Karen S. Norlander
Of Counsel
ksn@girvinlaw.com
Karen Norlander, who has served special counsel to the firm since 1999, represents individual school districts in special education matters and supports the firm’s Special Education Law practice through the development of training programs and preventive law initiatives. She is also counsel to the statewide Council of New York Special Education Administrators (CNYSEA); the Long Island Association of Special Education Administrators (LIASEA); and the Centris Group, the leading web-based IEP program; and legal advisor to the National Publishing Resources for which she developed the first in a series of DVDs on RTI.
Admitted to practice in the Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, Ms. Norlander has successfully represented school districts in hearings, appeals and litigation in cases involving children with disabilities and civil rights. She is also a state certified hearing officer.
Ms. Norlander earned a master's in social work from Columbia University and her law degree from Pace University School of Law.
She is a member of the Women’s Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association and its committees on children and the law and persons with disabilities.