D. Luray Wallace, Esq.

Attorney Ray Wallace is a former high school teacher and counselor whose legal practice reflects his concern for the rights and needs of children. He represents children and parents in education law cases, including special education and school discipline, in juvenile court matters, including delinquency, CHINS, and Care and Protection, and in criminal matters. He also accepts a limited number of domestic relations cases, including custody, support, visitation and protection from abuse. Before entering private practice, Attorney Wallace was a Managing Attorney at Southeastern Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation (now South Coastal Counties Legal Services) for ten years. While there, he started the Education Law Project, which still provides free legal assistance to low income families in southeastern Massachusetts. Before that, he taught at Boston College Law School, in the Legal Assistance Bureau, and represented the state's Medicaid program in state and federal litigation. Attorney Wallace was the founding Chair of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Children's Rights Committee and is past president of the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute. He served on the Advisory Board of the Children's Law Support Project at Massachusetts Advocates for Children and has worked with various other groups promoting the rights of children. Attorney Wallace received his B.S. degree in Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School. He has been a member of the Massachusetts Bar since 1983 and is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals.