[blindlaw] Attorney needed

[Charles Krugman]

There are Protection and Advocacy agencies in all states. As this case 
involves a child this issue would most likely fall within the scope of their 
practice. Much of their work involves educational advocacy for children and 
adults with developmental disabilities which includes people who were blind 
or became blind as a child. In California they have recently expanded the 
scope of their services to be more inclusive and serve greater categories 
and now go by the name Disability Rights California.
Charles L> Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca 93721
559-266-9237
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Fry" <mikefry79 at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Attorney needed


> Needless to say it sounds like a winning case, you should get a court 
> order
> requiring the school to admit your son and probably, I think, monetary
> damages.
>
> If I were you, I'd hire the most experienced and successfully attorney
> possible.  I'd see if I could hire an attorney from a very big law firm 
> like
> MOFO or Reed Smith, generally the very best and brightest attorney's work
> at big law firms.  But I don't know if firms like that will work on this
> kind of case, however, they may point you in the right direction.
>
> There are public interest law firms that specialize in disability advocacy
> that are analogous to the huge law firms as far as their success rate is
> concerned.  As stated in the previous email the jurisdiction of the case 
> is
> important.  If it's in California I know that Disability Rights Advocates 
> is
> a top-notch law firm that cleans- up with huge cash verdicts.  Disability
> Rights California is another organization that specializes in representing
> the disabled.  It is advisable to contact these firms because even if they
> won't take your case it's likely they will point you in the direction of 
> an
> attorney that will help you.
>
> Do a google search of "disability rights" or "disability advocacy" with 
> your
> states name in it.  That should link to a law firm that is analogous to 
> DRA
> or DRC in your state.  Good luck, I hope you stick it to those bastards.
>
> Mike
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Philip Breeze <pebreeze at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My son is congenitally blind.  He is 6 years old and we recently applied
>> for
>> admission to a public school for the blind.  He was rejected from 
>> admission
>> for unfounded reasons.  We have repeatedly demanded proof of the schools
>> findings and have received no proof to date.  They have also labeled my
>> child as mentally retarded and he has never been given a psychiatric
>> evaluation or been seen by this schools evaluators.  We have letters from
>> doctors and educators proving that he has no mental retardation.  This 
>> has
>> been on going for the past 8 months.  The State Department of Education 
>> has
>> ordered the school's administration to reveal their findings and the 
>> school
>> has not and refuses to.  They have no proof because they made up the
>> reasons
>> for rejection.  We have been given a case for Due Process and we need an
>> attorney that can help represent us.  Please email me if you can point us
>> in
>> the right direction, thank you.
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