D C DISABILITY LAW GROUP, P. C.

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ALANA M. HECHT, ESQ.

Alana M. Hecht is an attorney admitted to practice in both Washington, D.C. and Florida. Throughout her career, she has focused on working with the most vulnerable and needy residents of the District.. While in law school, Ms. Hecht worked at Bread for the City and The Legal Aid Society of D.C.

Following law school, she received  a  Covington & Burling Fellowship and worked for Neighborhood Legal Services Program, an organization that represents low income clients in legal matters. After two years, Ms. Hecht practiced Civil Rights Law, representing employees in employment discrimination matters. Subsequently, Ms. Hecht worked, for two years, at Brown & Associates, the largest Special Education Law Firm in Washington, D.C. representing low income residents of the District against D.C. Public Schools and Charter Schools. 

Ms. Hecht is the founder of D.C. Disability Law Group (DCDLG), a small Special Education and Advocacy Law Firm, located in Northeast Washington, D.C. The firm was established in August, 2012 and litigates cases on behalf of parents of students with disabilities and adult-students who are not receiving appropriate special education and related services.

RACHEL S. SILVERMAN, ESQ,

Rachel S. Silverman is an attorney admitted to practice in both Washington, D.C. and Florida.  Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Ms. Hecht attended the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1993 with Highest Honors, earning a Bachelor's of Arts in English. Ms. Hecht received her Juris Doctor  from Boston College Law School, graduating in 1997. While in Law School, Ms. Silverman was Assistant Editor of the National Jewish Law Review and worked in the Boston College Legal Assistance Bureau, where she dealt with disability issues.

Ms. Silverman began her career in the State Attorney's Office of Miami-Dade County, where she was a felony prosecutor. She then transitioned to civil litigation with Kluger Kaplan, et al, in Miami, Florida. 

Ms. Silverman joined her sister, Alana M. Hecht, in 2020 in practicing educational disability law with the Firm, and handles such conferences, mediations and trials via video conferencing.

Together the firm has substantial experience in fighting for their clients who are denied the legal benefits that the law provides students with disabilities and adult-students who are not receiving appropriate special education and related services.