Hope N Kirsch
Attorney / Partner
Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC
Hope Kirsch is a founder and managing partner of the law firm Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC, specializing in education law, serving 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 practiced litigation in New York, New Jersey and Arizona for over ten years before focusing on education law. She uses her experience in the classroom as well as her trial experience to assist clients with IEPs, 504s, discipline (suspensions, expulsions, MDRs), mediation, OCR Complaints, IDEA Due Process Complaints and appeals. Hope earned a B.S., cum laude, in Special Education from Boston University, an M.A.(Ed.) in special education from New York University and her law degree from Brooklyn Law School. She is admitted in the state and federal courts of Arizona and New York and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Hope is AV-rated and a nationally recognized special education attorney frequently invited to present to and train parents, educators, advocates and attorneys throughout Arizona and around the country. She also served as a Judge Pro Tem for the Superior Court of Maricopa County.
