Get on the path to results today with a special education lawyer

Get on the path to results today with a special education lawyer

Decades of giving children a voice.
Laviano & Gagne, LLC has been awarded the 2025 Clio Legal Impact Award, an international recognition honoring law firms that create meaningful change through their work.
The award was presented October 16, 2025 at ClioCon in Boston, MA. Clio, the world’s largest legal technology company, featured our firm in a national video highlighting the heart of what we do:
* Standing beside families,
* Changing systems, and
* Fighting every day for children with disabilities to receive the education they deserve.
Every story, every late-night email, every PPT meeting, every tear and triumph, our clients are the reason our work matters. They demonstrate courage to stand up and say, “my child deserves better!” This is what fuels our fight. We’re so proud to bring this award home to Connecticut and to the incredible families we’re honored to represent.

Attorney Jennifer Laviano is in private practice in Sherman, Connecticut. Attorney Laviano holds an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and she earned herJuris Doctorate, cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut.
Attorney Laviano is a Special Education Lawyer who has dedicated her law practice entirely to the representation of children and adolescents with disabilities whose families are in disagreement with their public school districts. Read more...

Attorney Melissa Gagne holds an undergraduate degree from the Boston Conservatory of Music, a Master’s Degree in English from Connecticut College, a Sixth Year Degree in Education Leadership from Sacred Heart University, and she earned her Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Quinnipiac University School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Attorney Gagne spent twenty years in public education as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal.
Attorney Gagne is a Special Education Lawyer who has dedicated her law practice to the representation of children and adolescents with disabilities whose families are in disagreement with their public school districts. Attorney Gagne also represents students at Expulsion Hearings and in Title IX investigations. Read More...
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