Gabrielle C. Sereni, J.D., M.S.Ed.

Gabrielle C. Sereni

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Gabrielle C. Sereni, J.D., M.S.Ed. is a senior shareholder with McAndrews Law Offices, P.C. Gabrielle represents children with disabilities and their parents at the federal court level in matters pertaining to the appropriateness of the educational placement and programming offered by public school districts.

In her years of practicing special education law, Gabrielle gained extensive experience in handling administrative special education proceedings. She currently handles the firm′s appeals and original actions in the Pennsylvania federal district courts, as well as matters reaching the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

She is a graduate of St. Joseph‛s University, Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where she earned a masters degree in Education, and Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA where she earned her juris doctorate degree.

Gabrielle is the mother of three little boys and lives in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania with her family.

Professional History

Prior to joining the firm in 2005, Gabrielle was an associate for Wisler, Pearlstine, Talone, Craig, Garrity & Potash, LLP, Blue Bell, PA where she practiced in the areas of Education Law, Special Education, and Litigation. She represented school districts in all aspects of education law from administrative special education due process hearings through appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Gabrielle also represented school districts in employment matters before the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Gabrielle also served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable Robert F. Kelly, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Before attending law school, Gabrielle worked as a teacher in the Delaware County public school system. She continues to lecture regularly on special education legal issues before school administrators, other attorneys and parents of disabled children.

Honors and Awards

Gabrielle was selected to the “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” List in 2010, for the fifth consecutive year, representing the top 2.5% of all lawyers under 40 or in practice less than 10 years in the Commonwealth in a joint project of Law and Politics and Philadelphia Magazine.

Professional Activities & Membership

Delaware County Bar Association

Community Involvement

Gabrielle has served as a member of the Board of Directors of St. John’s Preschool in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania from September, 2007 through the present.

She has recently been named Legal Adviser/Parliamentarian to the Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education (PAGE).

She also serves as kindergarten homeroom parent for the Home and School Association of Concord Elementary School in the Garnet Valley School District.

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania

Practice Areas

Special Education Law

Civil Litigation

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