Frances Shefter

I empower families with the knowledge they need to advocate for their children during the special education process.

: Frances Shefter has dedicated her whole life to working with neurodiverse children. Her professional career started with an undergraduate degree in early childhood education and then a master’s degree in special education. After seven years in regular and special education classrooms, she moved to an administrative teaching position as the Special Education Coordinator. Two years later, she decided she was not making as much of a difference in children’s lives as she wanted. She decided that law school was the answer. Shortly after graduating from Stetson University College of Law with a Certificate of Concentration in Advocacy, Ms. Shefter opened her firm, Shefter Law, PA, in Rockville, MD, where they help families have a Stress-Free IEP™ experience. The firm’s main area of practice is special education law. Legal services are provided in DC, MD and FL. Advocacy services are provided nationwide in the United States and in American schools in other countries.