Firm: Law For Parents, LLC
Practice Areas: Education
Ashley VanCleef is not only an experienced education law attorney but also a certified special educator. She has served students with disabilities as special education teacher, school and state level administrator, and school attorney. Prior to forming Law for Parents, Ashley's experience as a special education attorney included working for the Law Office of Brian K. Gruber, P.C., staff attorney for Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) in Maryland, as well as Supervisor and 504 Coordinator for the MCPS Resolution and Compliance Unit. While in MCPS, Ms. VanCleef instituted informal, collaborative solutions to assist families and school system staff to resolve concerns through the least adversarial means focusing on win-win resolutions. As an attorney for parents, she continues to find dynamic approaches to resolving concerns with student-focused outcomes.. Ms. VanCleef's experience also includes serving as as a resource teacher for middle schools, nonpublic schools, and compliance in Howard County Public Schools in Maryland. She provided training for special educators on instructional frameworks and interventions, administration of the Woodcock Johnson educational assessment, writing/conducting individualized education programs (IEPs), and compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Additionally, she worked as a case manager for students placed in nonpublic settings and served as a member of the Central Educational Placement Team (CEPT).. Prior to moving to Maryland, Ms. VanCleef worked for the state departments of education in both Texas and Oklahoma. Her many duties included compliance monitoring of school districts, technical assistance for families to access the dispute resolution options of IDEA, and providing statewide training on special education requirements.. Ms. VanCleef works with multiple groups to provide professional learning on federal and state education requirements. Ms. VanCleef is a former adjunct faculty member of Morgan State University where she taught Legal Aspects of Educational Administration and has been a guest lecturer for other colleges. Ms. VanCleef serves on the Mental Health Management Agency Board of Directors for Frederick County, the Frederick County ACE Mentor Program Board of Directors, and previously served on the Commission on Disabilities for Frederick County. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Frederick County Bar Association, International Dyslexia Association, and National Association of the Deaf Advocacy Section. In her spare time, Ms. VanCleef enjoys spending time with her family, running with Athletes Serving Athletes (ASA), and volunteering with her church youth group.
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Firm: Venable LLP
Practice Areas: Tax
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, Maryland
Practice Areas: Communications & Media
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Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice
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Firm: Wilburn Law Office, LLC
Practice Areas: Family
Ashley Wilburn was born and raised in Hagerstown, Maryland and is a North Hagerstown High School alumnus. Ashley’s current practice emphasizes family law, including divorce, alimony, marital property distribution, child custody, child support, prenuptial and postnuptial (separation) agreements, enforcement and post-divorce matters, step-parent and private party adoptions, and child welfare. Her practice also includes estate planning, wills and trust, probate and estate administration, and commercial, contract and civil litigation. Ashley is also court-appointed to represent children in contested custody cases, and she has recently become a certified mediator. She looks forward to expanding her practice to include mediation.. After receiving a B.A. in History and a B.A. in Political Science from Loyola University of Maryland, Ashley earned her law degree from Western New England University School of Law, where she graduated in the top 10 of her class in 2013, and served as Noted Editor for the Western New England Law law school, Ashley clerked for the Honorable Richard A. Robinson and the Honorable Elliott D. Prescott of the Connecticut Appellate Court. In 2014, she returned to Hagerstown where she clerked for the Honorable M. Kenneth Long of the Washington County Circuit Court. Ashley joined Poole & Kane, P.A. in 2015, as an associate attorney where she represented the Washington County Department of Social Services in child welfare cases, helping children that had been abused or neglected by their parents. She served as a board member to the Washington County Human Trafficking Task Force, and worked to raise awareness regarding human trafficking in the tri-state area.
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Firm: Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
100 Light St Fl 1300 , Baltimore , Maryland 21202
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Firm: Law Offices of Marc A. Ominsky
Practice Areas: Deal Negotiation, Client and Business, Development, General Civil, Personal Injury
600 Admiral Dr Apt 495 , Annapolis , Maryland 21401
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9380 Penrose St , Frederick , Maryland 21704
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Firm: Pulic Justice Center
Practice Areas: Health Care
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Firm: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Practice Areas: Consumer Protection
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Firm: Ofc of Public Defender
100 W Patrick St , Frederick , Maryland 21701
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Office of The Public Defender 200 Washington Ave , Towson , Maryland 21204
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Firm: Maryland Legal Aid
215 Washington Ave Ste 305 , Towson , Maryland 21204
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Practice Areas: Business
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Practice Areas: Litigation
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Practice Areas: Elder Law
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Firm: Law Office of Ashley N. Sowls, LLC
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
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Firm: Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
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House of Ruth 2201 Argonne Drive , Baltimore , Maryland 21218
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