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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.

For more than 21 years, Brian Gruber and our highly experienced team of professionals have been helping parents to navigate the complex world of special education. Your challenge may be new to you, but it’s likely not new to us. Nothing is more important than your child. Contact us today. Our knowledge, plus experience, gets results.

Through our established and positive relationships with various school systems, our office is often able to achieve positive outcomes for our clients without the need for litigation.

For the times when matters cannot be resolved through persuasive advocacy, we are experienced special education litigators and have handled over 400 due process hearings and mediations across several states and the District of Columbia.