Client Collaborations
All Representative Cases
Regularly draft employment agreements and appointment letters, and advise on deferred compensation plans and other employment issues for senior administrators and faculty members.
Regularly review employee and student handbooks and advise on policy development and implementation
Assisted private universities in developing COVID-19 response plans, handling staff and student complaints, and implementing successful return to campus strategies.
Advised private university through staff reduction-in-force process, including disparate impact analysis and resulting layoff adjustments and disclosures.
Assisted private university in planning for potential salary reductions or layoffs of tenured and tenure-track faculty in response to budget crisis.
Advised private secondary school on state law reporting obligations for complaint of student-on-student involuntary sexual contact and assisted school administrators through interactions with law enforcement, students, families, and legal representatives.
Guided a private university through first union-organizing campaign, including representation proceedings before the NLRB.
Represented private university in OCR investigation of complaint brought by student claiming disability discrimination in field placement process.
Advised private university on financial exigency, program closure and teach-out issues, and assisted in implementing reorganization and reduction in force of affected staff members.