What D.C. officials have acknowledged is a dangerous and deteriorating special education system has meant big paydays for the lawyers of James E. Brown & Associates.

Since 2001, D.C. has paid nearly $15.5 million to the law firm for representing parents who sue the city schools over the special education system, city records show.

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