Katherine G Gerland

Without being too specific, this attorney may be a nice person but they do not understand the difference between and IEP and the legal rights children and parents have under an IEP which districts do NOT want to put children on, and a 504 which she said were were basically equal , is legally and fa...ctually false. 504s do NOT have the legal teeth or length of time they are enforceable like an IEP. After 18 months, she was never able to get appropriate services for our child and her phrase to most people seems to be, " Be nice as pie" which speaks for itself. Her ability to actually get services ( despite the one court case she won which actually HARMED the rest of the SPED children due to its precedent in CO from that point on, is something that most people who we have spoke to in CO, is not a good bet. If you want someone who understands the real truth of fighting for proper qualification for a legally binding ( year long) IEP, as well as why classifications ( OHI versus SLD vs ED etc) is VERY important ( especially for future services) despite the comments of the other reviewer, please seek out attorneys like Michael Breeskin who is one of THE top attorneys in Co https://www.advocacydenver.org/about-us/staff/. Had I known about him back then Id have hired him instead. Our family managed to get some of the things we needed AFTER we severed ties with Kate. She's a lovely woman but IMHO not up to the job.