My PASSION AND PURPOSE:

Disability Rights.

I believe disability rights are civil rights and became a lawyer due to the tremendous battles I fought as the mother of a son with autism.

I now use my experience to provide legal representation for parents and families of children and adults with disabilities. My office assists families with Special Education Law, Special Needs Planning (Public Benefits, Supported Decision-Making, Conservatorships), and Special Needs Trusts. There is no cost to parents or other caregivers for legal representation through mediation of a special education due process complaint.

Areas of Practice

Special Education Law

We assist with Special Education, including:

• IEP review and strategizing 

• Filing Due Process Complaints on behalf of your child

• Representing you at Mediation and Due Process Hearings  

Public Benefits

Representation in other disability matters:

• Regional Center services  

• Department of Rehabilitation services  

• Social Security Administration  

• IHSS (In-Home Support Services)

• IPP review and strategizing

• Self-Determination Program (SDP)

Trusts & Special Needs Planning

• Advanced Care Directives and Wills 

• Power of Attorney (Medical and Financial) 

• Special Needs Trusts  

• Revocable Living Trusts  

• Creating a unique GPS Life Plan©, a life planning resource that encompasses the needs of the whole person with a disability.  

“Human dignity is

inherent. It is intrinsic.

It is sacred.”

-Carrie Ann Lucas, Disability Activist