Marguerite joins the BSEA as a Hearing Officer
Marguerite M. Mitchell joins the BSEA as a Hearing Officer. Marguerite, a native of upstate New York, graduated Syracuse University (summa cum laude) in 1995, where she was awarded the Remembrance Scholarship in her senior year. She then moved to Massachusetts to attend Boston College Law School and has stayed here practicing law ever since. While at law school she participated in the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project during her second year, where her work in special education law began, representing juvenile girls in advocating for their special education needs.
After graduating law school in 2001, she first worked as an Associate Attorney at Gay, Gay & Field and was able to continue working in the field of special education law representing both families and the Taunton Public Schools, while also specializing in municipal law, generally, with a focus on zoning and affordable housing matters. Marguerite started Mitchell Law Offices i