Firm Overview

Special Needs Education Attorney

Attorney Joseph M. Fein understands the unique challenges facing children with disabilities and their families. With first-hand experience managing the difficult legal and practical issues facing the disabled, you can place your trust in our law firm for compassionate, effective and efficient counsel.

Our offices are located in Hewlett, and New York City. For more information, contact us.

Helping Families in Education Law Matters

Children with disabilities are entitled to a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Attorney Joseph M. Fein is committed to helping clients get the special education and related services required under the law. Mr. Fein's practice includes counsel for issues relating to:

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
• Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• Individualized Education Program (IEP) Meetings
• Individualized Education Program (IEP) Disputes
• Individualized Educational Evaluations (IEE)
• Committee on Special Education (CSE) / Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE)
• New York City Impartial Hearings
• Private School Reimbursement
• Special Education and Related Services
• Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
• Section 504 Accommodations
• Education Litigation
• Disciplinary Matters
• Suspension Hearings
• Superintendent's / Principal's Hearings
• Manifestation Hearings
• Criminal Law (Adolescent Criminal Proceedings, Teenage Criminal Proceedings)

Find out more about our areas of practice.

Meet Joseph Fein

Joseph Fein earned his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, in New York City. A former Assistant District Attorney in Queens County and senior litigator for a New York government agency, Mr. Fein is a skilled negotiator and an effective trial lawyer with the experience needed to protect your child's rights and interests, both in and out of court.

Mr. Fein has a special understanding of the challenges that parents with special needs children face. His son, Brett, was born four months prematurely and wasn't expected to survive. But Brett did survive, and despite several developmental challenges throughout the years, he is a happy, healthy 11-year-old who loves life. Today, Mr. Fein uses his vast legal knowledge and personal experience to help special needs children obtain the educational opportunities they are entitled to by law.

Experienced Disability & Education Law Attorney

By focusing exclusively on disability and education law, Mr. Fein offers his clients a wealth of knowledge and dedicated advocacy. He has extensive experience dealing with local school districts and school personnel, and this familiarity has helped countless clients efficiently navigate the process.

Contact the Law Offices of Joseph M. Fein

Your disabled child's future is important to us. So is our New York special education law firm's availability to you. For an initial consultation with educational lawyer Joseph M. Fein, you can contact us by phone, fax or e-mail. We can arrange evening and weekend appointments.