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David Barrett 40 West 57th Street 33rd Floor New York, NY 10019 Phone- (212) 957-4440 Fax- (212) 957-3941 Curtis Webb Idaho TEL (208) 734-1616 *Highly recommended! Will give advice over the phone at no charge, to my conclusion I feel he is very honest with his clients. One of my visitors sent me an email and made some recommendations that I felt people should know, he suggests the following for those of you who are only hiring a lawyer to help you obtain an exemption. 1) If you do not have a medical reason, the only approach is religious. Do not waste time on "the dangers of vaccinations" etc. Rationalism does not come into play. The wackier or more extreme, that you come across as being, is better. 2) With public school budgets being as tight as they are (complaints about rising school tax etc.) litigation is costly and they would try to avoid it. There is the concern that they can get support from the community by trying to defend it from disease carriers. More often than not it appears that these cases do not get publicized. 3) I believe that a response, signed by an attorney, to a rejection letter from a school would show that you mean business and will not give up. Unless it is deemed "unpatriotic" to not immunize, most schools should fold at this point. You should be prepared for anything. 4) A competent attorney, like a competent driver on a new road for the first time, should be able to do the background research on the laws and, therefore be able to provide good representation. 5) Folks moving from one area should inquire at the new prospective schools. A school in the next town etc. may pose no barriers at all and you can avoid the mess from the beginning. Also, moving to a new location should not be ruled out if the circumstances are favorable. 6) Perhaps, what I regret the most is not lying on the school's immunization questionnaire. "I could have sworn he was up to date on his immunizations". Is that any worse than trying to get a religious exemption when your beliefs are based on science? Here is his email with a brief explanation of what had happened to him and his family. We were trying to get our son into Highland Elementary School in NY. He was refused admittance to 1st grade and ended up in parochial school. Somehow (unfortunately) we got a hold of Filenbaum's name. At the initial consultation he required a $5,000 retainer, "should we go into litigation". We had one more meeting, he wrote a letter to the school lawyer, paraphrasing our own "religious philosophy letters, called their bluff and we were in. We received no statement or anything from him afterwards. I inquired about the balance and he offered $500. We were stunned. A formal complaint to the NYS Bar cabal accomplished nothing. I believe, that in our case, and probably most others, any attorney would do as schools do not want to spend on litigation. We were struggling financially and will never forget being robbed by him. "One attorney with a briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns." Al Capone Instead of recommending particular lawyers, these websites should offer strategy guidelines, as, in many cases, starting with the religious exemption is the only way to go, possibly avoiding the need for these bloodsuckers. -Alex Thank you Alex for sharing your comments with us all. Hopefully we can all get a better idea of what to look for in a lawyer if the need arises. - Michelle http://www.momtoanangel.net/lawyer.htm Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:41:01 -0000
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