What we do
IEP meetings and disputes, with a lawyer on your side of the table
An IEP is a promise in writing. When the services in it don’t show up, or the meeting goes in circles, we step in.
We start by reading the IEP against what’s actually happening in class: the minutes of speech, the aide, the reading support. Then we put the gaps in a letter and ask for a meeting.
At the meeting, we do the talking you’d rather not do. If the district won’t move, we can file for mediation or a due process hearing.
Sounds like your situation if
Services in the IEP aren’t being delivered
Goals stay the same year after year
The school changed the plan without asking you
You leave every meeting more confused than when you came
How we handle an IEP dispute
- 01
We compare paper and practice
The IEP against the schedule, the log and what your child tells you.
- 02
We write it down
A clear letter listing each missing service.
- 03
We go to the meeting
In person or by video, prepared and calm.
- 04
We escalate if needed
Mediation, a state complaint or a due process hearing.
What parents ask about IEP fights
Can I bring a lawyer to an IEP meeting?
Yes. It’s polite to tell the school beforehand, and we do that for you. The district may bring its own lawyer once it knows.
Can the school make up services it missed?
Often, yes. Make-up sessions, called compensatory services, are one of the most common things we ask for.
Stuck in an IEP that isn’t working?
Tell us what’s happening. The first call is free, and so is everything after it if you qualify.
A first call doesn’t make us your lawyers; a written agreement does.