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About Sussan, Greenwald and Wesler

Advocating for the special needs child.

Sussan, Greenwald & Wesler was founded over 37 years ago when Theodore Sussan first established his general practice. In 1975, personal circumstances involving his autistic son compelled him to gain an in-depth understanding and appreciation for the special education rights of school-aged children between the ages of three and twenty-one. This in turn led to his focus on special education law.

Today, Sussan, Greenwald & Wesler is recognized as one of the leading special education law firms in New Jersey, having helped thousands of special needs children receive access to the educational opportunities they might otherwise have not had. In some cases, this has meant fighting to set legal precedent in the state.

Our success rests in part on the broad perspective we take in addressing the legal needs of our young clients. Equally prepared to advocate in a school district IEP meeting as we are to litigate in the courtroom, this perspective ensures all strategic opportunities are explored and maximized.

The firm's success is also a function of the legal acumen of its attorneys, each of whom has a wealth of experience, not just in the law, but also special education itself. Each attorney is professionally credentialed in another discipline in the special education field. In addition, all of the firm attorneys are themselves parents of children with special needs. Hence, from a legal as well as a personal perspective we've been there. We understand.

We are proud of what we do, proud of the results we've been able to achieve, and proud that IDEA's vision continues to be realized.

 

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Education Law
Posted by anonymous
February 07, 2014
Hired Attorney Jayne Wesler

Jayne Wesler, Esq. has represented my children in many due process petitions and even in Federal Court. In every case, Jayne Wesler carefully mapped out our strategy and stayed in constant communication with me. From the many appearances we made it is obvious the respect she receives from all the other professionals in this field. Jayne Wesler is a pleasure to work with, but most important we prevailed in every single case! Even against pressure and attacks by the district, Jayne Wesler won.

 
Family Law
Posted by anonymous
February 06, 2014
Hired Attorney Staci Greenwald

Our experience working with Staci was stellar. Her expertise, advice and instincts were excellent and very valuable to my wife and I. She was always responsive to our questions, and helped explain every step in the process. We have recommended Staci to others and would do so enthusiastically again.

Civil Rights
Posted by anonymous
February 03, 2014
Hired Attorney Jayne Wesler
Education Law
Posted by anonymous
February 03, 2014
Hired Attorney Jayne Wesler

I am extremely pleased with the work Jayne Wesler did on my son's behalf. We are thrilled with the result: he has been successfully placed in an appropriate private school and we were able to reach a successful settlement with the school district. Our child is finally comfortable in his school and making real strides in his education, a result we would not have achieved without Jayne's guidance and fine legal work. She was terrific in guiding us and anticipating the needed next steps.

 
Education Law
Posted by anonymous
February 03, 2014
Hired Attorney Jayne Wesler

We highly recommend Jayne Wesler! She is an extraordinary attorney and a caring individual. She is knowledgeable and professional, and we greatly appreciate the care she took to truly understand our child and his needs.

Education Law
Posted by anonymous
February 01, 2014
Hired Law Firm

I would absolutely recommend the services of Sussan, Greenwald & Wesler. Their level of professionalism was outstanding, as was their attention to both my needs and more importantly the needs of my child. The firm advocated for my daughter as though she was their own. They were genuinely concerned about her future well-being and dedicated to her best interests. I highly recommend the law firm of Sussan, Greenwald & Wesler.

 
Education Law
Posted by anonymous
February 09, 2014
Hired Attorney Jayne Wesler

Jayne, Alex and Stacy were responsive and provided the information needed to help in decision making.

Education Law
Posted by Angelina
September 30, 2024
Hired Law Firm

Attorneys at this firm caused more harm to my child's school status than when I reached out to obtain representation in the first place. First attorney came into a legal proceeding and gave untrue testimony, despite billing me for many hours of case review beforehand. Then, in the middle of my case and without any warning, I receive a generic letter from the firm saying the current representing attorney is going out on medical, leaving me with someone wholly unfamiliar with my child's nuanced case. New attorney was completely unprofessional in conduct, wasted thousands of dollars debating word choice in documents with the school district, despite having a verbatim doctor's order to use as reference and even being left with a final educational plan riddled with typos and grammatical incongruities, and billed me for eight hours of work to complete a one page document for a court filing I never agreed to. I'm appalled at this firm's unscrupulous and seemingly exploitive representation

 
Special Education
Posted by Danielle
March 03, 2023
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I was told by multiple people that SGW were the best in the field of Special Education. While this may be true, they didn't seem to show an ounce of care or understanding with our situation. We needed to repeat ourselves multiple times and they still got critical pieces of information wrong. We received very limited communication and were essentially alienated for most of the time. Our son's educational placement only got worse while we were trying to put our trust in this firm. When I questioned their commitment to our case, they began sending formal letters instead of e-mails - which cost much more. Every piece of communication came at a cost. The school confirmed our fears that the team we had hired to help us, sided with the school. I could go into much deeper details, but the moral of the story is find an attorney that doesn't treat you like a bank account and actually has empathy for your child and LISTENS to your concerns.

 

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1249 South River Road, Suite 104Cranbury, NJ 08512U.S.A.

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