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Special Education Attorney - representing students who have been denied an appropriate and effective education

Education Law and Criminal Defense
New Jersery and Pennsylvania

Craig David Becker, Esquire practices Education Law and Criminal Defense. He practices Special Education Law, representing students who have been denied an appropriate and effective education. He also represents students in disciplinary actions. In addition, Mr. Becker represents adults and juveniles in all facets of criminal defense. He represents clients throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Craig David Becker, Esq. received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the recipient of a James Wilson Merit Scholarship. Mr. Becker began representing individuals while still attending law school and won his first not guilty verdict and suppression motion prior to graduation.

He is a former Assistant Public Defender for Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he represented defendants in high profile felony cases and other serious offenses. Mr. Becker also worked in the Public Defender Office's Juvenile Division, where he represented minors in all facets of juvenile criminal law. After leaving the Public Defender's Office, Mr. Becker worked as an associate for top New Jersey and Pennsylvania law firms, including one firm that represented several New Jersey school districts.

Mr. Becker is licensed to practice law in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Camden County Bar Association, the Burlington County Bar Association, the New Jersey State Bar Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association, the Pennsylvania State Bar Association's Legal Services for Exceptional Children Committee, the Cherry Hill Special Education Parent Teacher Association and the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey. Mr. Becker and his family live in Southern New Jersey. He is actively involved in the South Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania communities and with national and local issues regarding Special Education and Criminal Defense.

Mr. Becker has appeared as a guest on the television show Legally Speaking on the topics of Special Education Law and Criminal Defense.

In addition to maintaining his own firm, Mr. Becker is Of Counsel to the law firm of Gerstein Grayson & Cohen, LLP in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Mr. Becker represents clients throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Mount Holly, Voorhees, Marlton, Mount Laurel, King of Prussia, Media, Jenkintown, West Chester, and Philadelphia.

Craig David Becker, Esquire represents parents and students in special education and other disputes with public schools and private schools. He advocates on behalf of parents and students to ensure educational institutions provide the services necessary to accomplish students' educational needs. Mr. Becker is available to assist parents in the following areas:

All Special Education Issues
Individualized Education Programs ("IEP")
Extended School Year
Supplemental Services
IEP Team Meetings
Enforcing and Revising IEPs
Resolution Sessions
Mediations
Placements
School Transportation
Due Process Hearings
Duel Enrollment
Standardized Testing Accommodations
Student Disciplinary Hearings and Appeals
Suspensions
Expulsions
Bullying
Discrimination
Student Records

Mr. Becker also has experience working with top consultants and experts in education and special education.

In addition to maintaining his own firm, Mr. Becker is Of Counsel to the law firm of Gerstein Grayson & Cohen, LLP in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. Mr. Becker represents clients throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including Cherry Hill, Haddonfield, Mount Holly, Voorhees, Marlton, Mount Laurel, King of Prussia, Media, Paoli, West Chester, and Philadelphia.

Debra Eccles was licensed to practice law in 1982 in Pennsylvania, in 1983 in Texas and in 2006 in Maryland. Currently her practice is limited to Maryland. Ms. Eccles handles disability, education and business law matters. The disability practice includes special needs trusts, SSI applications and guardianships. The education practice includes special education, disciplinary matters including truancy and general questions and concerns involving schools. The business practice includes formation, corporate formalities and administrative issues.

Special Education Law - Representing Parents

in Central Pennsylvania

Practice areas include:

IEPs, 504 Plans, Identification, Placement, Least Restrictive Environment, Discipline, Gifted

Greg Sutton is the founding attorney of the Sutton Law Group. Prior to forming the Sutton Law Group, Greg worked with Brooklyn Legal Services in New York City and the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia. Most recently, Greg worked as an associate with the preeminent international law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. As a law firm associate, Greg worked extensively with small businesses and entrepreneurs on all matters of business law. He also worked closely with Philadelphia area legal services organizations, including the Education Law Center and Philadelphia VIP, in delivering pro bono legal services to Philadelphia's underserved communities. Greg's practice makes use of his extensive ties in both the non-profit legal services community as well as the private law firm community in order to provide his clients with a robust and well informed approach to dealing with legal, social and educational issues.

Greg believes firmly in the principal that top quality legal services should be made available to all people without regard to ability to pay. Accordingly, Greg continues to provide pro bono representation directly through the Sutton Law Group and through working with legal services groups throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley Region.

Greg is an active member of the Philadelphia Bar Association and is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Greg received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and is a graduate of Binghamton University, where he graduated summa cum laude.

Barry Chatzinoff is a partner with the Cherry Hill, New Jersey law firm of Chatzinoff & Zoll, P.C. He began his practice during 1982. The primary emphasis of Mr. Chatzinoff's practice is Family Law, including Divorce, Custody, Property Distribution, Alimony and Child Support issues. Mr Chatzinoff served as a Reader for the State of New Jersey Bar Examinations from 1998 through 2007. He also serves as a Blue Ribbon Panelist and provides free Family Law Seminars at various locations in the Southern New Jersey community.
Chatzinoff & Zoll, P.C. was formed in 2007. Mr. Chatzinoff and Ms. Zoll were previously members of the Haddonfield, NJ Law Firm of Weinberg, McCormick, Chatzinoff & Zoll, where they represented members of the community in complex Family Law, Land Use, Real Estate Law and Education Law matters for 20 years and 16 years, respectively. Chatzinoff & Zoll, P.C. is proud to continue their tradition of dedication, caring and professional representation of all clients. Members of the firm are also actively engaged in numerous organizations serving the legal community including the Presidency of the Thomas S. Forkin Family Law Inn of Court and Panel Members of the area county Matrimonial Early Settlement Panels. The firm also sponsors free Family Law Seminars aimed at providing information to the community regarding New Jersey family law Issues.Chatzinoff & Zoll, P.C. continues to serve the entire South Jersey area including Camden, Burlington, Gloucester, Atlantic and Mercer counties.