Empowering parents with legal advocacy.
Committed to helping families who have children with special needs.
Daniel Perlman
Daniel Perlman has more than fifteen years of experience helping families who have children with special needs. He previously served as the case law attorney for Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC), one of the first educational advocacy organizations for children in the nation. Since then, he has represented hundreds (and hundreds) of families from across the Commonwealth.
Each year since 2015, Attorney Perlman has been selected for inclusion in the Massachusetts Super Lawyers directory, which recognizes the top 5% of attorneys in the state for excellence in their practice. He created and manages Special Education Law (specialedlaw.com), a resource for parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys that has been accessed over a million times. He also serves as pro bono legal counsel to the Massachusetts Neuropsychological Association.
Attorney Perlman represents and advises families on all aspects of special education disputes including unilateral and out-of-district placements, litigation at the Bureau of Special Education Appeals, and settlement negotiation.
Northeastern University School of Law; University of Massachusetts, magna cum laude
Lindsay Foye
Lindsay Foye has more than fifteen years of experience in civil litigation. Her dedication to disability advocacy took root during her time at a nonprofit organization that serves people with complex medical needs.
Attorney Foye began her career at boutique litigation firms in Chicago, where she focused on employment matters. She has advised employees and employers on issues involving disability accommodations, leave rights, and workplace discrimination and harassment, and has represented individuals, businesses, and municipalities in administrative hearings, bench, and jury trials.
She brings the same compassion and determination to her work representing families in special education matters. As a special education attorney, she advises and advocates for families in all aspects of special education disputes, including eligibility, IEP development, program and placement challenges, mediation, unilateral and out-of-district placements, hearings before the Bureau of Special Education Appeals, and settlement negotiations.
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law; Brown University, with honors
Christina (Tina) Fitanides
Tina Fitanides has more than twenty years of experience. She previously served as a policy analyst and staff attorney with the Disability Education Justice Initiative and Autism Center at Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC), where she spent nearly a decade working on behalf of students.
Attorney Fitanides began her legal career as a staff attorney at National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse and later worked at Community Legal Aid in Worcester as a staff attorney assisting victims of domestic violence in all stages of family law litigation. She is an elected member of the Ashland School Committee, is a former member of the Massachusetts Autism Commission’s subcommittee on services for three- to twenty-two-year-olds, and for many years advised law students on public interest and education law careers through Harvard Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising.
Attorney Fitanides represents and advises families on all aspects of special education disputes, including evaluations and eligibility, IEP development, program and placement challenges, implementation issues, mediation, unilateral and out-of-district placements, litigation at the Bureau of Special Education Appeals, and settlement negotiation.
The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; Saint Michael’s College
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