Vanaman German LLP

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  • Established in 1982
  • Firm Size 9
  • Dedicated and effective advocate for students with disabilities: Special Education Due Process; Disability Discrimination; School Discipline; Manifestation Determinations; Injuries at School; Abuse of Special Education Students; IEPs.

  • Peer Reviews

    4.8/5.0 (4)
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  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
  • Platinum Client Champion
  • Avvo Client Choice
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About this firm

Vanaman German LLP has a successful history of providing assistance to children with disabilities and families with members who are disabled.

Valerie Vanaman founded the first law firm in Southern California providing representation for children with disabilities in their struggle to receive appropriate educational programs and other benefits to which they were entitled.

Our attorneys, paralegals, and support staff are actively involved in a variety of forums as they seek to improve the services children and adults with disabilities receive.

Areas of Practice (194)

  • Special Education
  • Regional Center
  • Legal Conservatorships
  • Injury and Abuse at School
  • Individualized Education Plan
  • Mediation
  • Due Process
  • Administrative Hearing
  • Due Process Hearing
  • Resolution Session
  • Manifestation Determination
  • Expulsion
  • Bullying
  • Peer Bullying
  • Verbal Abuse
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Disability Discrimination
  • Injury and Abuse of Students
  • Injury and Abuse of Children
  • School Bullying
  • Teacher Abuse
  • Aide Abuse
  • Equal Access
  • ADA
  • Section 504
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  • Failure to Supervise
  • Failure to Report
  • ABA Aide
  • Individual Aide
  • Educational Rights
  • Autism
  • School District
  • SELPA
  • Academic Instruction
  • Compensatory Education
  • Fair Hearing
  • School Board
  • Restraint
  • Seclusion
  • Hold
  • Segregation
  • Inclusion
  • Preschool
  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • OAH Hearing
  • Office of Administrative Hearings
  • Charter School
  • LAUSD
  • Assessments
  • Independent Educational Evaluation
  • Graduation
  • Retention
  • Testing
  • Down Syndrome
  • Learning Disability
  • Dyslexia
  • Dysgraphia
  • Dyscalculia
  • Auditory Processing
  • Vision Therapy
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Speech and Language Therapy
  • APE, Adaptive Physical Education
  • Administrative Exhaustion, LRE, Least Restrictive Environment
  • Restrictive Setting
  • Segregated Site
  • Private School
  • Public School
  • ADHD
  • Attention Deficit
  • Health Plan
  • Aversive
  • Behavioral Intervention Plan
  • Behavioral Support Plan
  • Child Find
  • Confidentiality
  • Continuum
  • Alternate Placement
  • Discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Misconduct
  • Corporal Punishment
  • Accessibility
  • Meaningful Progress
  • Developmental Delay
  • Disciplinary Removal
  • Accommodations
  • Educational Records
  • Dual Language
  • Gifted
  • Eligibility
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Residential Treatment
  • RTC
  • NPS, Non-Public School
  • NPA, Non-Public Agency
  • BCBA
  • SLD
  • SLI
  • FAPE, Free Appropriate Public Education
  • Twice Exceptional
  • 2E
  • Core Curriculum
  • State Standards
  • General Education
  • Special Day Class
  • Segregated
  • Transportation
  • Transition
  • CTC, Career Transition Center
  • Community Based Instruction
  • FERPA
  • Diploma, Certificate, SST, SSPT
  • Homeless
  • Honig
  • Assistive Technology
  • Augmentative Communication
  • Alternate Curriculum
  • IEP Meeting
  • IEP Team
  • Parental Participation
  • ESY, Extended School Year
  • Reassessment
  • Unilaterally Placed
  • Private Placement
  • Goals
  • Objectives
  • Measurable Goals
  • Progress, Transfer
  • Stay-Put
  • Transition Planning
  • Diabetes
  • Seizure
  • Tuition
  • Reimbursement
  • Cognitive Disabilities
  • Deaf
  • DHH
  • Non-verbal
  • Total Communication
  • OCR, Office of Civil Rights
  • CDE, Department of Education
  • Civil Rights
  • Orientation and Mobility
  • Orthopedic Impairment
  • Paraprofessional
  • Extracurricular
  • Learn
  • Learning Online
  • Summer School
  • Homebound
  • Home Hospital
  • Changes in Placement
  • Program
  • Services, Supports
  • Early Intervention
  • School Choice
  • Home School
  • Neighborhood School
  • Therapeutic Placement
  • Consent
  • Transfer
  • Post-Graduation
  • Predetermine
  • Predetermined
  • Predetermination
  • Identify
  • Amendment IEP
  • Prior Written Notice
  • Related Services
  • RTI, Response to Intervention
  • Retaliation
  • Revocation of Consent
  • Grievance
  • Virtual School
  • Articulation
  • Oral Motor Placement Therapy
  • PROMPT
  • Food Allergies
  • Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI
  • Allergy
  • Cochlear Implant
  • Bus
  • Medically Fragile
  • Safety
  • Training
  • Supervision
  • Foster Care
  • Counseling
  • Local Educational Agency
  • State Educational Agency
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Valerie Vanaman
Founder and Managing Partner
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Sherman Oaks, CA

Special Education, General Practice, Administrative Law

David German: Attorney with Vanaman German LLP
David German
Co-Managing Partner
5.0
110 Reviews
Sherman Oaks, CA

Special Education, Education Law, Disability Discrimination, Personal Injury, Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Litigation View More

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Robert Myers
Senior Partner
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Sherman Oaks, CA

Civil Rights, Special Education

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Janeen Steel
Senior Attorney
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Sherman Oaks, CA

Education, Civil Rights

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Susan Bliziotis
Senior Attorney
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Sherman Oaks, CA

Special Education, Disabilities Law

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Dina Kaplan
Senior Attorney
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Sherman Oaks, CA

Special Education Law, Childrens Rights

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Jodi Bynder
Senior Attorney
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Sherman Oaks, CA

Special Education

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Eric Menyuk
Senior Attorney
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Sherman Oaks, CA

Special Education, Litigation

Peer Reviews

4.8/5.0 (4 reviews)

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    4.8/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.8/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.8/5.0

  • Communication

    4.8/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.7/5.0

  • 5.0/5.0 Review for David German by a Attorney on 11/12/20 in Education Law

    David continually obtains outstanding results for his clients while committing substantial time to those who could not otherwise afford legal representation. I’ve enjoyed working with him in the past and hope to have opportunities to do so in the fut... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for David German by a Senior Partner on 06/13/20 in Education Law

    David is an extraordinarily skillful lawyer, who consistently secures excellent results for his clients. In the complex fields of special education, disability rights and civil rights, David is knowledgeable and strategic. He knows how to obtain goo... Read more

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  • 5.0/5.0 Review for David German by a Principal on 06/20/20 in Special Education

    David is one of the wisest people I know, with comprehensive knowledge of special education law and civil rights law. If I personally needed legal representation for my own family member, I would not hesitate to hire David.

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  • 4.8/5.0 Review for David German by a Senior Attorney on 06/18/20 in Education Law

    Mr. German is an experienced attorney that displays excellent legal analytic skills, aggressively represents his clients, has extensive knowledge of education law, and is committed to elevating the standard of attorneys practicing in this area.

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