Whitney Hill, Partner
Whitney Hill has been with Cedar Law since 2019, representing students and families in special education and civil rights cases. She has particular expertise in matters involving Deaf students, parents, and teachers, as well as cases addressing restraint and isolation in schools. Whitney is passionate about seeking justice for those most marginalized in the education system and is grateful for the opportunity to do this work every day.
Before joining Cedar Law, Whitney worked as a public defense attorney in Pierce County. She also spent sixteen years as a nationally certified sign language interpreter, where she helped lead successful statewide advocacy efforts to establish interpreter standards in schools and secure fair wages for interpreters. In recognition of her work, she was the first recipient of the Theresa B. Smith Distinguished Service Award from the Washington State Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
Whitney earned her JD from Seattle University and her BA in American Sign Language/English Interpreting from Western Oregon University. She has been deeply connected to the Deaf and DeafBlind community since childhood and brings both cultural understanding and legal expertise to her practice.
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