Wisler Pearlstine, LLP is pleased to announce that Amy T. Brooks, partner with the firm, recently presented on the topic of “Ethics: Divorce/Custody Issues” at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s 2016 Exceptional Children’s Conference. The session offered strategies for ethically navigating a special education case that involves divorced or separated parents. The conference is the premier education event for child attorneys, school district attorneys, hearing officers and advocates in the region.

Ms. Brooks’ practice focuses on advising school administrators regarding legal issues in student services and special education. She works with school clients helping them to understand and navigate the existing legal framework in order to proactively achieve their goals. She routinely litigates in administrative and local agency proceedings up through the appeals process. She defends schools against legal claims such as those brought under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as representing Schools in investigations by the PA Department of Education and US Office for Civil Rights. She advises schools regarding student records and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), issues of risk management, matters of child abuse and reporting under the Child Protective Services Law, homelessness under the McKinney Vento Act, sexual harassment and gender equity involving Title IX, bullying and harassment investigations under Pennsylvania’s Anti-Bullying Law. She handles matters regarding the Public School Code of 1949 such as transportation, enrollment, residency, custody, discipline, Pennsylvania Approved Private Schools, private schools and charter schools. Ms. Brooks builds strong relationships with clients through daily interactions problem solving through matters of concern.

Ms. Brooks is also a member of the Pennsylvania and Montgomery Bar Associations. She is a 2005 graduate of the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review. A 1992 graduate of Haverford College, Ms. Brooks was inducted in to the Haverford College Athletic Hall of Achievement in 2010.

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.