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  • Lawyers Who Lead by Example 2014 Awards: Caroline Heller

    Oct 14, 2014

    10.14.2014 | The New York Law Journal | Finding the right educational services for a child with a disability isn’t supposed to require an attorney. But it may when collaboration between parents and public school breaks down. That’s when Caroline J. Heller, a partner at Greenberg Traurig, steps in. Heller, 41, heads Greenberg Traurig’s pro bono program in New York and specializes in complex commercial litigation. Since 2006, she has devoted most of her volunteer legal work to helping low-income parents maneuver through a maze of federal and state laws to win the educational services to which their disabled children are entitled…Partnering with Advocates for Children in New York, Heller has represented some 20 children with disabilities in dozens of proceedings. In five instances, she appealed administrative decisions to federal court. She won two of those cases, settled another and has two more pending. So important is the issue to her that she joined the board of Advocates for Children in 2012. Read article

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