Dear New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-6(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.
I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.
I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:

1. A list of all New Jersey public school districts that have, either directly or through any Joint Insurance Fund (JIF), including NJSIG, retained or contracted **Comegno Law Group** to provide legal services in any education-related matter from January 1, 2024 to the present.

2. Any records or filings submitted to or maintained by the Department identifying Comegno Law Group as an approved or assigned legal representative for education-related defense or representation under a JIF or NJSIG plan, including the names of the school districts they were assigned to represent.

3. Any documentation, including summaries or reports, that specifies the nature or scope of Comegno Law Group’s representation of school districts (e.g., due process hearings, administrative complaints, special education matters, policy disputes).

I am requesting this information centrally through DOBI to avoid filing multiple duplicate OPRA requests to local JIFs. If you believe certain responsive records are maintained solely by NJSIG or regional JIFs, please advise so I may redirect accordingly.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Jennifer James