Leona Zelda Goldshaw

Leona Zelda Goldshaw

also known as Law Office of Leona Z. Goldshaw LLC

5.0
Rating: 7.8

Licensed for 19 years

Education Lawyer at Jenkintown, PA
Practice Areas: Education

1711 Sharpless Road, Jenkintown, PA

About Leona

Biography

Practice Areas

1

Practice Area

Education 100%

Experience, empathy, and thoughtfulness to advocate for the educational rights of children, students, and families from age three to graduate school including special education, general education, school discipline, gifted education, and discrimina

100%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 60 minutes

Hourly Rates

$ 350-375 per hour


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in Pennsylvania for 19 years

State: Pennsylvania

Acquired: 2006

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in New Jersey for 19 years

State: New Jersey

Acquired: 2006

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Law Office of Leona Z. Goldshaw LLC

1711 Sharpless Road, Jenkintown, PA, 19046

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Leona Zelda Goldshaw's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

25 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 1 of 1 review | Administrative Law

Posted by Ty MO | April 17, 2023 | Hired Attorney | Administrative Law

Absolutely Phenomenal Warrior and a Blessing

This line of work is so critically important for children and families completely under duress and attacked / neglected by the bureaucratic system matrix and its lackluster/corrupt government actors. What a disaster that was enfolding in our daughter's situation requiring special needs. It was ...infuriating, traumatic, and basically exhausting as parents we worked tirelessly to be proactive and get the school district to be on same page to no avail and they kept dragging their feet. We were patient with a smile but their lacking persisted and it became evident that the only program in the country that could take our daughter was about to close doors on the application because the school district dragging their feet. It was then we realized we needed a warrior attorney and we realized we had one in Leona and we should've already retained her. We panicked a bit because we felt we may too late in retaining Leona with enough time. Well, after a couple minutes speaking with Leona's paralegals, they assured us of many things that Leona will be able to help us with and that same day Leona called us to get to work and we retained her. From thereon it was all our pleasure benefitting from her knowledge and experience and leadership resolving our messed up situation very quickly and in the process even gave the program that accepted our daughter great confidence that things would be resolved quickly by Leona and they were right! They even told us after speaking with Leona on the phone we had tremendous confidence things will get resolved and they could hold the position for our daughter. I just want to say that is rare because they had hundreds of applications and only taking 3 for the available positions. Wow that was just amazing how quickly and professionally Leona worked to get the school district to not only do the right thing but also recognize how they are not afforded the option to screw up and drag their feet like they were! Everything changed within the first 24-48 hours and it was victory after victory after victory. Words can barely begin to describe how amazing Leona and her staff are at what they do. Through this experience working with Leona and her staff, we're so encouraged not only by how our precious daughter was able to receive the critical care program she needed but also coming to see and know there is an absolute warrior out there fighting for children and keeping these bureaucratic nightmare machines honest and humble to do the right thing. Hallelujah!

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Experience

Rating:  7.8 (Very Good)

Honors

2004

Order of the Coif, Penn Law

2004

Cum Laude (top 10% of graduating class at Penn Law), Penn Law

2003

Associate Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review

Work Experience

2024 - Present

Founder/Partner, Law Office of Leona Z. Goldshaw LLC

2018 - 2024

Attorney, Law Offices of Caryl Oberman

2009 - 2016

Attorney, Bailey & Glasser LLP

2005 - 2009

Attorney, Kanji & Katzen

2004 - 2005

Law Clerk, Honorable R. Barclay Surrick

1997 - 2001

Communications Coordinator, New York Immigration Coalition

1994 - 1997

Assistant Director, Anti Defamation League

Associations

2018 - Present

Pennsylvania Bar Association

Member

2018 - Present

Montgomery County Bar Association

Member

Sample of Legal Cases

KS v. MCIU

We won at due process. The MCIU appealed and we won in federal court, thereby creating precedent that preschool children with disabilities who require typical preschool are entitled to tuition reimbursement.

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Education

2004

University of Pennsylvania Law School

JD - Juris Doctor

1994

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

BA - Bachelor of Arts

Speaking Engagements

2022

Exceptional Children's Conference

Basics of Special Education Law

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