Carla Loon Leader

Carla Loon Leader, a Cincinnati native, recieved her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Women’s Studies from Washington University in St. Louis in 1996. After working for a year in the university’s student affairs division, Carla moved to the District of Columbia to attend American University’s Washington College of Law. She graduated from law school cum laude in 2000. After a one year clerkship with the Honorable Ronna Lee Beck at the District of Columbia Superior Court, she began her career as a civil prosecutor of Child Abuse and Neglect cases for the D.C. Office of the Attorney General. Finally, after more than a decade in DC, she and her husband returned to Cincinnati in 2007 to raise their family, which now includes 12 year old Matthew and 8 year old Evan.

Carla spent over 5 years working as an attorney for the Legal Aid Society in Cincinnati. During her Legal Aid tenure, Carla practiced consumer law and education law and advocacy, and gave many informative trainings on education law, particularly pertaining to children in foster care.

Carla has now been practicing education privately since 2012.  Carla’s extensive knowledge and experience in education law makes her the perfect choice to guide you through the education system, ensuring that your child receives nothing but the best, and that you and your children are fully informed of your rights and entitlements within the public and private school systems.