About Us

Louis H. Geigerman

Mr. Louis H. Geigerman has been a professional advocate since 1995 when he founded National ARD/IEP Advocates. In late 2006 he founded College Disability Advocates in order to assist college students with special needs in acquiring reasonable accommodations from their educational institutions. In the fall of 2007 he became a part-time paralegal with the Philpot Law Office, P.C. He has logged over 650 hours in IEP and Section 504 meetings and over 125 hours in mediations and resolution sessions. He is a charter member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) and the Texas Organization of Parents Attorneys and Advocates (TOPAA). Mr. Geigerman is also a member of AHEAD Texas, a higher education disability association. He has attended numerous training opportunities in special education law conducted by COPAA, The ARC, Advocacy Inc. and the Learning Disabilities Association of Texas. In 1995, he underwent training conducted by the Texas Association of Section 504 Coordinators and Hearing Officers and received certification as a Section 504 hearing officer. In 2000 he completed the State of Texas 40-hour Basic Mediation Training. He has spoken to a number of groups regarding special education services including, The ARC of Houston, The Texas State Autism Conference, The Learning Disabilities Association of Fort Bend County, Future Horizons the Houston Young Lawyers Association and The Northwest Houston Chapter of the Autism Society of America. He was also active in lobbying efforts for the 2004 reauthorization of the Individual's with Disabilities Education Act. He is a past president of The Sean Ashley House, and a former board member of the Greater Houston Chapter of the Autism Society of America. He has been an advisor for a continuing series of reports on KRIV-TV Fox 26 in Houston regarding special education and the public schools and also ADA and child care. In the summer of 2007, he was featured in a chapter on advocacy in the newly released book by Scott Teel, Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently: Lessons from Edison's Mother for Praeger Publishers. He is the proud father of Ben and Kayla.

Snail mail inquiries:

P.O. Box 16111
Sugar Land, Texas 77496-6111

Email:

louis@narda.org

Telephone:

(281) 265-1506