Leona Z. Goldshaw, Esq.

Leona specializes in education law and represents children and their families facing challenges under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (“IDEA”), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1972, Title VI, and Title IX. She brings to her practice more than twenty years of experience pursuing legal excellence for her clients including education litigation, complex commercial litigation experience in federal and state court, and a passionate devotion to public interest advocacy and social justice. She regularly negotiates with school districts to meet students’ needs and represents students and their parents in due process hearings to successful resolution.

Prior to founding the Law Office of Leona Z. Goldshaw LLC, Leona worked for six years at Oberman & Yazno-Bartle LLC where she concentrated her practice on education law, seven years at a national law firm where she concentrated her practice on complex litigation, and represented tribal clients throughout the country.

Leona served as a law clerk to the Honorable R. Barclay Surrick of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  She received a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2004 and graduated cum laude and Order of the Coif (top ten percent). Leona served as an editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Prior to attending law school, Leona advocated on behalf of immigrants seeking political asylum and victims of discrimination for six years in Philadelphia and New York for the Anti-Defamation League, the New York Immigration Coalition and other advocacy groups.  

Leona has three school-aged children and understands the challenges parents face when advocating for their children.