Tuneria Taylor has 9 years of experience working as an attorney in the field of special education law. Ms. Taylor earned her J.D. from Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University and is admitted to practice in New York. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Law from Binghamton University. Throughout law school, she served as a student associate for the Center for Children, Families and the Law at Hofstra University. Through the Center, Tuneria assisted children and families involved with the legal system through community service, public policy and research projects. She also completed a clinical program with the Child Advocacy Clinic at Hofstra, where she advocated on behalf of youth in special immigrant juvenile matters and child maltreatment cases in the Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Family Courts. During the summer of 2009, Tuneria interned at the Children’s Law Center, where she assisted with the representation of the interests of children at the heart of child maltreatment, guardianship, custody and visitation disputes in Brooklyn Family Court. Tuneria represents parents at impartial hearings, appeals, guardianship proceedings and is admitted to practice in the Southern District of New York. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she currently resides there with her husband and son. Tuneria enjoys spending time with her family and friends and traveling to visit family in the Bahamas, spending time boating and fishing.