on behalf of the employer in a breach of contract claim in which a former employee sought the payment of supplements that had been discontinued by a former superintendent
• Obtaining a favorable jury verdict in federal court on behalf of the employer in Title VII retaliation claim
• Obtaining favorable jury verdicts in federal court on behalf of employers in Title VII race, gender, and age discrimination claims
• Obtaining a favorable judgement in appeal brought before the Mississippi Court of Appeals on claim of negligence
• Successfully representing school district in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) due process hearings

• Stetson University College of Law, J.D. | 2005
• University of North Florida, Masters, Educational Leadership magna cum laude | 2002
• Tougaloo College, B.A. English cum laude | 2000

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi

Court Admissions

• Mississippi Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi

• Best Lawyers® - Education Law
• Leadership Mississippi Bar

• Special Education Legal Updates, Mississippi Association of School Superintendents (MASS)/Alliance Summer Convention, July 2024
• Legal Issues in This Era of Transformation, Mississippi Association of School Superintendents (MASS)/Alliance Summer Convention, July 2024
• Updates on Legal Issues in Education, Mississippi Association of School Superintendents (MASS)/Alliance Summer Convention, July 2019