MSR Legal

Services & Practice Areas

 
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  • Advise parents on early intervention and special education matters, including in-depth analyses of student records.

  • Liaise with clinical professionals on topics concerning independent educational evaluations and post-Covid-19 compensatory education calculations.

  • Represent children with disabilities at IEP meetings and manifestation determination reviews, in settlement negotiations, impartial hearings, Superintendent suspension hearings, and appeals.

  • Consult on case strategy with parents and schools that have already retained attorneys.

  • Represent children in Medicaid Fair Hearings.

  • Represent children in SSI appeals in federal court.

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  • Represent parents of accelerated learners in negotiating proper placement in public schools, including grade-skipping, where appropriate.

  • Represent parents who are seeking placement in Twice Exceptional (“2e”) programs.

  • Consult on matters concerning Section 504 Plans and Individualized Education Service Programs (IESP).

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  • Draft special education policy and provide compliance monitoring for school boards, private schools, and charter schools.

  • Provide technical assistance to early childhood education programs in drafting curricula, universal pre-kindergarten proposals, grants, and other applications.

  • Develop and review safety protocol for school reopenings following the Covid-19 crisis.

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  • Assist with guardianship petitions.

  • Create Supplemental Needs/ Special Needs Trusts.

  • Serve as a family mediator.

  • Represent parents in uncontested divorce proceedings.

  • Assist with due diligence searches for Service by Publication motions.