Education attorney Hope Kirsch has both courtroom and classroom experience. She has been a litigation attorney for over 20 years in NY, NJ and Arizona. Prior to her law career, Hope was a a special education teacher and school administrator for nearly 20 years in New York City, working with children with autism and children with severe emotional disabilities and behaviors in a variety of settings, from self-contained classes to hospital schools. Her practice for the past 12 years has been devoted to special education law representing students and their families throughout Arizona in matters ranging from IEPs through due process hearings and appeals, discipline (suspensions and expulsions), bullying, restraint and seclusion, and serious personal injury claims from school related accidents and incidents.
2006 - Current
Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch, PLLC
Education firm, special education, higher education.
2000 - 2006
Broening, Oberg, Woods & Wilson, PLC
Litigation / trial attorney and appeals.
1994 - 1999
Garrity, Graham, Favetta & Flinn, PLC
Litigation and appeals.
1993 - 1994
Superior Court of New Jersey
Judical Law Clerk, legal research, prepared memoranda of law, assisted judge with jury instructions.
1991
J.D. (1991)
Honors: Dean's Merit Scholar
1977
M.A. (1977) | Special Education
1975
B.S. (1975) | Special Education
Honors: cum laude
Martindale Hubbell
New York City Board of Education
