Kimberly Wedderburn Henderson

Kimberly is a lifelong educator and proponent of educational rights. Prior to embarking on a career in special education law, Kimberly was a special education teacher. She began her teaching career as a New York City Teaching Fellow and worked as a high school special education teacher in Brooklyn for seven years. While serving as a public school teacher, Kimberly attended law school in the evenings. It was during this time that she developed her passion and dedication to use her legal training to continue to help students with special needs after leaving the classroom. 

Kimberly earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in professional writing from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and received her master’s degree in special education from Brooklyn College. In 2016, she graduated from Fordham University School of Law. As a law student, Kimberly received the Archibald R. Murray Public Service Award for her dedication to public service law and was a staff member of the Environmental Law Review. After law school, Kimberly completed the Empire State Fellows Program at the New York State Department of Labor before joining the Law Offices of Neal H. Rosenberg in 2018.