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Eileen M. Hagerty concentrates her practice in special education law and civil litigation. She represents parents and students at all stages of the special education process, from pre-litigation advice through mediations, administrative hearings, court proceedings, and appeals. Ms. Hagerty graduated with an A.B. summa cum laude in 1973 from the University of Detroit , where she was a member of the Gamma Pi Epsilon (now Alpha Sigma Nu) and Phi Alpha Theta honor societies. She received an A.M. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University in 1974, and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1982. In 1982-1983, she served as a Law Clerk for the Honorable Frederick B. Lacey of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. She was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar and to the bars of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the United States Court of Appeal for the First Circuit in 1983. Ms. Hagerty is also a member of the bars of the United States Courts of Appeals for the Eighth and Ninth Circuits. She has worked as a litigation associate in a large Boston firm; as a Special Assistant District Attorney in Middlesex County, Massachusetts; as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston; and she was co-founding partner of a small Boston litigation firm (Kern, Sosman, Hagerty, Roach & Carpenter, P.C.). Ms. Hagerty participates in various public service activities, including serving as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Advocates for Children. She lectures and writes frequently on topics in special education law, including co-authoring with Robert Crabtree Special Education: Advocating on Behalf of Students and Parents in School Law in Massachusetts (MCLE 2003; updated version pending, 2007). She is also the author of "Pre-Deposition Motions," in the Massachusetts Deposition Practice Manual (MCLE 2001) and of numerous commentaries in the Massachusetts Special Education Reporter | 