Attorney/Advocate Resource List

The Center for Special Education maintains this attorney/advocate listing as a resource for parents in need of legal or advocacy services. Please note that the CSEA:

  • Makes no representations concerning the special education law skills or experience of the attorneys and advocates listed;
  • Receives no remuneration and has no financial arrangement with the listed advocates and attorneys for clients and cases accepted by the attorney or advocate; and
  • Assumes no responsibility for any actions or lack of action by the advocates and attorneys who are listed.

To assist in the selection of an attorney or advocate, please read our booklet, Selecting a Special Education Attorney/Advocate [PDF-4 pgs.-163 KB]

Attorneys

Advocates

Howard Deiner, Esq.
1101 North Illinois Street
Arlington, Virginia 22205
E-mail: howarddeiner@howarddeineresq.com
Phone: 703-362-1439
Fax: 703-237-9709
On the Web: www.howarddeineresq.com

Sharon S. England, Esq.
Attorney at Law
4102 E. Parham Road, Suite B
Richmond, Virginia 23228-2749
E-mail: ssengland4@aol.com
Phone: 804-501-0171
Fax: 804-501-0173

Mary K. Hart, Esq.
4102 E. Parham Road, Suite B Richmond,
Virginia 23228-2749
E-mail: lawyerhart@aol.com
Phone: 804-501-0171
Fax: 804-501-0173

Charles M. Henter, Esq.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Queen Charlotte Square
252 East High Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
E-mail: henter@henterlaw.com
Phone: 434-817-1840
Fax: 434-977-4235
On the Web: www.henterlaw.com

Malcolm Higgins, Esq.
641 Lynnhaven Parkway
Suite 200
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452
E-mail: Higginsmb@cox.net
Phone: 757-463-9000
Fax: 757-463-5274

Sylvia Cosby Jones, Esq.

JustChildren, a program of the Legal Aid Justice Center
41 Bollingbrook Street
Petersburg, VA 23803
E-mail: sylvia@justice4all.org
Phone: 804-862-2205
Fax: 804-862-2297

Paul H. Kunberger, Esq.
Attorney at Law
3604 Monument Ave., Suite E
Richmond, VA 23230
E-mail: pkunberger@yahoo.com
Phone: 804-359-9196
Fax: 804-359-9056

Law Center for Children (www.lsnv.org)

The Law Center for Children (TLC) is a special project of Legal Services of Northern Virginia. TLC provides legal and advocacy services in special education (in addition to other child-specific issues) to low income children and parents.

Falls Church

Jeannette S. McAndrew, Esq.
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
6066 Leesburg Pike, Suite 500 Falls Church, VA 22041
E-mail: jmcandrew@lsnv.org
Phone: 703-778-6811
Fax: 703-778-4790

Nancy Tubbs, Esq

Legal Services of Northern Virginia
6066 Leesburg Pike, Suite 500 Falls Church, VA 22041
E-mail: ntubbs@lsnv.org
Phone: 703-778-6812
Fax: 703-778-4790

Alexandria:

Susan Nolan
Legal Services of Northern Virginia
603 King Street, 4th Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
E-mail: snolan@lsnv.org
Phone: 703-778-1603
Fax: 703-684-0946

Philip C. Strother, Esq.
Strother Law Offices, PLC
The Hillyard-Maury House
15 East Franklin Street
Richmond, Virginia 23219
E-mail: pstrother@strotherlaw.com
Phone: 804-523-2000
Facsimile: 804-523-2008
www.strotherlaw.com

University of Richmond Children's Law Center
http://law.richmond.edu
Phone: 804-289-8921

Marjorie L. Wall, Esq.

Richmond Area:
P.O. Box 6114
Glen Allen, VA 23058
E-mail: attymwall@comcast.net
Phone: 804-239-4681
Fax: 804-747-4745

Charlottesville Area:
203 Main Street
P.O. Box 177
Palmyra, VA 22963
E-mail: attymwall@comcast.net
Phone: 434-589-2694
Fax: 424-589-6262

Maureen S. Hollowell
Endependence Center
6320 N. Center Drive, Bldg. #15
Suite 100
Norfolk, Virginia 23502
E-mail: maureenhol@aol.com
Phone: 757-461-8007
Fax: 757-455-8233

Reta Y. Lewis
Intervention Strategist
P.O. Box 3389
Falls Church, VA 22043
E-mail: NovaAdvocate@aol.com
Phone: 703-848-8894
Fax: 703-827-0803

Cheryl Ward
Education Advocacy Coordinator
Endependence Center
6300 E. Virginia Beach Boulevard
Norfolk, Virginia 23502-2827
E-mail: CWARD@endependence.org
Phone: 757-461-8007
Fax: 757-461-5375

 

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