JEFFREY A. GOTTLIEB, M.S., ESQ.

Jeffrey A. Gottlieb, M.S., Esq. has an extensive background in special education law, family law, and  litigation. Our practice is exclusively limited to serving the legal needs of children with disabilites and their families.

Jeffrey A. Gottlieb represents children with disabilities, including IEPs, resolution meetings, regional center fair hearings, mediations, due process hearings, compliance complaints, and settlement negotiations. Jeffrey Gottlieb's law practice focuses on the educational and support requirements of disabled children and supporting their parents in that endeavor.

Jeffrey Gottlieb has represented children with a wide spectrum of disabilities, including autism, speech-language challenges, mental retardation, auditory processing deficits, visual processing deficits, emotional disturbance, diabetes and traumatic brain injury.

He has successfully placed children in appropriate placements ranging from the mainstream/general education setting to special day classes to residential treatment centers.

In addition to his law career, Mr. Gottlieb has a significant background in the healthcare industry and the educational field, both pertinent to representing special education children. Previously, Mr. Gottlieb was Chief Operating Officer at the Center for Community and Family Services, a child educational and development organization; a Director at Cedars Sinai Medical Center; a Vice President at Blue Shield of California and a healthcare management consultant at Ernst & Young.

Mr. Gottlieb has published a book on healthcare industry management (published by HFMA- McGraw Hill) and has published numerous articles in clinical and management journals on the same subject.

Mr. Gottlieb also holds a Masters of Science in Public Policy, with an emphasis on healthcare policy and government/non-profit organizations.  

Mr. Gottlieb has also served as a member of the Irvine Chamber of Commerce, a board member of the Orange County Chapter of the American Heart Association and worked as an attorney volunteer for the Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation at their Domestic Violence Clinic.

Mr. Gottlieb is in good standing with the California State Bar and is admitted to practice in California's State and Federal Courts.

BARBARA J. GOTTLIEB

Barbara Gottlieb is the office para-professional. Barbara is a registered Legal Document Assistant, meeting the qualifying requirements of the State of California. Barbara has over 5 years of law office and business management experience. Additionally, she has over 10 years of experience, in both program eligibility and educational capacities, working with families and children.  Previously, Barbara worked in a State government position qualifying disabled adults and children for government medical and treatment services.  Barbara also has 7 years of experience serving as a teacher's aide assisting both disabled and non-disabled children as well as a school volunteer helping students with reading and writing skill development.

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Where Families with Special Needs Children Are Our Only Business

Why Our Law Firm?

Our practice only involves issues of families with special needs children children. We do not have a general practice that covers everything; for example, auto accidents, business litigation, medical malpractice are not our business; again, our business is families and children. We  know our subject matter and we have many years of litigation & hearing experience. We know how to present your case and advocate on behalf of your family. We keep our overall fees lower than most other law firms by managing our overhead and simply having a mission of making legal services more affordable. What also differentiates our law firm is our approach of making the client a "partner" in achieving success, through on-going communciation with the client and educating the client about the process and the law.

Additionally, as children are at the center of our work, we often visit the family and the child at the parent's home to initally discuss the case; this unique involvement personalizes the case for our legal team.

Remember,  our business is families and your child's success is our success.

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