About me
Before Hope became a lawyer, she was a special education teacher and school administrator for nearly 20 years in the New York City public schools in self-contained classes, separate special education schools, day treatment programs and hospital schools. Hope earned a B.S. cum laude in Special Education from Boston University (1975), an M.A.(Ed.) in Special Education focusing on students with emotional disabilities from New York University (1977), and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School (1991). She is admitted to the state and federal courts of Arizona and New York, and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Hope also serves as a Judge Pro Tem for the Superior Court of Arizona.