Education

Labor, Employment, and Immigration

• Represented numerous public universities and community colleges with regard to all aspects of labor relations (including collective bargaining, arbitrations, and administrative hearings), as well as all matters involving employment law (including administrative charges, discrimination claims, and other wrongful termination claims).
• Represented an institution of higher education in claims brought under Title III of the ADA, negotiated a resolution, and avoided litigation.
• Represented a public college in drafting “expressive speech” policies and procedures.
• Represented a private university in a failure to promote and graduate case resulting in a summary judgment for the university.
• Represented a private university in a national origin discrimination claim brought by an Asian faculty member who was terminated resulting in a summary judgment for the university.
• Represented a private university in a multi-party claim filed by the EEOC alleging the use of an “English only” rule. 
• Representing a private university in connection with complaints filed alleging Title IX violations based on the handling of a claim of sexual assault.
• Represented numerous multi-campus higher education institutions regarding immigration, I-9, and J-1 waiver issues.

Government, Regulatory, and Legislative

• Represented and counseled a higher education trade association on a variety of regulatory, legislative, and litigation issues affecting institution members.
• Represented and counseled a state public university on regulatory issues involving the creation of new medical school programs.
• Represented clients in all phases of contract procurement and development, including public bidding requirements, freedom of information act, open meetings act, conflicts of interest laws, state ethics, lobby, registration requirements, and other regulatory and legal requirements.
• Represented public universities on a variety of regulatory and rulemaking issues related to state fire safety rules and their applicability to campus dormitories and public assembly halls.
• Represented a public university in government investigation-related matters.

Privacy, Technology, and IP

• Assisted a private liberal arts university in developing privacy and cybersecurity policies, including policies for the proper protection of personal information from European students under the European General Data Protection Regulation.
• Represented public and private higher education institutions regarding HIPAA and FERPA matters relating to student health and counseling centers.
• Represented several private educational industry companies (including software providers) with regard to intellectual property, trademark and antitrust matters.

Real Estate and Finance

• Assisted state public universities on the purchase and sale of real estate related to new satellite campuses and medical school program.
• Served as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, and obligor’s counsel for bonds issued by community colleges, universities, and private colleges.
• Represented a client in restructuring its more than $1 billion student loan portfolio following the collapse of the auction rate market.