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Remembering Avonte Oquendo: 5 Years Later

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Aug 7, 2019
Today marks the five-year anniversary of Avonte’s Law being passed in New York City. The legislation, which imposes new measures to make schools safer for special needs students, was introduced in ...

The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. Supports Autism Awareness Month

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Apr 2, 2019
April 2 nd is World Autism Day, a United Nations’ designated day of observance which kicks off an entire month dedicated to spreading awareness, promoting education, and gathering support for Autism ...

New York City Attorneys at The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. are now accepting applications for the 2019 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship! Find information about scholarship rules, requirements, and essay topics here.

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jan 28, 2019
The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for our 2019 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship! The scholarship has become an annual tradition for our firm, ...

The Perecman Firm Congratulates Scholarship Winner John Dutan

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Aug 30, 2018
The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. is excited to announce that University of Maryland student John Dutan is the 2018 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship for Autism winner! It’s never easy to select a winner ...

Submissions Officially Closed for the 2018 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Aug 1, 2018
Applications for the 2018 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship are officially closed! Thank you to everyone who sent in an application this year! Like always, we have an incredibly difficult decision ...

"Kevin & Avonte's Law" Included in Federal Spending Bill

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Mar 23, 2018
Senator Charles Schumer recently announced that the recently unveiled United States spending bill includes “Kevin & Avonte’s Law”, named after Avonte Oquendo and Kevin Curtis Wills, two young boys ...

The Perecman Firm Congratulates Scholarship Winner Jacob Gage

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Sep 7, 2016
The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. is proud to announce that Jamestown Community College student Jacob Gage is one of 2016’s two Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship for Autism winners. Gage was one of two ...

Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship Results

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Aug 17, 2016
We received an overwhelming amount of fantastic applications for this year’s Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship . With so many talented students to choose from, and to celebrate Avonte and Kevin’s ...

Kevin and Avonte's Law Unanimously Approved by U.S. Senate

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jul 19, 2016
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed Kevin and Avonte’s Law on July 14, 2016, a bipartisan bill intended to protect people with autism and other conditions. Kevin and Avonte’s Law was introduced in ...

Avonte's Law Update

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Mar 14, 2016
New York Senator Chuck Schumer and Iowa’s Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley introduced S.2614 last week to help families located their loved ones with autism or other mental or ...

Pix 11 Features Story on Choking Prevention Device

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Feb 26, 2016
In light of startling statistics that one child dies every day from choking, Pix 11 featured a story on an invention that could have potentially prevented the deaths of Noelia Echavarria and Dyasha ...

Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship for Autism, Round Two

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Jan 18, 2016
The Perecman Firm is proud to be yet again offering a $1,000 scholarship to a deserving student who has been diagnosed with autism or whose close family member has been diagnosed with autism. Avonte ...

March for Safety Commemorates Second Anniversary of Avonte Oquendo's Disappearance

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Oct 13, 2015
The family of Avonte Oquendo, Attorney David Perecman, and others came out this past Saturday for the March for Safety. It has been two years since the autistic teen went missing from school and was ...

New York Schools Trained in Helping Autistic Students

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Oct 10, 2015
New York schools have recently started training paraprofessionals on how to handle their autistic students. This training is in response to the concerted efforts of the Department of Education to ...

The Perecman Firm Congratulates Scholarship Winner Peter Despres

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Oct 2, 2015
The Perecman Firm would like to congratulate Peter Despres for winning the 2015 Avonte Oquendo Memorial Scholarship for Autism! The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C. is pleased to announce that the winner of ...

Family organizes March for Safety in remembrance of Avonte Oquendo

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Sep 30, 2015
October 4 th will mark the second year of the tragic disappearance of 14 year old autistic teenager Avonte Oquendo and family members have organized a March for Safety in Queens. The march will take ...

The Perecman Firm supports the passage of Senator Schumer's legislation "Avonte's Law"

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| May 1, 2015
Show your support for autism awareness and sign our petition to pass Senator Schumer’s legislation Avonte’s Law . This legislation will develop and fund a program to provide voluntary tracking devices ...

Senator Chuck Schumer Champions Federal "Avonte's Law"

Posted by The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C.| Apr 30, 2015
New York Senator, Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D-N.Y.) has sponsored Senate Bill 2386, the “Avonte’s Law Act of 2014”. This legislation, which amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ...

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