We have successfully negotiated, advocated, litigated and settled cases in virtually every school district in Westchester County and frequently represent students in New York City, Rockland, Dutchess, Putnam, Ulster, and Orange Counties. The following is a representative sampling of the public school districts and private schools where we have assisted families:

Public Schools

Westchester County:

  • Ardsley Union Free School District
  • Bedford Central School District
  • Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District
  • Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District
  • Bronxville Union Free School District
  • Byram Hills School District
  • Chappaqua Central School District
  • Croton-Harmon Union Free School District
  • Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District
  • Eastchester Union Free School District
  • Edgemont School
  • Elmsford Public School District
  • Greenburgh School District
  • Greenburgh Eleven School District
  • Harrison Central School District
  • Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free District
  • Hendrick Hudson Central School District
  • Irvington Unified School District
  • Katonah-Lewisboro School District
  • Lakeland Central School District
  • Mamaroneck Union Free School District
  • Mount Pleasant School District
  • Mount Vernon City School District
  • New Rochelle City School District
  • North Salem Central School District
  • Ossining Union Free School District
  • Peekskill City School District
  • Pelham Union Free School District
  • Pleasantville Union Free School District
  • Pocantico Hills Central School District
  • Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District
  • Rye City School District
  • Rye Neck Union Free School District
  • Scarsdale Union Free School District
  • Somers Central School District
  • Tarrytown Union Free School District
  • Tuckahoe Union Free School District
  • Valhalla Union Free School District
  • White Plains City School District
  • Yonkers City School District
  • Yorktown Central School District

Dutchess County:

  • Arlington Central School District
  • Beacon Central School District
  • Dover Union Free School District
  • Hyde Park Central School District
  • Millbrook Central School District
  • Pawling Central School District
  • Pine Plains Central School District
  • Poughkeepsie Central School District
  • Red Hook Central School District
  • Rhinebeck Central School District
  • Spackenkill Union Free School District
  • Wappingers Central School District
  • Webutuck (North East) Central School District

Putnam County:

  • Brewster Central School District
  • Carmel Central School District
  • Garrison Union Free School District
  • Mahopac Central School District
  • Putnam Valley Central School District

Orange County:

  • Goshen Central School District
  • Highland Falls Central School District
  • Middletown City School District
  • Monroe-Woodbury Central School District
  • Newburgh City School District
  • Orange-Ulster BOCESÂ
  • Tuxedo Union Free School District
  • Valley Central School DistrictÂ
  • Warwick Valley Central School District

Rockland County:

  • Clarkstown Central School District
  • Haverstraw - Stony Pont Central School District
  • Nanuet Central School District
  • Nyack Central School District
  • Pearl River Central School District
  • Suffern Central School District
  • South Orangetown Central School District

Ulster County:

  • Highland Central School District
  • Kingston City School District
  • New Paltz Central School District

Private Schools

 

  • Alpine Academy
  • Andrus Children’s Center
  • Birch Wathen Lenox School
  • Carmel Academy
  • The Center for Discovery
  • The Clear View School Day Treatment Program
  • The Community School
  • Crotched Mountain School
  • Eagle Hill School – Greenwich
  • Ethical Culture Fieldston School
  • Ferncliff Manor
  • The Forman School
  • The Foundation School
  • Fusion Academy
  • The Glenholme School
  • Green Chimneys School
  • Grove School
  • The Hyde School
  • John Cardinal O’Connor School
  • The John Dewey Academy
  • The Kildonan School
  • Lake House Academy
  • Landmark School
  • The Learning Clinic
  • Maplebrook School
  • The Marvelwood School
  • The McCarton School
  • New York Institute for Special Education
  • New York Institute of Technology Vocational Independence Program
  • New York School for the Deaf
  • Orchard School: ANDRUS
  • The Parkside School
  • The Pathway School (PA)
  • Pathways School-Eastchester
  • The Prospect School at Wooster
  • Provo Canyon School
  • The Quad Preparatory School
  • Riverdale Country School
  • Soundview Preparatory School
  • The Southport School (CT)
  • The Speech Academy
  • The Storm King School
  • The Summit School
  • Trinity-Pawling School
  • Trinity School
  • Villa Maria School
  • Village Nursery School
  • Wellspring and the Arch Bridge School
  • Westchester Exceptional Children’s School
  • West End Day School
  • The Westfield Day School
  • The Windward School
  • Winston Preparatory School
  • World Cup Nursery School & Kindergarten

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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Julie Gaughran

Ms. Gaughran represents students in matters ranging from tuition reimbursement claims to defending students in disciplinary matters ranging from elementary school to graduate school. She has successfully vindicated the rights of abused students in federal court.

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