September 2022 – The MLO Minute: “How to Support Your Child’s Mental Health and Wellness” – By Allyson McAndrews, M.Ed., MLO’s Director of Community Outreach and Marketing Back-To-School Wellness Check! Don’t let the switch from summer to September be stressful! Fall sports, school buses with smiling students, pumpkin spice seasoning, sweaters, and sweatshirts… These are…
August 2022 – The MLO Minute: “Back-To-School Guide: How to Prepare for a Successful School Year” – A Two-Part Series by Dennis McAndrews, Esq. and Jennifer Grobe, Esq. Part 2: Initiating Effective Communication with Your Child’s IEP Team In our decades of collective experience in public education, we have found that the simple but…
August 2022 – The MLO Minute: “Back-To-School Guide: How to Prepare for a Successful School Year” – A Two-Part Series by Dennis McAndrews, Esq. and Jennifer Grobe, Esq. Part 1: IEPs, Service Plans, and the Beginning of the School Year “You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially…
August 2022 – The MLO Minute: “Time for a Disinherited Spouse to Elect Against a Will, and to Rescind an Election” – By, Jessica Wilson, Esq. and Dennis McAndrews, Esq. – Pennsylvania’s Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (“PEF Code” or “the Code”) protects a surviving spouse against disinheritance from a deceased spouse’s will. Specifically, the…
August 2022 – The MLO Minute: “(End of!) Summer Special Education Newsletter” – A Note from our Director of Communications and Marketing Dear Friends, Families, Clients, and Colleagues: It is hard to believe that the 2022-2023 school year is right around the corner. Here at MLO, we understand the current pandemic has created unusual challenges…
August 2022 – The MLO Minute: “Teacher Shortages and Compensatory Education for Children with Disabilities” By Dennis McAndrews, Esq., Founder of MLO The upcoming school year presents extraordinary challenges to school districts and charter schools in terms of staffing classrooms and related services. Just weeks before the beginning of the school year many school districts…
August 2022 — The MLO Minute: “MLO’s Pittsburgh Attorneys Named to Board Service” — By, Nancy Potter, Esq. and Jillian Zacks, Esq., lead attorneys in our Pittsburgh office — Our firm is honored to announce that our two leading Pittsburgh attorneys have been recognized for their incredible work on behalf of individuals with disabilities. Nancy…
July 2022 — The MLO Minute: “Reflections on the Successful Prosecution of John E. du Pont: America’s Wealthiest Murderer” — By Dennis McAndrews, Esq. and Joseph McGettigan, Esq. — This year marked the 25th anniversary of the successful prosecution of John du Pont for the murder of Olympic wrestler David Schultz on the Foxcatcher…
July 2022 — The MLO Minute: “NEW FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON DISCIPLINE FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES” By Kimberly Caputo, Esq., MLO’s lead Philadelphia special education attorney, and Nancy Potter, Esq., MLO’s lead Pittsburgh area education attorney — “Can you help? My child has an IEP and is being suspended over and over…..” “I don’t know…
July 2022 — The MLO Minute: “Do I Need an IRA Special Needs Trust?” By Lesley Mehalick, J.D., LL.M., Supervising Partner of our Estates and Trusts Department, and Jillian Zacks, Esq., lead Estates and Trusts attorney in our Pittsburgh office — Deciding whether to name a Third-Party Funded Special Needs trust as the beneficiary of…