Lehigh University's College of Education

Spring/Summer 2008

SARAH B. DRAGOTTA began the Law Office of Sarah B. Dragotta in Glenside, Pennsylvania. In two decades of experience as an educator in various settings, Ms. Dragotta has a practice that encompasses education law and related issues in personal injury and constitutional rights. She consults with families whose children are in regular education and special education. She reviews educational records to find solutions through consultation and resolution meetings. She represents parents and guardians at Individualized Education Program meetings and due process hearings. She also represents families with children in truancy and disciplinary matters and in juvenile proceedings. Ms. Dragotta also provides private consultation for adults in college and post graduate settings. Ms. Dragotta serves as General Counsel for a consulting corporation for a state of the art children’s center in the Germantown area of Philadelphia, PA. She was instrumental in achieving a child day care license for the center through the Department of Public Welfare. Recently, Ms. Dragotta served as General Counsel for a limited liability corporation. Through her efforts, the managing partners earned a private licensed school for nurse aide education through the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education. She provides consulting for civil and criminal cases. She served as an educational expert in a state-created danger case that resulted in a favorable plaintiff’s verdict against a school district. Hillard v Lampeter-Strasburg School Dist., 2004 WL 1091050 (E.D. Pa. 2004). This past year, she also wrote an education report for a handicapped young man. Through her assistance, the Court and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office confirmed a meaningful work release program instead of a harsher criminal sentence.