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Ms. Gaughran represents students in matters ranging from tuition reimbursement claims to defending students of all ages in school disciplinary matters. She has successfully vindicated the rights of abused students in federal court. In addition, Ms. Gaughran has extensive experience in obtaining testing accommodations for students on exams such as the SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, USMLE and MCAT, and has obtained accommodations for graduate and medical students. Ms. Gaughran graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Following law school, she clerked for Senior United States District Judge Whitman Knapp in the Southern District of New York.

Ms. Gaughran has represented parents and students in special education and civil rights matters since 1998 and founded the firm with Rachel Asher in 2006. 

Ms. Gaughran is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the bars of the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She is a member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates and the New York City Bar Association.

Contact Julie Gaughran by email or call 914.273.3187 to set up an appointment.

Who We Are

Rachel Asher

Rachel Asher

Ms. Asher’s law practice is devoted to special education advocacy, student disciplinary matters, mental health advocacy, and to federal and state civil rights litigation arising from the abuse and neglect of children in institutional settings.

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Where We Work

We have successfully negotiated, advocated, litigated and settled cases in virtually every school district in Westchester County and frequently represent…

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