Disability Law — Blog — Gottlieb & Wang LLP

Sometimes, being professional means dealing with unprofessional people. Gottlieb & Wang only recently finished a case that was delayed by an impartial hearing officer who deferred to the DOE representative in a way that was unfair.

The hearing was originally scheduled for one day — about a four-hour block. The hearing started off as any other hearing until the DOE representative unnecessarily prolonged the entire proceeding. Unfortunately for her case, no one could ever be able to get around the fact that her witnesses were lying, and we could prove it.

Disability Law, Special Needs Education, Education LawMarc GottliebJune 13, 2024Unprofessional Behavior, Unprofessional People, Bullying, Hearing Officers, DOE

A Great New Addition to The Lang School

I recently attended the installation ceremony for Mark Otto, the new Headmaster at The Lang School. It was an extraordinary event.

Education Law, Special Needs Education, Disability LawMarc GottliebJanuary 24, 2024Mark Otto, The Lang School, Autism, Gifted, Bard of Directors, Sherif Moussa, Headmaster Otto

New Developments for the Churchill School

I recently attended a very exciting question-and-answer session at New York City’s Churchill School alongside an attorney from another firm. Churchill School is a very reputable school for children with language-based learning disabilities in New York. For many, many years, it was state-approved and funded — which meant that if the City was inclined, it could directly pay for a student’s tuition there.

Special Needs Education, Disability Law, Education LawMarc GottliebJune 16, 2023New York City’s Churchill School, Language-Based Learning Disabilities, Tuition Reimbursement Process

SCOTUS Watch: Claim Exhaustion

We’ve been scooped! On the day this newsletter was set to go out, the Supreme Court handed down the decision in Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools. The justices voted unanimously in favor of the student and his right to sue under the ADA — without exhausting his IDEA claims.

Special Needs Education, Disability LawMarc GottliebFebruary 6, 2023SCOTUS Watch, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Free and Appropriate Public Education, Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Immigrant Family, Michigan School District, Litigation, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Fry v. Napoleon, Perez Sturgis Public Schools

Gottlieb & Wang Is Expanding

Gottlieb & Wang is expanding! We’ve opened an office in Manhattan in order to better serve our clients there.

When we were first planning to open our doors in 2017, we decided to locate our office in Brooklyn Heights, which was convenient to multiple subway lines — but most importantly, within easy walking distance of the Impartial Hearing Office.

Education Law, Special Needs Education, Disability LawMarc GottliebJanuary 11, 2023Impartial Hearing Office, Gottlieb & Wang

OATH Update

We’re pleased to say Impartial Hearing Officers (IHOs) have been appointed to each of our cases for the 2022-2023 school year. Last year, in excess of 50% of our clients did not immediately receive a hearing officer. This year, that number has dropped precipitously to something in the area of 15%, and we are very encouraged by this.

Disability Law, Special Needs Education, Education LawMarc GottliebNovember 1, 2022Impartial Hearing Officers (IHOs), Hearing Officer, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH), Department of Education, Resolution Meetings, Public School, Disability

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