Jennifer M. Frankola, Esq.

Jennifer Frankola is an associate in the litigation department and part of the Special Education Group, representing children with disabilities and their families throughout the administrative hearing process, appeals, and related proceedings.  Jennifer previously worked at a law firm in New York City advocating for parents of children with autism and other developmental disabilities.  She was involved in working on matters for Autism Speaks Federal Legal Appeals Project where she assisted in drafting briefs for various cases including the case Student X v. New York City Department of Education (E.D.N.Y. 2008) and the Forest Grove v. T.A. (2009)  case to the United States Supreme Court.

Jennifer received her juris doctorate from the City University of New York School of Law where she focused on civil rights, education law, and disability rights.  Jennifer was a member of the New York City Law Review and teaching assistant for Constitutional Law.  Upon graduating law school, she was honored by the National Association of Women Lawyers.

During law school, Jennifer interned for the Honorable Ronald L. Ellis in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, where she researched and drafted legal memoranda for use in the Court’s opinions.  In 2005, she was awarded the Joseph Doherty Civil Rights Fellowship for her human rights work in Durban, South Africa.  In 2006, she was selected as a Project Equity Fellow for her work at Advocates for Children of New York, Inc.

Prior to law school, Jennifer was a full time public school teacher in a Bronx middle school.  She received a fellowship to complete a Masters of Arts degree in Education from New York University and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Philosophy from Manhattan College.  Jennifer is a member of the New York State Bar.  Jennifer is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and in the federal courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.