Michelle A. Becker

I found Michelle after I had come to the end of my rope trying to deal with the bureaucratic and political roadblocks that were thrown up by Monrovia Unified when I tried to advocate for appropriate school placement for my child. She became our white knight and I shudder to think what might have happ...ened without her expert guidance. I had gotten a couple personal recommendations for other attorneys and advocates but I didn't move forward because I either could not get them to understand the significance of what I was trying to achieve, or they wanted reams of paperwork and forms before they would have more than a surface level conversation with me. Michelle called me back right away and immediately grasped the situation. She got right to work on our behalf, applied polite,firm, and steady pressure where and when needed and kept me from blowing a gasket several times while the navigating the slow and necessary channels. She is a pleasure to deal with on a personal level and seems perfectly comfortable with the not-so-friendly faces staring at her across the table IEP meetings. She honestly cares about my kid, not just as a client but as a human being, and for the first time since I unwittingly turned my as-yet-undiagnosed, handful of a high energy kid over to the public school system, I feel like I can help my daughter meet the challenges coming at her.