Georgianna Junco-Kelman is the founding and principal attorney at The Law Offices of Georgianna Junco-Kelman, founded in 2009 and located in Studio City, California. Ms. Kelman’s practice focuses solely on the representation of children with disabilities regarding their special education needs and Regional Center services. A staunch advocate of full inclusion, Ms. Kelman is also a philanthropist heavily involved in playing a leading role in the disabilities’ non-profit world. Ms. Kelman was born in Cienfuegos, Cuba and immigrated to the United States at the age of 9 years old via Madrid, Spain where she lived for one year. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science with an emphasis in Public Law, from the University of California at Los Angeles, graduating with Departmental Honors. She earned her Juris Doctorate Degree at the Whittier College of Law in Los Angeles, California and has been practicing law for over 20 years.
Specializing in the area of Special Education law was not initially on Ms. Kelman’s radar. Her early years as an attorney were spent practicing in the area of criminal defense, with a concentration on Under the Influence matters and DMV Administrative Per Se Hearings, Departmental Reviews and Writs of Mandate. During her tenure as a criminal defense attorney, Ms. Kelman conducted approximately 3000 Administrative Per Se hearings and obtained an unmatched number of “Set Asides,” earning herself an unsurpassed reputation as one of California’s leading DUI/DMV attorneys. Ms. Kelman’s extensive background and experience with administrative hearings and administrative agencies would later prove invaluable in the representation of children through the state of California special education Due Process mechanism.
Ms. Kelman is an attorney member of COPAA - The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates and CAPCA - The California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy. Ms. Kelman is the former President of the Cuban-American Bar Association, is a member of the California State Bar, the American Bar Association, the United States Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Kelman’s multifaceted personal and professional background and vast legal experience serves her daily in meeting the very special needs of children throughout all of California. Ms. Kelman is married to criminal defense attorney Jonathan I. Kelman, Of Counsel to the Law Office of Georgianna Junco-Kelman and founding/principal attorney at the Law Offices of Jonathan I. Kelman. They live in Studio City, California with their 3 boys, Brandon, Jack and Cristian.