Total Credits: 3.25 CLE, 1.0 Ethics
Attorneys on both sides of the aisle along with an Administrative Law Judge will show you how to navigate the education system for a student with a disability, from suspecting a disability to developing an IEP, avenues for dispute resolution, heading for hearing, the latest case law presented in a Year in Review, and all intertwined with an hour of ethics.
Chairperson:
Hope Kirsch, Esq., Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch PLLC*
Faculty:
Hon. Tammy Eigenheer, Administrative Law Judge, Arizona Office of Administrative Hearings
Lori Bird, Esq., General Counsel, Scottsdale Unified School District
Lori Kirsch-Goodwin, Esq., Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch PLLC
Heather Pierson, Esq.,Udall Shumway
Jessica Sanchez, Esq., Udall Shumway
* Also presenting as a Panelist
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Hope N. Kirsch is a founder and managing partner of the education law firm Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC (est. 2006) which serves students and their families throughout Arizona in disputes with schools. Hope is a licensed special education teacher and worked in the New York City public schools for 18 years as a special education teacher and school administrator. She assists and represents clients with IEPs, 504s, discipline (suspensions, expulsions, MDRs), mediation, OCR Complaints, Due Process Complaints, mediation, and appeals. Hope earned a B.S., cum laude, in Special Education from Boston University (1975), an M.A.(Ed.) in Special Education from New York University (1977), and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School (1991). She is admitted in the state and federal courts of Arizona, New York and New Jersey, and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Lori Kirsch-Goodwin is a partner in the education law firm of Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC, in Scottsdale, Arizona, founded in 2006. She is a 38 year litigation attorney whose practice is devoted to education and special education matters on behalf of students and their families throughout Arizona. Lori has a Bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and her law degree from Bridgeport (now Quinnipiac) University. Lori began advocating for students with disabilities when one of her twin sons, now 29 years old, was found in need of special education back in Kindergarten. Lori is regularly involved in eligibility/MET and IEP meetings, MDRs, disciplinary due process hearings, OCR, IDEA Due Process, and DDD appeals. She is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in New York, New Jersey, Arizona and the 9th Circuit, and is AV-rated. Lori prevailed in a case before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that involved appropriateness of a school’s selection of location of a school for a student on the spectrum. She is an AV® Preeminent rated attorney and is appointed to serve as Judge Pro Tem for the Superior Court of Arizona.
Jessica Sanchez is a partner with the firm Udall Shumway PLC in Mesa, Arizona. She focuses her practice primarily in the area of education law, representing school districts and charter schools throughout the State. In addition to her time at Udall Shumway PLC, Ms. Sanchez has also served as in-house legal counsel for the Scottsdale Unified School District and the General Counsel for the three Tempe School Districts (Tempe Union High School District, Tempe Elementary School District and Kyrene Elementary School District). Ms. Sanchez has experience providing legal advice and representation on a broad range of matters including, but not limited to, special education, student discipline, employment matters, Open Meeting Law, public records, policy review, and governing board liability issues. Ms. Sanchez has conducted many in-service training programs and has presented a variety of seminars for the National Business Institute, MEDS-PDN, and the Arizona School Boards Association. Ms. Sanchez recently served as President of the Arizona State Bar Board of Governors.
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