Kerri W Feeney is the founder of Feeney Law Office, PLLC. Feeney Law is one of the most respected education advocacy and disability law firms in Washington State. Kerri W. Feeney’s law practice is focused on civil rights and disabilities law with a practice emphasis on special education and tort litigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
In private practice since 2003, Kerri was named the Public Justice Lawyer of the Year in 2015 by the Washington State Association of Justice for her advocacy on behalf of clients and students with disabilities. Kerri holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism with an accredited minor in Spanish and a Masters degree in Education with an emphasis on guidance and counseling, both from Washington State University. In 2003, Kerri completed the WSBA Rule 6 Law Clerk Program, studying under the late attorney Raymond Whitlow. In 2013, Kerri earned a certificate in Mediation Training from the Program on Negotiation at Harvard University School of Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A veteran legal educator, Kerri taught classes in the Paralegal Program at Columbia Basin College for approximately 25 years. During that time, she published a textbook for paralegals through Wiley Law Publications entitled, The Paralegal’s Role in Trial. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n From 2020-21, she was the president of the Attorneys for Education Rights (AFER), a Washington nonprofit dedicated to improving educational outcomes for children in Washington state. She currently serves as the group\u2019s education director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kerri is proficient in Spanish, both written and spoken. As a college student, she studied abroad in both Guadalajara, Mexico, and London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Feeney Law Office, PLLC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"wpbdp_category":[7022,3287,7019,7037],"wpbdp_tag":[7026],"class_list":["post-5158","wpbdp_listing","type-wpbdp_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpbdp_category-ada-disability-rights","wpbdp_category-advocacy-financial-legal-resources","wpbdp_category-special-education","wpbdp_category-special-education-attorneys","wpbdp_tag-spanish-proficient"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_listing\/5158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpbdp_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wpbdp_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_category?post=5158"},{"taxonomy":"wpbdp_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/washingtonautismalliance.org\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpbdp_tag?post=5158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}