As a Regional Interagency Coordinator, Drew spent much of his time in the most disenfranchised school districts to assist in developing school-wide special education programs.

He was also responsible for presenting the most complex cases to the state-level interagency team in order to obtain funding and services for these students.

While acting as a Regional Interagency Coordinator, Drew obtained his Master’s degree in Public Administration, which rounded out his knowledge of government budgeting and finance and coordination of services.

Drew left his position with the Chester County Intermediate Unit to attend law school at American University in Washington D.C. While attending law school Drew took required courses and also courses specific to educational law and remedies.

After passing the Pennsylvania Bar Examination, Drew went to work immediately in the field of special education law, working in a Plaintiff special education law firm for a year. He was tasked by the firm’s managing partner with handling a full caseload of special education cases on his first day as a lawyer.

After a year in this position, Drew switched sides and worked as a school district defense lawyer in firms in Allentown and later Doylestown, Pennsylvania. While working as a school district defense lawyer, Drew got to witness the behind-the-scenes aspect of school management, school insurance, school budgets and remedies involving an array of special education cases. While at these defense firms Drew also honed his skills with practicing education law in United States federal courts.

As a defense lawyer, Drew handled cases all over Pennsylvania. As his defense practice grew, he realized that special education students were not being represented in Northeastern Pennsylvania, where he grew up. After four years as a defense lawyer Drew decided to open his own practice in Northeastern Pennsylvania in 2004 where he switched back to being a special education lawyer representing only students and parents.

Within six weeks of opening his own practice Drew had a full caseload, in part thanks to special education advocates who trusted Drew’s abilities to handle cases for their clients. Since 2004 Drew has proudly represented a full range of special education cases all over Pennsylvania.

While previously working as a Regional Interagency Coordinator and school district defense lawyer it became clear to Drew early on that the vast majority of parents with disabled students had the same thing in common. They required trust.

Special education cases are not like car accident cases or slip-and-fall accidents. Special education cases are like having little car accidents every day where a parent has to send their child to school knowing that their child is not getting help. Parental motivation for a child is immeasurable. This motivation makes special education cases different from other types of cases. Parents must trust their lawyer to not simply get an after-the-fact award but also to demand every possible resource available for their child’s future. This is why trust in a lawyer is so important. Drew recognizes this and applies all of his knowledge in obtaining every possible remedy for a student that is available.

Drew has proudly represented disabled students since 2004 and has been practicing special education law since 2000. If you believe that Drew Christian can be of assistance, please contact him through this website.