Ms. Brooks is a member of the firm’s Education Law Department. Her practice focuses on special education, records, discipline, enrollment and charter school application matters. A large part of her practice involves drafting school policies and regulations and counseling schools regarding the interpretation and implementation of various procedures and rules. Ms. Brooks also represents School Districts and Charter School Administrators in expulsion hearing proceedings when students have engaged in serious violations of school policy and in Special Education Due Process hearings.

Ms. Brooks is a member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery Bar Associations. She has a Masters Degree in Education and is a former elementary school teacher and collegiate coach. A graduate of Temple University’s Law School, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Review. She received her undergraduate degree from Haverford College.

Representative Matters:

• Assisted the School District of Upper Dublin as it became the only school district in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to have its voters approve an electoral debt referendum in 2007.
• Represented School Districts in Administrative Hearings regarding various special education issues, including tuition reimbursement and compensatory education claims in excess of $100,000.
• Represented School Districts in Non-Residency Hearings to exclude students attending our client schools illegally.
• Counseled School Districts in successfully navigating the Charter School Application Review process including conducting hearings on Charter Applications.
• In-serviced administrators, teachers and other special education service providers in areas of special education compliance and strategy.
• Successfully represented School Districts during investigations conducted by the Office of Civil Rights alleging discrimination based on disability.