Parent of two girls who are now 21 and 19 and an education attorney representing families of children with special needs. 

After beginning work with general education law I have spent more than twenty years working with thousands of families, behavior therapists, psychologists, parents, and teachers on designing success for children with special needs. In addition administrative, state, and federal cases on behalf of students, 

I have attended and assisted in the development of IEPs, Section 504 plans, Functional Behavioral Assessments, and Behavior Intervention Plans, and assisted parents in understanding what services are available to their children. 

I’m a managing partner of a law firm of Connell Michael Kerr, LLP, and founder of Coffee with Catherine, LLC which helps parents navigate education and life. 

MORE ABOUT CATHERINE:

Catherine M. Michael is licensed and practices throughout the state of Indiana, Texas, and Michigan. She represents students and their families in a variety of education and personal injury matters including Special Education Due Process, Section 504 matters, expulsion, disciplinary issues, and personal injury of children including injury, sexual abuse, molestation, and rape cases both in and out of school environments, private school issues, and discipline as well as other civil rights and disability claims experienced by students. She possesses extensive knowledge regarding special education due process, teacher and student discipline and dismissal matters, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), personal injury of children in schools, and other civil rights matters.

Catherine Michael has been featured hundreds of times in both the national and local media. She is a frequent guest on syndicated radio and television shows for her education law expertise. Her nearly two-decade career in education has focused on ensuring that the needs of children in schools are met. She has represented school shooting victims, children abused in school, and hundreds of special needs children whose families needed a voice.

FIND HER HERE:

www.cmklawfirm.com. 

www.coffeewithcatherine.com