Lawrence Berliner is a lawyer practicing administrative law, discrimination, special education law and 1 other area of law. Lawrence received a B.B.A. degree from University of Miami in 1973, and has been licensed for 43 years. Lawrence practices at Law Office of Lawrence W. Berliner, LLC in Westport, CT and 1 other location.
We engaged Attorney Berliner after unsuccessfully trying to get our school district to realize that our daughter’s educational needs were not being met. From the outset, Attorney Berliner was personable, professional and very straightforward in explaining the various options we had. Attorney Berliner helped us through what ultimately became a legal battle and I am very pleased to say that our daughter did receive the out-of-district placement that she needed.
5 Star Lawyer
Mr. Berliner has been attentive and responsive. His insights have helped bring to conclusion a most painful chapter inflicted by the school on my son.
Prior to joining Klebanoff & Alfano, he was the General Counsel with the State of Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities from 1983 to 2000 where he represented to the rights of people with disabilities in special education, fair housing, and state and federal law civil rights cases. He was involved in landmark State Supreme Court cases including Daly v. Delponte, and involving the rights people with disabilities to be free from discrimination and receive Equal Protection under the Connecticut Constitution and Oller v. Oller-Chiang establishing the rights of individuals with mental retardation to have their opinions respected in the selection of a legal guardian by the Probate Court. He had worked with the staff at Senator Weicker's office in the 1980's on the Handicapped Children's Protection Act of 1986 and legislation that eventually became the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. He served on the Department of Education's Task Force to implement the 1997 amendments to the IDEA. He was a member of the Connecticut Law Revision Commission. He has submitted comments on numerous proposed state and federal regulations and has periodically submitted testimony on proposed legislation to the Connecticut General Assembly.
The Connecticut Law Tribune recognized him as one of Connecticut's outstanding attorneys for his legal advocacy on behalf of individuals with disabilities. He is the recipient of the Quinnipiac University School of Law's Alumni of the Year for Public Service Award for his work on behalf of Individuals with disabilities and in particular cited for the case Daly v. Delponte, Commissioner, Department of Motor Vehicles, a landmark Connecticut Supreme Court decision which established strict constitutional scrutiny for state action affecting people with disabilities under Connecticut's Constitution.
He has served on the Connecticut Law Revision Commission Task Force on Probate Courts and the State Department of Education Task Force to implement the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I.D.E.A.), and recently presented testimony to the 2010 General Assembly's Task Force on IEP Development and in 2011 he submitted extensive comments on the Department of Education's proposed revisions to the state special education regulations.
He has lectured extensively to special education schools, parent groups and special needs organizations on issues affecting families with children with disabilities and has published numerous articles on special education matters and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
He is a graduate of the Quinnipiac School of Law where he received his Juris Doctor degree.
1720 Post Road East, Suite 214EWestport, CT 06880U.S.A.
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