CCHA represents colleges and universities throughout Indiana and across the country, from private liberal arts and religiously affiliated institutions to public research universities. In the ever-changing landscape of higher education, steady and proactive legal advice is crucial to sustaining and adapting.
CCHA's attorneys proactively collaborate with higher education leadership and in-house counsel to conduct compliance assessments, including related to Title IX, and provide strategic solutions. Our firm is particularly experienced in high profile investigations and assisting executive leadership as they navigate difficult decisions central to the higher education mission.
Agency charges and litigation are sometimes an unavoidable reality for today's higher education institution. CCHA acts as counsel for institutions in response to OCR and EEOC complaints and in defending litigation related to Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, and ADA, and the First Amendment.
CCHA attorneys are also experienced and well-versed in business transactions and policy development for institutions, including corporate, real estate, intellectual property, general contract, strategic partnership, giving and endowment matters.
With our client-centered approach, we will partner with you to offer reasoned advice to avoid or mitigate future issues, we will find practical solutions when possible, and when necessary, we will litigate aggressively to defend the mission of your college or university.
Amy devotes a significant portion of her practice to assisting schools, colleges and universities navigate an increasingly complex legal environment in order to promote their institutional goals, while ensuring compliance and mitigating exposure. Amy advises on a variety of legal…
James focuses his practice on sports and higher education law and helps institutional clients manage difficult matters involving students, faculty, and staff members. In his time as in-house counsel to a university, James was the primary athletics attorney system-wide and…