Jane Elizabeth Windsor - Sarasota, FL
Attorney at Windsor Law LLC
Education Law Lawyers in Sarasota, FL
1990 Main Street Suite 750 Sarasota, FL 34236
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16
Years
Experience
Sarasota Education Law Lawyer
Updated: 05/08/2026
Areas of Practice
- Education Law
Litigation: 10%
Attorney Information
Overview
Attorney Jane Windsor brings unique insight to education law.
As a Hillsborough County classroom teacher, she administered and coordinated IEPs (Individual Education Plans) as well as participated in U.S. Department of Education Section 504 Plans as defined under federal law and Florida law. She also learned about the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to best advocate for her students. Attorney Windsor understands these issues as well on a personal level as the mother of a now adult child with ADD/ADHD.
Today, as an attorney, Jane Windsor uses her knowledge as well as these experiences to partner with parents. After adequate and proper testing and diagnoses, she will ensure that her clients' children receive all their legally allowable accommodations in school.
Attorney Windsor is an active member of COPAA (Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates) and alumni of the William and Mary Law School Institute of Special Education Advocacy to stay abreast of state and federal laws governing special education rights. Her passion is determining and enforcing accommodation rights and remedies for students with special learning needs and learning disabilities. She is also a member of the FL Bar Administrative Law and Education Law Sections.
Ms. Windsor is a Florida native, a graduate of Sarasota High School, and of Florida State University. Later, after raising her daughter and success as a classroom teacher, Ms. Windsor attended law school in Michigan where she obtained her Juris Doctor Degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She was on the Dean's List and earned three Certificate of Merits in Constitutional Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Florida Comparative Procedure.
OBJECTIVE:
Provide a full range of services to protect the educational rights of students.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- 12th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Award for 100 Plus Hours of Donated Time
Other Sources of Feedback About Jane Elizabeth Windsor
Included on the 2020 Florida Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2019 Florida Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Thomas M. Cooley Law School,
Lansing,
Michigan, 2009
J.D.
Honors: Dean's List and Certificate of Merit Recipient [3]
Honors: Certificate of Merits in Constitutional Law II, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Florida Comparative Procedure
Honors: SBA Faculty Committee Member, Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Committee
Honors: St. Thomas More Society
Honors: Focused study in Family Law, Child Abuse and Neglect, Elder Law and Family Violence Practice
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Thomas M. Cooley Law School,
Lansing,
Michigan, 2009
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Non Legal Education
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Florida State University,
Tallahassee,
Florida, 1979
B.S.
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Florida State University,
Tallahassee,
Florida, 1979
Past Positions
- Senior Home Companions, Caregiver - Marketing, 2010 - 2013
- Associates and B.L. Scheiner, Sr. Trial Support Coordinator, 2010 - 2011
- Thomas M. Cooley Law School - Sixty Plus Elder Law Clinic, Student Intern, 2009
- Hillsborough County Thirteenth Judicial Court , Guardian ad Litem, 2000 - 2003
- YMCA, Aerobics Instructor, 2006 - 2010
- Optiminds, Inc., Instructional Tutor, 2009 - 2010
- Sessums & Collins Elementary Schools, Second Grade Teacher, 2003 - 2005
- Bayshore Christian School, Lead Third Grade Teacher, 2000 - 2003
Languages
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English
Bar Admissions
- Florida, 2010
Specialties and Certifications
- Art History Curriculum for Art Teacher Certification, 2001
- Graduate-level Elementary Education Certification, ABECA Curriculum Private School, 2000
Other Affiliations
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL), 2013 to Present
Reviews
Customer Reviews for Jane Elizabeth Windsor
Highlights
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5.0 Value
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5.0 Quality of Service
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5.0 Professional Competence
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Verified ClientHired Attorney 2023I cannot say enough about this law service. If you are having issues with IEP's or other school issues I would absolutely recommend them. My son is neurodivergent and is a student in a middle school in rural Florida in the middle of the state. Jane and Mitch met with myself and my son over zoom and listened to our case. They gave advise and coordinated a strategy to manage his manifestation meeting after the school had disregarded his IEP. Mitch sat in on the meeting via Teams. He was supportive, calming, but also direct in and firm in his approach. He anticipated what the school would attempt to do and orchestrated a resolution where the school was working with us in finding ways to ensure academic success for my son. As a single parent with two autistic kids I could not have afforded their services and they knew it. Subsequently they worked with my budget and tailored their services to the needs of my son - their client at a price I could realistically manage.
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1990 Main Street
Suite 750
Sarasota, FL 34236
Phone: 941-584-9510
Fax: 941-296-7429
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