Law for Parents, LLC

Ashley VanCleef is not only an experienced education law attorney but also a certified special educator.  This past summer she received 36 hours in Orton Gillingham training and is scheduled to complete the 60 hours this fall.  Ashley has served students with disabilities as special education teacher, school and state level administrator, and school attorney.  Prior to forming Law for Parents, Ashley's experience as a special education attorney included working for the Law Office of Brian K. Gruber, P.C., staff attorney for Montgomery County Public School (MCPS) in Maryland, as well as Supervisor and 504 Coordinator for the MCPS Resolution and Compliance Unit. While in MCPS, Ashley instituted informal, collaborative solutions to assist families and school system staff to resolve concerns through the least adversarial means focusing on win-win resolutions.  As an attorney for parents, she continues to find dynamic approaches to resolving concerns with student-focused outcomes.