Steve Alizio

Steve has extensive and varied experience within the education sector. Prior to law school, Steve was a high school mathematics teacher in New York for seven years. He received his M.S.Ed. from Hofstra University, and he studied philosophy and politics at The George Washington University and Pembroke College, Oxford University.

Steve earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was the Executive Development Editor of the Michigan Law Review, Vice President of the Education Law and Policy Society, and Event Coordinator for Legal Advocates for Children and Youth. Steve spent his final semester at Columbia Law School. While there, he served as a student educational consultant—conducting qualitative fieldwork, research, and analysis in New York City middle and high schools—for Columbia’s Center for Public Research and Leadership.

Before Steve established The Law Office of Steven Alizio, PLLC, he practiced special education law in the Special Education Unit of the New York Legal Assistance Group ("NYLAG"), and later in a New York City-based special education law firm. He has substantial experience advocating for students and their parents throughout the IEP and hearing processes, and he has worked on a federal class-action lawsuit against a large charter organization and the New York City Department of Education. Steve has also provided special education training sessions for doctors, social workers, and other personnel throughout New York City.

Steve strongly believes that money should not inhibit students' access to a free appropriate public education. As such, The Law Office of Steven Alizio, PLLC, represents students using a flat-rate sliding scale based on each family's income

Steve is admitted to practice law in New York.


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University of Michigan Law School

J.D. (2016) | Law

2013 - 2016

Honors: Honors in Legal Writing

Activities: Executive Development Editor of the Michigan Law Review; Vice President of the Education Law and Policy Society; Event Coordinator for Legal Advocates for Children and Youth

Hofstra University

M.S.Ed. (2006) | Secondary Mathematics Education

2004 - 2006

Honors: Honors with Distinction

George Washington University

B.A. (2004) | Philosophy and Political Science

2000 - 2004

Honors: Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Honorable Mention; Gauss Prize for Excellence in Philosophy; Departmental Honors, Philosophy Department; Departmental Honors, Political Science Department; Honors Program Graduate; Presidential Scholarship Recipient

Activities: History of Modern Philosophy Writing Coach

Pembroke College, Oxford University

Philosophy and Politics

2002 - 2003

Honors: Semifinalist, Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

Principal Attorney

The Law Office of Steven Alizio, PLLC

2017 - Current

Special Education Attorney

Law Fellow - Special Education Unit

New York Legal Assistance Group, Inc.

2016 - 2017

High School Mathematics Teacher

Herricks Union Free School District

2006 - 2013

New York State Professional Certificate, Mathematics 7–12

New York State Education Department

New York City Bar Association

Member

Current

New York County Lawyers' Association

Member

Current

INCLUDEnyc

Junior Board Member

Current

The New York Legal Assistance Group

Special Education Unit, Part-time Volunteer

Current

State Bar of New York

Member

Current

New York

Since 2017

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  The Law Office of Steven Alizio, PLLC, represents students using a flat-rate sliding scale based on each family's income.