HIGHLIGHTED  CASES

• Burhans v. Yale University, Case No. 3: 2012-cv-01462 (D. Conn.) (alleged retaliation through adverse employment action against campus safety whistleblower employee)​
• Erin Cavalier v. Catholic University of America, Case No. 1:16-cv-02009 (D.D.C.) (alleging deliberate indifference due to delayed campus proceedings and lacking incapacitation policy)
• Jane Doe v. Saint Anselm College, Case 1:17-cv-00217 (D.N.H.) (challenged expulsion of complainant after college allowed respondent found responsible to file a cross-complaint)
• John Doe D. v. Penn. State University, et al., Case. No. 2298 (Ct. C.P. Phila. Cnty.) (argued institutional liability for allowing sexual abuse of children by Jerry Sandusky)
• Jane Doe v. Millsaps College, et al., cv-15-112 (1st Jud. Div. Miss.) (settled) (alleged known risk of dangerous fraternity parties left female students at risk for sexual violence)
• Lauren McCluskey, et al. v. Utah., et al. (D. Utah) (alleging deliberate indifference to abusive dating violence relationship that resulted in murder of student athlete)
• Paroline v. United States, 134 S. Ct. 1710 (2014) (MADD amicus argued that joint and several liability permissible under Eighth Amendment for perpetrators disseminating child pornography)
• Ross v. University of Tulsa, 859 F.3d 1280 (10th Cir. 2017) (SurvJustice amicus with Equal Rights Advocates argued Title IX duty to consider previous abuse reports in campus hearings)​

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Legislative & policy experience

American Law Institute
Liaison to Model Penal Code on Sexual Assault & Related Offenses (2017–present)
Liaison to ALI Project on Student Sexual Misconduct (2016–present)
   • Providing consultation on model principles and statutes for ALI membership approval

American Bar Association
Appointed Member to the Commission on Domestic & Sexual Violence (CDSV) (2016–present)
   • Recommend policy positions on legislation or policy projects advancing victim rights
CDSV Liaison to Criminal Justice Section Task Force on College Due Process Liaison (2017)
   • Develop consensus position on due process for campus sexual misconduct hearings

White House
Invited Participant for Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault 
   • Listening session participant on campus programs with Vice President Biden (2014)
   • Listening session participant on survivor needs with DHHS Secretary Sebelius (2014)
   • Meeting on student activism with Assistant Secretary Lhamon (2014)
   • Meeting on K-12 issues White House Advisor Bettinger-López (2015) 

U.S. Congress
Expert for Campus Sexual Assault Roundtable – Senator Claire McCaskill
   • Testify live on C-SPAN as campus sexual assault under Clery Act (June 19, 2014)Author and Lobbyist for Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (signed Feb. 28, 2013)
   • Capitol Hill press conference speaker for House Democratic leadership (March 1, 2013)
   • ​Capitol Hill press conference speaker for Senate Judiciary Committee (July 19, 2012)

U.S. Department of Education
Invited Participant in Title IX Listening Session
   • Advocated for Title IX protections in Secretary DeVos meeting (July 13, 2017)
​Appointed Primary Negotiator to Violence Against Women Act Rulemaking Committee
   • Appointed by Committee as Stalking Subcommittee Chair (Jan.–Feb. 2014)

SUNY Sexual Violence Prevent Workgroup – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
   • ​Outside expert consulting on system-wide university policies (approved Dec. 1, 2014)