“When my seven-year-old son was sexually assaulted about 20 times on school property by a classmate, I reported to the school what was happening. I also filed a police report, secured a restraining order, and filed a report with social services. The school not only refused to protect my son from the perpetrator, they wanted me to send him back to the same classroom so they could hire “extra eyeballs to observe and document their interactions,” essentially asking my traumatized son to act as bait so they could catch the student in the act.
I soon became aware of three other families in the same school district with eerily similar situations – one at the middle school level and two at the high school level…This obviously was a systemic problem that needed fixing, and after filing a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights, our family was offered mediation.Typically, mediation functions only to remediate an individual student’s situation, but nothing less than a systemic fix was going to be satisfactory for me. . . Fortunately, Monica Beck not only became a lifeline for us during an exceptionally trying time in our lives, they were instrumental in achieving a spectacular outcome — all without a lawsuit.The school district reimbursed us for a percentage of our documented out-of-pocket expenses, but more importantly, they agreed to train every principal in the school district and their bosses on how to respond appropriately to reports of sexual harassment and assault. They agreed to let Monica and me review the curriculum before they taught it, and I also got to meet with the district’s Title IX coordinator to impress upon him the importance of his role in keeping students safe.
After 12 long months of fighting this battle to prevent other families from going through the torture of our experience, I couldn’t be happier with the end result. Thank you, Monica!”
Mother of John Doe

“When I reached out for help, you stepped up and believed in my daughter (and me). Thank you for your support these last 4 years. I can never sufficiently explain how much you have meant to us. Your strength, kindness, and drive helped us to keep going when it was difficult. Thank you for being supportive, understanding, human, and available. Thank you for helping [my daughter] stand up for herself. Thank you for seeing in [my daughter] what was taken from her, and for fighting to get some of it back. Thank you for helping to make her bright again.”
Mother of Jane Doe

“From the moment Monica agreed to represent our daughter we felt at ease and confident our daughter’s best interests would be a priority. The suit would take almost 5 years to be resolved and it has been over 2 years since it concluded in our favor. During those years we have come to feel like Monica is a member of our family, she calls periodically to check on my daughter and to see how all of the family is doing, that is something I think is very special in an attorney. There were many twists and turns along the way but Monica always was focused and attentive to our every concern. She has a way of being personal and getting emotionally connected yet professional and objective so she can give you the hard answers and advice that you need to hear when involved in the highly specialized cases she handles.
We are forever grateful for the professional service and advice of Monica Beck and hold her character and work ethic in the highest regard.”
The McCoy family