Elaine K. B. Siegel

I have had the pleasure and great good fortune to work with Elaine Siegel in a variety of ways over the past 30 years. She is exceptionally intelligent and informed. She is a brilliant strategist. She will tell you when your case is solid and when you should try other means first. I have referred man...y public school parents, teachers and staff to Elaine with excellent results. She has represented several parent-majority local school councils in arbitration hearings and has won every case. These are enormously time-consuming cases which she works with no upfront fee and for which the district

I would absolutely recommend Elaine for any discriminatory violation that administrators in the education arena put forth on their teachers. Elaine represented me in a messy violation of the American Disability Act. She filed EEOC charges on my behalf and the school district took these charges agains...t them seriously. She is very knowledgeable in discriminatory matters. Elaine answered my phone calls within minutes. If she wasn't available she would call back promptly. Psychologically, the school district set out to try and break me with their remediation process. Elaine was there to explain to me why and what they were doing. It was very difficult for me to comprehend how ruthless school administrators can be. She kept me strong while going through the most difficult time in my working career.She was prompt for meetings and got her message across to the district. She helped me rewrite rebuttals when the administration set forth their erroneous evaluations. There was never any communication issues between my attorney and myself. Elaine's fees were competitive with other attorneys and after hiring her, I realized I had hired the best qualified attorney in her field. I was very happy with her and recommended other teachers to hire her that I worked with in the district. Elaine had consulted with other teachers in my district and did not take many cases that she thought did not have merit. I appreciated her honesty by not trying to make money off of people that did not have a case. I don't believe people realize how much paper work and research goes into a case. Every accusation made against a client has to be researched and documented. The attorney has to research, document and analyze. Elaine had to come to board meetings as well as staying in touch with other attorneys involved. Again, I will reiterate she is the best in her field. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone who found themselves in this type of discriminatory practices.