United States
Deborah A. Mattison, Esq. is a shareholder at Wiggins, Childs, Pantazis, Fisher & Goldfarb in Birmingham, Alabama. Deb represents students with disabilities in special education matters that arise under IDEA and other relevant laws. Prior to her current position, Deb was the Director of Legal Services for Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service where she pursued impact litigation on behalf of persons with disabilities. She is a frequent lecturer regarding special education and employment law under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In 1993, Deb was appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board of the National Disabilities Law Reporter, the American Bar Association’s Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter Editorial Advisory Board, and to the Michigan State Bar Standing Committee on Mental Disabilities. She has been the recipient of the “Distinguished Individual Contributing to Non-Averse Behavioral Interventions” award presented by TASH and was recognized via two legislative resolutions from the Michigan legislature honoring her work on behalf of persons with disabilities. In 2017 and again in 2020, Deb was recognized as one of the Top Lawyers in B-Metro Magazine, and she has consistently received Martin Hubbell’s highest rating, Preeminent (AV), since 2000.