Nancy C. Ryan

Words can not express how grateful I am that I found Nancy Ryan. I am the father of son with autism. When he was in jeopardy of losing his placement at a residential treatment facility, Nancy saved the day! I went to countless lawyers who could not help my son, but Nancy knew exactly what she was doi...ng. She knew the law and she was not going to let the system push me and my son to the curb like so often happens. I will be forever in Nancy’s debt!

My son was misdiagnosed and his was lacking the proper attention to his specific needs. This caused him to lack in all subject areas. My son was never a behavior problem and was often over looked because he had not completely failed anything. He was indeed drowning with every academic year. In ad...dition, he missed significant academic hours as he school crumbled around him. Ms. Ryan was able to gather information and successfully help my family and I gain compensation to give my son the academic foundation he was never afforded. We are so grateful for her tenacity and dedication to advocate for families like ours that was overlooked. My son is now reading and learning at grade level (3rd grade). He is confident and blossoming with each new day. It was my pleasure working with Ms. Ryan. I would recommend because she is well versed in law and has compassion for students who may have no voice but has plenty to say and must be heard.

With two autistic children we've been involved in our school district's special education/needs process for many years and are all too familiar with how frustrating attempts to obtain appropriate and effective programs and services can be. However, nothing in our experience prepared us for the shock ...and turmoil in our lives when we were forced to remove our daughter from school due to egregious behavior of school administrators. In our search for a special education attorney we were immediately drawn to McKinley & Ryan due to their impressive court record as well as their ability to negotiate fair and effective settlements. What we didn't expect, but have truly come to appreciate, was the level of support and reassurance they provided us during such a trying time. Nancy Ryan became our rock in a time of craziness - patient, supportive, reassuring and always accessible with solid, practical advice. She developed a detailed and impressive knowledge of our daughter's records, negotiated skillfully and forcefully on our behalf and helped us determine what we really wanted and develop reasonable expectations. It took time and wasn't easy but Nancy drove through a settlement that has been the foundation of our daughter's continued personal and academic growth. Nancy and the folks at McKinley & Ryan have our well earned respect and trust and we recommend them without hesitation.