ASSOCIATE
DANIEL LEVIN is an Associate Attorney with Frazer & Feldman, LLP in Westbury, New York. The focus of his practice is on special education law, including representation of school districts in due process hearings and CSE meetings, review of IEPs and 504 plans, negotiating settlements, student discipline matters, Superintendent hearings, and manifestation determination reviews. He has also defended districts against complaints filed by parents with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and State Division of Human Rights. Prior to joining Frazer & Feldman, LLP, Daniel worked as senior counsel and legislative director in the New York State Senate, where he negotiated, drafted and advised state legislators on budget bills, voting rights legislation, criminal law and criminal justice reform, and local government issues. Daniel also worked as a staff attorney and team leader for the Special Education Unit of the New York City Department of Education (“DOE”), where he investigated, settled and litigated due process complaints under the IDEA on behalf of the DOE. He drafted nearly a dozen appeals to the Office of State Review on special education matters and chaired a committee focused on improving the unit's litigation practice. As team leader, Daniel supervised attorneys in representing the DOE on IDEA claims for settlements and hearings. Daniel received his J.D. from Albany Law School and was the symposium editor of the Albany Government Law Review. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Binghamton University. Daniel is admitted to practice in New York and is a member of the Nassau County Bar Association.
Presentations
• Keeping the Faith: Practical Guidance for Religious Accommodations, Nassau-Suffolk School Law Conference 2024
• Key Considerations for Implementing IEPs, National Business Institute, 2024
• Discipline and Expulsion Essentials Under IDEA and Section 504, National Business Institute, 2024
• School Law Case Law Update, Practising Law Institute, 2024
Publication
Risky Business: When are districts negligent for injuries suffered by student athletes? New York State Association of School Attorneys, 2023