Wisler Pearlstine, LLP is pleased to announce that Lawrence D. Dodds, partner with the firm, recently presented on the topic of “Divorced Parents and the IDEA – From Evaluations and IEPs, to Field Trips and School Events” at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Snapshots of Special Education

Program. The session offered strategies for dealing with IEP changes, custody issues, FAPE, and more.

Dr. Dodds is a member of the firm’s Education Law and Family Law Groups. His practice focuses on special education law, child custody and mental health law issues. For over a decade, Dr. Dodds has advised and represented schools in special education matters from the administrative hearing level through the federal courts, as well as provided guidance on a wide range of student issues, including discipline and residency. He combines his legal and doctoral training in child and adolescent psychology to bring a unique perspective to school districts and charter schools in southeastern Pennsylvania educating exceptional children.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Dr. Dodds provided therapy and assessment services in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children, Head Start preschool programs and an adult addictions clinic. Before joining Wisler Pearlstine, Dr. Dodds was an associate in the family law department of Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis LLP, where he gained experience in all phases of complex child custody, divorce, property distribution, support and adoption matters. Dr. Dodds received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Hahnemann University in 1999 with concentrations in the treatment of child and adolescent disorders and forensic assessment. A magna cum laude graduate of Hamilton College (1989), Dr. Dodds received his law degree in 1997 from Villanova University where he was an editor of the Law Review.

For almost 70 years, Wisler Pearlstine has provided effective, practical service to its clients through top- rated lawyers in their fields of expertise. The firm represents businesses and individuals throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania in various types of corporate, real estate, land use and zoning, construction, commercial litigation, business, alternative dispute resolution (arbitration/mediation), banking, tax and estate planning, administration of estates and trusts, family law and other related matters. In addition, the firm has long been recognized for its prominence in the areas of municipal, education and school law. For more information, please see www.wislerpearlstine.com.