Firm: Perry, Guthery, Haase & Gessford, PC, Llo
Practice Areas: Education
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Firm: Vanaman German LLP
Practice Areas: Education
Ms. Janeen Steel has 21 years of advocating on behalf of students with disabilities. She uses a variety of approaches to fight for justice for students. Having a learning disability herself, which was not diagnosed until she was 27 years old, she knows the struggle those with learning disabilities must experience in order to obtain an education. While at UCLA Law School, Ms. Steel founded Learning Rights and obtained an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1999 to start fighting for the rights of students with disabilities living in poverty. In 2005, Learning Rights Law Center was launched as a non-profit legal services organization, which Janeen served as the executive director for 8 years and co-executive director for seven years until April of 2021. In that 21 years, Janeen not only oversaw the organization, but was also lead or counsel on a variety of civil rights litigation and special education administrative proceedings. She has also taught special education law at a variety of Los Angeles universities, including Loyola Law School, University of Southern California Law School, University of California Los Angeles Law School, the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University, and the School of Education at Loyola Marymount. At Loyola, she taught legal ethics for school counselors and drafted curriculum for school administrators to ensure school principals were knowledgeable about special education law. She has also presented at numerous conferences as a keynote speaker and has received awards for her work.. In May of 2021, Ms. Steel joined the office of Vanaman German LLP, a boutique law firm with over 40 years of advocating for the rights of students with disabilities.. Ms. Steel earned her J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1999 and a B.A. from the California State University, San Francisco, in 1993.
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Firm: Law Offices of Henry Tovmassian
Practice Areas: Education
Mr. Tovmassian graduated from New York University in New York, New York, in 1985, with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He then moved to Los Angeles, California to attend law school at the University of California at Los Angeles ("UCLA") between 1985 and 1988, when he graduated with a Juris Doctor degree. While at UCLA, he was a member of the Moot Court Honors Society. He was admitted to the California Bar in June of 1989.. Immediately following graduation from UCLA, Mr. Tovmassian joined the law firm of Wilner, Klein, Siegel and Kehr in Beverly Hills, California, where he practiced civil litigation in state and federal courts. In 1993, he left that firm to join former Wilner partners George D. Crook and Robert L. Kehr in a firm which later became known as Kehr, Crook, Tovmassian & Fox. While there, Mr. Tovmassian continued to practice civil litigation in state and federal courts, and was involved with Mr. Crook in training and supervising the younger attorneys of the firm. He also handled the firm’s civil rights practice, which included employment and discrimination claims in state and federal court. Mr. Tovmassian left Kehr, Crook in May 1998 to start his own firm. Since 2000, his special education practice has grown considerably and presently takes up approximately 80% of his time.. Mr. Tovmassian has represented hundreds of special education students and their families in due process cases filed pursuant to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) in which the involved school districts have settled his clients’ claims very favorably. In addition, he has tried several IDEA due process proceedings to completion and prevailed. He has also successfully represented many special education students and their families in litigation in the United States District Court for the Central District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Firm: Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo
Practice Areas: Education
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Firm: Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, A Professional Law Corporation
Practice Areas: Education
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Practice Areas: Education
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Firm: Gresham, Savage, Nolan & Tilden, P.C.
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: (951) 276-8444
Firm: Janina Botchis
Practice Areas: Education
The Law Office of Janina Botchis focuses exclusively on representing children with special needs in obtaining services from their school district.. Mrs. Botchis completed her undergraduate work at Wesleyan University and received her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern Law School. While a law student, Mrs. Botchis held externships at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.
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Firm: Lozano Smith P.C.
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: (925) 302-2000
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: 310-206-7298
Firm: Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: (714) 641-5100
Firm: University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: (310) 825-4841(310)
Firm: Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP
Practice Areas: Education
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Practice Areas: Education
Contact: 916-321-4500
Firm: Middlebrook, Kaiser & Popka
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: (909) 888-5751
Firm: Best Best & Krieger LLP
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: (951) 826-8233
Practice Areas: Education
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Firm: State of California, Superior Court, Sacramento County
Practice Areas: Education
Contact: (916) 874-6695
Firm: Chapman University
Practice Areas: Education
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Firm: Lbm Law Group, LLP
Practice Areas: Education
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