Rankin Legal’s primary goal is to connect with clients to achieve resolutions that will enhance their lives. Communicating with an attorney should be a positive experience. Aimee actively listens to her clients, partners with them, and delivers the legal solutions her clients need.

Services

Special Education Law

All children deserve an appropriate school experience - one that will address the unique needs of the student and support their emerging sense of self. Federal and state laws protect students in the school setting and outline clear standards for education. Attorney Rankin works with clients to secure each student's rights in a way that respects the ongoing relationship between schools and families. Services focus on students enrolled in PreK through 18–21-year-old services.

Attorney Rankin advises families in the following areas:
• Special Education

• Section 504 & Medical Accommodations
• Evaluations/Reevaluations
• IEP and Section 504 Meetings
• School Placement
• Gifted Education
• Bullying and School Safety Matters related to Disability

School Discipline, Civil Rights, Bullying & Harassment Advocacy

Physical and psychological safety are absolutely necessary in order for students to learn. When school discipline issues, discrimination, or bullying happen to a child, quickly addressing the concern is a parent’s highest priority. Attorney Rankin partners with families and works to improve the situation through effective legal solutions.

• Student Discipline Matters
• Free Speech & First Amendment Rights
• Title IX Sexual Harassment
• Bullying
• Harassment

Education Sector
Employment Law

Attorney Rankin is experienced in serving educational leaders, administrators, and educators.

Drawing on her 17 years of experience, Attorney Zundel offers services on a case-by-case basis for:

Labor & Employment Matters in the School Setting
Legal Consultation for Specific Education Law Concerns

A trusted legal advisor can make all the difference when you are facing a challenge in the employment setting. Rankin Legal diligently advocates for employment clients because we understand what's on the line: your reputation, your livelihood.

To protect all clients, Rankin Legal conducts a thorough conflicts check before engaging in representation of any individual, family, or school entity.

CONTACT

Rankin Legal serves clients in the following Pennsylvania counties and beyond:

Allegheny
Washington
Westmoreland
Fayette
Greene

Beaver
Butler
Lawrence
Somerset
Armstrong