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We represent parents and students in addressing all aspects of special education in schools and protecting the rights of special education students and young adults. Find an education lawyer who'll be with you every step of the way. We represent students to ensure that schools comply with their civil rights and that schools do not discriminate against children and young adults based on their race, national origin, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation or other protected category.

We take the necessary steps to help end the bullying a student faces in school and to hold the school responsible for damages when warranted. We take the necessary action to protect the child's rights and to recover compensation which will help the child and the family. We provide support to the family throughout the process. We provide the necessary analysis, estate planning and trust administration to protect and provide for the child or young adult.

Timoney Knox, LLP is a full-service law firm based in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area serving our clients in the practice areas of education, wills and estate and business law, as well as a litigation practice which features a team of highly experienced education attorneys and trial lawyers with a proven track record of success.
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Our team of experienced special education lawyers help parents navigate students' rights in school.
Timoney Knox, LLP is a full-service law firm based in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area serving our clients in the practice areas of education, wills and estate and business law, as well as a litigation practice which features a team of highly experienced education attorneys and trial lawyers with a proven track record of success.
Our firm has over six decades of experience in handling education law issues and discrimination in school.
We help parents and special needs students at every stage of a child's education, including special education compensatory services.
Our special education lawyers and staff are accessible to the families we represent, responsive to their questions and concerns, and available to explain the educational and legal processes that occur.
We help parents understand the educational and legal issues, including educational documents, that make up your child's educational program.
We work with parents to prepare for and navigate IEP meetings.
School-age children have various constitutional and civil rights that apply in schools.
There are also an array of additional federal, state and local laws that protect students' civil rights by prohibiting schools from discriminating against them on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity) and disability.
This means that the school cannot prevent your child from fully participating in school or a school activity because your child's race, national origin, sex, disability or other protected category.
The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time.
Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and intentionally excluding someone from a group.
Bullying often occurs because of a child's physical on learning disability, sexual orientation, physical appearance or other unlawful criteria.
School staff, parents, and other adults must play an important role in preventing and properly and timely responding to all forms of bullying.
Children are among the most physically and emotionally vulnerable members of our communities.
When adults take advantage of a child's vulnerability in order to engage in inappropriate contact or other sexual acts, the damage it causes can be devastating.
Victims of sexual abuse often encounter a long and difficult struggle to recover from the abuse situation.
Sexual abuse victims are often fearful of telling others about what occurred and sometimes even blame themselves.
Sadly, childhood sexual abuse often involves those individuals who children should expect to trust the most, including teachers, clergy, coaches, and camp counselors.
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