Sheryl Dicker, J.D.

Sheryl Dicker, J.D.

Sheryl Dicker, J.D., has worked for more than three decades on behalf of children challenged by poverty and disability. During those years, she was a legal services attorney and manager, a foundation project director, a state official, and a member of the faculty at a medical school. In those capacities, she drafted legislation, regulations, and court rules; litigated class action lawsuits; wrote dozens of publications; developed projects to improve the lives of poor children; served on national and state commissions, and taught thousands of professionals about the rights of children confronted by the child welfare and disability systems, including pediatricians, judges, and attorneys.