Ms. Glassman has extensive experience advocating for the rights of children with disabilities.  Her practice centers on special education, suspension and expulsion cases.  She has represented over 150 parents and guardians in all phases of special education matters, including IEP meetings, manifestation determinations, disciplinary hearings, mediations and due process hearings.  Ms. Glassman currently serves as a co-chair of the Special Education Attorney Roundtable, a member of the expert panel for the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Foundation and as a Special Education and Parent Attorney on the Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect (CCAN) for the District of Columbia Superior Court.

Before entering private practice, Ms. Glassman was a Staff Attorney for the Legal Aid Bureau in Riverdale, Maryland, where she represented indigent clients in a wide range of civil matters and a Skadden Fellow at the National Women’s Law Center, working on issues related to Family Economic Security.  She is admitted to the bars of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the United States District Court, District of Maryland and District of Columbia.  She earned her J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, in May 2003, magna cum laude, and earned a B.A., cum laude, in History and Political Science from SUNY Geneseo in May 2000. 

Presentations:

• October 2012 - CCAN Brown Bag, Drafting Due Process Complaints and Motions Practice in Due Process Litigation (co-presenter)
• March 2013 - Neglect and Delinquency Practice Institute, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Addressing the Needs of Intellectually Challenged Students (co-presenter)
• May 2013 - CCAN New Attorney Panel Training, Special Education Practice Standards & Practicalities of Being on the Special Education  Panel; Special Education Ethics, Conflicts and Attorneys Fees; and Litigation Strategy in Special Education Cases (co-presenter)
• March 2014 - Neglect and Delinquency Practice Institute, Bar Association of the District of Columbia, Hot Topics In Special Education Law and Special Education Due Process Advocacy (co-presenter)