Reviews

We are very grateful to Leona Z. Goldshaw for her exceptional legal representation and tireless advocacy on behalf of our child. Her expertise in the rights of neurodiverse students, twice exceptional gifted learning challenges, school discipline, gifted education, and discrimination empowered us to assert our child's rights and unique needs. Leona's in-depth knowledge, strategic guidance, and compassionate approach navigated us through complex situations, ensuring our child received the support and accommodations they deserved. Her dedication, responsiveness, and collaborative spirit made us feel heard, validated, and supported every step of the way. Leona is a true champion for children's educational rights, and we wholeheartedly recommend her to families seeking a fierce and knowledgeable advocate. Five stars and our deepest appreciation!

Our practice was assisted by Oberman, Yazno-Bartle group with a corporate merger with a large dental company. Josh Bishop took care of us like we were family. He made the whole process very straightforward and painless. Highly recommend his services.

Leona took us through a very important process in navigating education law, something we were entirely unprepared . We had been through multiple schools and multiple rounds of attempts to make things work, and Leona actually had the correct answers for us to get to the appropriate education for our child.

I cannot thank Leona Goldshaw enough for helping my son and me through the most difficult time in our lives. My son was severely misunderstood in his public elementary school. He was restrained multiple times, suspended twice and isolated for more than one month. All of that caused physical, emotional and mental suffering. He started to have tics, frequent stomach aches and night terrors. He was refusing to go to school as he was miserable there to the point that he decided to change his name “to be a different person so people/kids do not know him and play with him.” Leona went above and beyond to advocate for my son, to find an appropriate placement for him and to get funds from the district. My son is back to being a happy child again and loves to go to his new private school. In addition, Leona provided me with fantastic support when I was stressed, exhausted and depressed and did not know where to go and what to do. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Caryl and Lily are both wonderful to work with and get results!

Lily Yazno-Bartle is phenomenal. Hugely knowledgeable, provides clear and detailed communication, and absolutely relentless in pursuit of the best for her clients. Highly recommended.

Leona has my family's gratitude forever. She helped us obtain appropriate placement for our 14 year old son with very significant learning and social-emotional struggles. Leona helped us understand our strange and non-intuitive system of legal redress. Our district excels at denial and stonewalling and Leona was persistent, careful, methodical, and very fierce when it counted! She knew where our leverage was and won the necessary concessions. Not to mention getting the district to pay us back legal and some other expenses in this struggle for reasonable accomodations. We couldn't be more pleased!

Leona made an incredibly challenging time with issues regarding our daughter’s education easier to navigate. She is thoughtful in her guidance, has exceptional attention to detail and is kind and caring. While I wish we hadn’t needed a lawyer, working with Leona was an easy process and ultimately brought us successful results.

Liliana Yazno Bartle is an exceptional attorney: Competent, empathic, knowledgeable, and a real fighter for the cause of special education rights. As a a bonus: She’s a gem for families in need of bilingual English-Spanish representation.

In just a 30 minute phone call, Leona made me feel more at ease as a parent. My son is autistic and Leona helped me feel informed and in control of all of our options when it comes to his IEP and specialized education rights. I feel more confident in my understanding of the process as well as my available opportunities moving forward. I can't say enough kind words about an individual like Leona who truly does this work for all the right reasons!

Leona Goldshaw was incredibly knowledgable and supportive with regards to helping us navigate a very difficult situation with our son. She is a true expert in her field. She was very caring, organized and detail oriented. The outcome was excellent and in a very timely manner. I would give her 10 stars if I could!

We retained Leona's help to get our son into a school more equipped to serve his neurodiversity. Our son has high functioning autism and was in a critical mental health crisis due to his learning environment when we met Leona. She was kind, level headed, and patient with us as we navigated learning what we needed to know. She helped show us the way. Leona is responsive and great at explaining things. She was tough and very thorough. We were perfectly coached and prepared by her to get our son into an environment that is most appropriate for him. He is now flourishing. We owe so much of his new-found comfort and budding confidence to Leona. She knows the law and will fight for your child. We are forever grateful for Leona Goldshaw.