Frank G. Aschmann
VDOE Case No. 25-112
Jurisdictional narrowing, motions and subpoenas, disqualification issues, and the later dispute concerning transmission of the administrative record for judicial review.
Special Education • Northern Virginia
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Hearing Officer Profiles
A.N.'s due-process matters have proceeded before five Virginia special-education hearing officers. These profiles summarize the procedural record, the Parent's constitutional and IDEA allegations, and concrete rulings or events identified in the project record.
John V. Robinson
VDOE Case No. 25-112
The Parent alleges that unresolved IDEA and Section 504 issues were again narrowed or dismissed before complete evidentiary development following reassignment.
Carl Schmidt
VDOE Case No. 25-175
Subpoena restrictions, exclusion of prior administrative records, limits on systemic evidence, and the Parent's challenge to the resulting scope of the FAPE hearing.
Robert J. Hartsoe
VDOE Case No. 26-145
Disputed electronic-exhibit access, requested evidentiary testing, dismissal without prejudice, and the unresolved recusal issue identified by the Parent.
Sarah Smith Freeman
VDOE Case No. 27-026
Complaint sufficiency, compensatory-education pleading requirements, dismissal without prejudice, sanctions language, and pending disqualification issues.
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John F. Cafferky, Esq. (Blankingship & Keith, P.C.) •
Todd E. Davis, Esq. (Blankingship & Keith, P.C.) •
Emily Haslebacher, Esq. (Arlington Public Schools)
or involving Arlington Public Schools or Blankingship & Keith, P.C.?
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