Miriam K. Freedman is an attorney, educator, speaker, and author, and a partner in the firm of Stoneman, Chandler and Miller. Before joining the firm, Ms. Freedman served for eight years as Hearing Officer with the Bureau of Special Education Appeals of the Massachusetts Department of Education. She concentrates in the field of education law, including special education, with a particular emphasis on working with school districts to avoid litigation through preventive action and implementation of "good practices."

Ms. Freedman received her law degree from New York University following a 10-year career as a teacher in New York, New Jersey, California, and Massachusetts and as an author of educational materials. She received a master's degree in history from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and a bachelor's degree from Barnard College/Columbia University.

Ms. Freedman has presented workshops and lectures for educators, school districts, lawyers, parents, and national audiences throughout the United States. Her articles have appeared in Teacher, The Journal of Secondary School Administrators, Massachusetts Association of School Committees Journal, and Education Week. Notably, her February 1995 Education Week Commentary, "The Elevator Theory of Special Education," was republished and cited in several publications. She co-authored A Sourcebook for Substitutes and Other Teachers, published by Addison-Wesley in 1974. Her book Legalese: The Words Lawyers Use and What They Mean was published by Dell in 1990.

Since 1995, Ms. Freedman has been a commentator for the Massachusetts Special Education Reporter, a quarterly publication highlighting Massachusetts special-education decisions. She is a member of the Massachusetts Special Education Advisory Council and the Advisory Board of EDLAW Briefing Papers.

Stoneman, Chandler and Miller is a Boston law firm that has been representing management clients in both the public and the private sectors for more than 50 years.