Our Practice Areas
Ensure your child receives a free and appropriate public education
Representing Northern and Southern California
We settled with the district
Bonnie Yates investigated mistreatment, discrimination, child abuse, and illegal actions against my kid’s right of receiving Free Appropriate Public Education. We settled with the district.
Redondo Beach Unified School DistrictCA
We were able to reach a satisfactory settlement agreement
We were able to reach a satisfactory settlement agreement to avoid due process in our case. We continue to have an NPA provide behavior services for social skills, which is extremely important to us. We love working with Bonnie! She has been wonderful, and we would highly recommend her.
Torrance Unified School DistrictTorrance, CA
David and his team are outstanding results-oriented professionals. David is extremely capable and reassuring.
Where to begin. Our child has had an IEP since second grade and never really got the type or level of support she needed. We finally had enough of her IEP team dragging their feet and seemingly talking in circles and hired a special educational lawyer. Unfortunately, our initial lawyer didn’t seem to “get” our child or her needs. After a year, we turned to Tollner Law Offices and worked first with James S. and then with David T. to evaluate and help remedy our child’s situation. David and his team are outstanding results-oriented professionals. David is extremely capable and reassuring. He responded to our queries in a timely manner and kept us in the loop as to what was happening and what to (likely) expect next. He knows what to do and how to work with school districts and their lawyers. The journey over the years (since second grade) was a long and frustrating experience with repeated rounds of go-nowhere, do-not-much IEP meetings. Having David to navigate and guide us step-by-step led to a very satisfactory and successful outcome, for which we are forever grateful. (Thank you, thank you, thank you!) I highly recommend Tollner Law Offices
San Jose Unified School DistrictSan Jose, CA
Tollner Law firm exceeded my expectations
Tollner Law firm exceeded my expectations. I was referred to them from a reputable child advocate and I am so glad I chose them to represent my child’s case against our school district. I was very impressed by both Bonnie Yates and Devan Brothers. I appreciate their dedication and team work. Devan stayed on my case as we took it to the next level. They always seem to put the “client” first by making sure I had a clear understanding of the litigation process. Also both were very experienced, sympathetic, compassionate, and understanding of my son’s needs. Devan always impressed me with her thoroughness, sharpness, and attention to detail. She advocated so well that we were able to achieve our highest goal with getting my son into a very reputable and prestigious private school placement. Something most people did not think we would be able to achieve but we did with our drive and persistence. A BIG thank you to Devan, Bonnie and the team at Tollner Law Firm! I could have not done it without this well experienced and reputable team of attorneys. It was all worth the fight! Truly the BEST law firm in Education Law!
LAUSDSan Pedro, CA
He had the best interest of our child in mind
David was very knowledgeable and professional from day one. His knowledge of the nuances of the legal process and the investment he made in understanding the specifics of our case was exemplary. Throughout the process, we felt that he had the best interest of our child in mind. Our early sense was that we were in safe hands when we signed up with him and this was confirmed through all our interactions and, ultimately, when we got the desired outcome for our child in the case.
CUSDcupertino
David Tollner has helped us tremendously
David Tollner has helped us tremendously in the past couple of years to get services from school district for our Autistic daughter!!! He is very knowledgeable, professional and efficient. He is very compassionate in defending families Rights. I highly recommend him to anyone who has a hard time dealing with school district to get services for their child.
The best decision we have ever made!
Our 13 year old daughter with special needs had not been receiving the appropriate appropriate accommodations she needed to progress in school since kindergarten, despite years of advocating with inappropriate accommodations, incorrect placements, broken promises and failed middle school transition where she lost the entire sixth grade year! We finally got fed up and called Tollner Law Associates where we retained Amanda O’Neal which was the best decision we have ever made! Amanda has been instrumental and invaluable in finally obtaining the appropriate placement and accommodations for our daughter who is now finally learning and progressing! Amanda’s knowledge, guidance in the IEP and legal processes, professionalism, experience and personal passion with helping special needs children has been invaluable. Can’t even thank her enough for making things right for our daughter’s education.
Morgan Hill UnifiedMorgan Hill, CA
We highly recommend this office.
We found this office through a parent group that we trust a great deal. Wd’d never needed representation for an IEP and so didn’t know what to expect. We were very pleased with the process and outcome. Our attorney, Amanda O’Neil was all the things you want: professional, thorough and friendly. The thing we appreciated most was how easy it was to reach her and how quickly she responded to any/all of our questions. Her involvement in our IEP process is THE reason we were able to get the placement our child needed. It’s no fun to have a contentious relationship with the school district. Thanks to Amanda our relationship is good with the district and our child is thriving. We highly recommend this office.
Santa Cruz CitySanta Cruz
I showed him that first check you got for us
Bonnie, You are the best. Looking back on 2020, I am very grateful for all you did for our family. The genuine care you have for John is felt by us all the time. Walking me through this process 3 times now and your winning at every turn has helped us in so many ways. It also allows him not to feel the pressure of knowing his schooling is expensive. With you in charge he knows we will get paid back. Most importantly, you allow John to feel justice is being served for how he was mistreated at school. That is very powerful. I know it is a big part of why you do what you do. When I showed him that first check you got for us he immediately started crying with joy. We hugged and he told me, “this makes me so happy!”. Thank you so much,
David Tollner is simply amazing!
As a single mom who was lost with what to do for my son and his educational needs, David made everything very clear.
Fremont, CA