Law Offices of Kirsch-Goodwin & Kirsch PLLC

Specialties

The law firm of Kirsch-​Goodwin & Kirsch is dedicated to advising and representing special needs students and their families to obtain the education and auxiliary services to which they are entitled. We provide assistance with IEPs, Due Process proceedings, mediations, disability determinations, disciplinary hearings, bullying and harassment at school, restraint and seclusion issues, 504 Plans, residency.

History

Established in 2006.

When Hope Kirsch and her sister Lori-​Kirsch Goodwin decided to leave partnerships at a major downtown Phoenix law firm to start their own law firm in Scottsdale, it bucked the notion «never do business with family.» Eighteen months later, the two sisters have expanded their practice and wondered why they didn’t do this sooner. Eight years separate Hope and Lori, Hope having spent 18 years as a New York City special education teacher and administrator in some of the most challenging areas of the city. Today, a substantial portion of their practice is dedicated to education law, focusing particularly on special needs youngsters.

Meet the Manager

Hope K.

Manager

Attorney Hope Kirsch has a BS in Special Education from Boston University, an MA from NYU in Educating the Emotionally Handicapped in Special and Regular School Settings, plus thirty credits in educational supervision and administration. She was a special education teacher and school administrator for 18 years in New York City where she worked with children with developmental disabilities, autism, physical handicaps, learning disabilities and the severely and multiply handicapped in a variety of settings, including RTCs and hospitals in addition to schools. Hope holds the following licenses: Special Education Public School Teacher; Teacher of Health Conservation; Teacher of Emotionally Handicapped; Supervisor of Special Education; School Administrator/​Supervisor; Assistant Principal Special Education Day Schools. She attended Brooklyn Law School and received a JD in 1991. She is licensed to practice law in the federal and state courts in New York, New Jersey and Arizona.