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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][I see that I have rambled. Take what you can use, and good luck.]

It's reckless to take any more action without an attorney, because you could hurt your eventual case.

There are only a handful of attorneys who truly specialize in special ed in D.C., though many dabble. Of those who specialize, some work at no cost to the client; they collect their fees from the government when they win (but see below). I'm not sure about the non-profits; you should ask about the individual attorney's experience.

I would recommend all of the following, alphabetically:
Margie Cohen (sp?)
Michael Eig
Domiento Hill
Zachary Nahass
Douglas Tyrka

Hill and Nahass work for Brown & Associates; the others have their own firms. I believe that Cohen and Eig only take fully paying clients. I know the other three personally, and all three are great.

The article about Tyrka is complete BS, part of DCPS' attack on parent attorneys started a few years ago. DCPS decided it was more efficient to stop paying attorneys who represent poor kids and to sue those same attorneys than it was to provide services.

They ruined some firms economically while frivolously suing some attorneys and maligning all of them. And BTW, in the case mentioned in the Examiner article, the accusing attorney was later ordered by the federal judge to stop filing documents. (The very conservative and notoriously anti-parent attorney Examiner didn't cover that.)

The tide is gradually turning back, but DCPS has pushed things much further toward a situation in which only rich kids with special needs get educations.[/quote]

Wow, thanks for all of this information :)[/quote]

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