Annie shares a commitment to the educational mission with clients and colleagues.
Annie works with institutions ranging from small nursing colleges to national research universities and K-12 schools. She provides general counsel services, legal compliance audits, policy development, investigations, and customized training to help education clients navigate the web of legal and regulatory requirements overlaying their operations. Annie also helps institutions respond to regulatory investigations and actions, resolve disputes and proceed through litigation when needed.
Institutions with and without in-house counsel call Annie to handle specialized and emerging issues, support complex matters, manage emergencies, and provide objective, proactive outside assessments.
Annie has a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of education legal and regulatory issues. To help colleges and universities maintain the flow of funding that fuels their operations, she focuses much of her practice on Title IV Federal Student Aid and other student finance matters. That focus encompasses requirements and obligations tied to Title IV program participation—including Title IX, disability and other nondiscrimination, Clery Act, privacy, contract, employment/tenure and accreditation concerns. In addition, Annie concentrates on issues unique to academic medical centers, providing resources on learner and healthcare concerns arising in healthcare education programs—such as residency program, clinical rotation, research considerations, and issues that intersect education and healthcare environments (such as privacy and vaccination considerations). She seeks to deliver positive outcomes that align with each institution’s culture, values and mission.