3 Summit Park Drive, Suite 400 Cleveland, OH 44131
Phone:(216) 503-5055 Fax:(216) 503-5065

Miriam Pearlmutter provides counsel to Ohio school boards regarding various school law topics, including special education issues, as well as labor and employment law matters. Miriam represents her clients’ interests throughout litigation, at meetings with school personnel, in administrative hearings, and in court. She also advises clients on general school law matters and gives presentations on related topics. Miriam enjoys the opportunity to work on student issues, as she worked as a school psychologist and special education director before turning her attention to the practice of law.

• Bar Admissions and Memberships
• Admitted to practice law in Ohio and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• Member of the Ohio School Boards Association’s Ohio Council of School Board Attorneys, the Ohio State Bar Association, and the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

• Education
• Received her undergraduate degree in psychology and education from Barnard College-Columbia University (B.A., 1998)
• Received her master’s degree in school psychology from Tufts University (M.S., Ed.S, 2005)
• Earned her law degree with honors from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D., 2011)
• Served as articles editor of the Ohio State Law Journal
• Published Physician Apologies and General Admissions of Fault: Amending the Federal Rules of Evidence, 72 Ohio St. L.J. 687 (2011)
• Awarded a Top Ten Brief in the Herman Moot Court Competition, 2010
• Received CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Contracts