“Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time.” - Rabbinical Saying

“If we don't stand up for our children, then we don't stand for much.” - Marian Wright Edelman

“Whether we send our children to private school or public school we should take a constant interest in all educational institutions and remember that on the public school largely depends the success or the failure of our great experiment in government “by the people, for the people.” - Eleanor Roosevelt

About Us

Deborah Pergament

image placement Deborah Pergament is the founder and managing attorney of Children’s Law Group. Deborah is known for her success in representing parents in special education matters both during the IEP process and in litigation. She is also a respected litigator in the areas of juvenile and adoption law and attorney for educational and health care professionals and agencies.

Prior to founding Children’s Law Group, Deborah was an Assistant Public Guardian in the Office of the Public Guardian of Cook County, Illinois. In that position, Deborah worked as an appellate attorney and argued several cases that established important precedents under Illinois law concerning the rights of abused and neglected children.

Deborah has established a national reputation in the fields of special education, genetics and the law, and child welfare and adoption law. A sought-after speaker, she also has published articles on legal and medical issues in these areas.

Deborah is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association’s Section on Education Law and chairs its Committee on Special Education. Deborah also belongs to the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, the bar association of Jewish lawyers, and serves on its board of managers. She is on the board of directors of the Family Defense Center, a not-for-profit child and family advocacy foundation. She is a past chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Mental Health and Disability Law Committee (2005-2006).

Deborah graduated with high honors from Mount Holyoke College and holds master’s degrees in library science and in history from Indiana University. She is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law.