Georgianna Junco Kelman

Georgianna Junco-Kelman has been a wonderful advocate for my sons and the reason my children have received the correct resources from LAUSD. I first consulted with Georgianna prior to my son’s first IEP. I just wanted some tips from her on how to best advocate for him during the IEP. I was not my ...intention to walk into the IEP with a legal representative because I didn’t want to seem litigious since I was under the (mistaken) impression that the LAUSD representatives were there to do what was best for my child. Georgiana advised me not to walk into the IEP alone, and thankfully I followed her advise and retained her services. At the IEP I was amazed by her knowledge, assertiveness and ability to push the right buttons to get the administrators to admit that LAUSD did not have the resources to meet my son’s educational needs. The result was that they agreed to fund a non public school. Two years later, when I noticed that my second child was also showing signs of needling special services, I did not think about it twice, and asked Georgianna to represent us from the beginning. Georgiana is extremely knowledgeable in her field and knows how to make things happen. Her assistant,, Isabel, is very helpful and knowledgeable as well. She is very prompt responding to e mails and calls. Both my sons are now thriving at the correct school thanks to Georgianna. We are forever grateful to her, knowing that, if it were not for her, they would still be struggling at their public school and falling farther and farther behind. I highly recommend Georgianna to anyone looking for a fierce, knowledgeable and compassionate attorney who will fight for your child. You couldn’t be in better hands.

I have to say I agree 100% with the other negative reviews. The previous reviews described our experience to a T! She was late to every single meeting and it was near impossible to get a hold of her. She is very sweet but very very busy. I felt like she shouldn't have taken on our case if she didn't ...have the time to study and know the specifics of our child's case. We did not get anything close to what we were going for in our IEP experience with Mrs. Kelman. We were extremely disappointed.

Georgianna Junco-Kelman has been an amazing advocate for my son. For years I felt like I was the only one noticing that my son was not adequately learning in the classroom. Via a referral, I called Mrs. Kelman. After my first conversation with her I knew she was the right advocate for me and my son. ...Mrs. Kelman knows the special education law and definitely knows negotiations with LAUSD. She is excellent at understanding what your own family is due from the district and how the district will negotiate in return. She truly wants the best for your child and works for it. It has been about 6 months that I am working with Mrs. Kelman now and I am so amazed at how she has advocated for services for my son. Mrs. Kelman's assistant, Isabel has been one of the most helpful people. She is very prompt with her follow up to my emails and calls. This coming school year my son will finally have the services he deserves. Thanks to Mrs. Kelman. I will be for sure hiring her for every IEP meeting I have.

Mrs Kelman and her team are the best out there. After years of my husband and i fighting the school on our own with very little success hired Mrs Kelman and within a short period of time finally received the necessary accomadations for our son. Her knowledge of the law as well as the lausd school sys...tem is unparalleled. Mrs Kelman and her team always had time to hear our concerns, be present at all of our iep and mediation meetings and offered us support and hope when we had none. If anyone needs someone to fight for the rights of there child the way you would - you definitely want to hire Mrs Georgianna Kelman.

I agree with the post below. If you need to communicate with Mrs. Kelman it will not happen. I had the same lack of communication problems. To further that I had actually wanted to speak to her prior to my meeting with the school. She showed up a half hour late claiming it was her assistants fault. M...rs. Kelman organized the meeting herself. I was cc on the email were the school clearly wrote the location of the meeting. I hired her based on her website. I thought she would be a good fit since she has a special needs child of her own. In having a special needs child she should know how important it is to read my son's individual IEP. Although she was knowledgeable of special education law, I felt she relied heavily on that knowledge and did not read my son's IEP to personalize our questions and objectives to the school. This is my experience this is how I feel, without having to disclose too much personal information about my son.