What Distinguishes This Law Office

As an attorney experienced in special education law, Attorney Shaw has represented hundreds of children with disabilities in special education hearings and federal court and thousands of adults with disabilities in federal civil rights lawsuits. He understands that the ability to try a case is a critical and necessary skill if good outcomes are to be achieved. Connecticut Boards of Education know that if Attorney Shaw is on the other side, he will fight as long and hard as necessary to achieve the best results for the client. Typically, special education cases can be resolved satisfactorily through settlement. In those relatively few cases that do not settle, the client must decide whether to accept an inadequate offer of settlement or proceed through an administrative due process hearing and/or a lawsuit to achieve an adequate resolution. In Connecticut, few special education lawyers who represent parents and their children have tried and won a special education hearing. Fewer still have resolved a special education appeal in the federal court. By contrast, Attorney Shaw has successfully tried many special education hearings and many federal lawsuits to conclusion.