Nancy C. Ryan

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.