Tracy Hartlieb
Ms. Hartlieb first began working with students with disabilities as a teacher with the Northern Suburban Special Education District as part of the Northern Suburban Recreation Association in Northbrook, Illinois. As an attorney, she has provided disability rights advocacy through the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, represented clients at Equip for Equality’s Special Education Clinic, and, most recently, served as the director of the JCFS Chicago Legal Advocacy Center. She is a member of the national Council of Parents, Attorneys, and Advocates (COPAA), the Special Education Advocacy Coalition of Chicago (SPEACC), the Illinois Attorney General’s Special Education Committee, the Illinois Early Literacy Coalition.
Bar Admissions: Illinois Northern District of Illinois
Education: Loyola University Chicago School of Law (1988, J.D.) Indiana University (1985, B.S.)
Cera Horste
Ms. Horste has worked on special education matters since 2018. As an attorney, she has provided disability rights advocacy to clients through her work at Latham & Watkins, LLP and the JCFS Chicago Legal Advocacy Center prior to working at Hartlieb & Horste. She is a member of the national Council of Parents, Attorneys, and Advocates (COPAA), the Special Education Advocacy Coalition of Chicago (SPEACC), and the Illinois Early Literacy Coalition.
Bar Admissions: Illinois Northern District of Illinois
Education: University of Michigan Law School (2016, J.D.) Harvard Business School (2015, CORe) Indiana University (2014, B.A.)