About Janeen
Janeen Steel is a certified attorney admitted to practice regulation within the State of California. She was admitted to the California State Bar in 2000. Her license is presently in active standing. Ms. Steel is a partner at Vanaman German LLP, a regulation firm that specialize in special schooling and disability rights, positioned in Sherman Oaks, California. She has been working as an attorney for over 25 years, specializing in advocating for the instructional rights of students with disabilities throughout California.
Ms. Steel earned her law degree degree from the UCLA School of Law in 1999. Prior to law school, she completed her undergraduate schooling at San Francisco State University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1993. During her time at UCLA, she was awarded the La Raza Alumni Association Cesar Chavez Summer Fellowship, which enabled her to create the Learning Rights Manual, an advocacy guide for households of students with disabilities. She also served because the President of the Disability Law Society.
Ms. Steel concentrates her practice within the regions of unique school law, legal rights, and disability discrimination. She represents people and families in things involving unique schooling offerings, advocating for suitable educational packages and lodging for students with disabilities. Her practice encompasses all stages of litigation, which includes preliminary case assessment, evidence-gathering process, facilitated negotiation, settlement negotiations, and trial hearings in each state and federal courts.
Throughout her profession, Ms. Steel has treated cases within the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles, the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She has also appeared earlier than the California Court of Appeal on more than one events. Prior to joining Vanaman German LLP in 2021, she based the Learning Rights Law Center in 2005, serving as its Executive Director and Co-Executive Director for over 15 years. In these roles, she managed operations, supervised lawyers, and led legal proceedings efforts to advance educational equity for students with disabilities.
Ms. Steel is an active member of the California State Bar Association and the Los Angeles County Bar Association. She has taught special education law at various regulation schools, including Loyola Law School, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, and UCLA School of Law. She has additionally presented at numerous conferences and workshops, advocating for the rights of students with disabilities. Ms. Steel is English-speaking and Spanish, permitting her to serve the numerous communities of California successfully.
