Kaylie is an experienced higher education attorney with a focus on investigation and consulting services. Since 2015 she has conducted hundreds of impartial, thorough, and trauma-informed investigations and informal resolutions for universities. Her warm and personable demeanor and in-house experience working with administrators, faculty, and students aid her in connecting with her clients and meeting their compliance needs. 

Impartial External Investigator 

Kaylie has provided investigative and advisory services relating to Title IX, Title VI, Title VII, Section 504/ADA, the Clery Act, fair housing, workplace, and student affairs civil rights compliance matters for nearly a decade. A career attorney investigator, she spent her first years as an attorney investigating and resolving fair housing complaints relating to protected category discrimination as well as disability accessibility. Kaylie then served as an investigator, senior investigator, and intake manager for a large, public university in Michigan where she utilized her skillset to conduct impartial Title IX and EEO investigations, provide training and consulting services to partners across campus, and offer guidance on informal and alternative resolutions. Immediately prior to joining Aleta Law, Kaylie served as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator for a regional public university where she further honed her skills investigating sensitive, complex matters relating to harassment and discrimination. A skilled analytical writer, she has provided thorough investigative reports and determinations under both single investigator and hearing dependent models. Kaylie has extensive experience assuming investigative duties mid-process and is comfortable and capable investigating matters in settings including medical centers, on campus housing, study abroad programs, summer programs for minors, and situations involving third party vendors on campus.  

Consulting and Interim Services 

Kaylie’s skills include providing guidance to colleges and universities on a range of Title IX and civil rights-related topics for regulatory compliance and policy development related to federal and state civil rights law. Kaylie has conducted stakeholder training, led mediation and restorative justice resolutions, served as a hearing advisor, and facilitated other grievance resolutions. Her experience includes developing processes and procedures for accommodating pregnant and parenting students, staff, and faculty under Title IX and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Kaylie enjoys working on Title IX matters relating to clinical and laboratory settings, working with international students and scholars, and serving institutions experiencing transitions in leadership and civil rights office structure.  

Kaylie is committed to creating a diverse and welcoming atmosphere engaging stakeholders from all backgrounds at every institution she serves. 

Additional Experience 

• Deputy Title IX Coordinator & Senior Investigator for the University of Michigan-Flint, Equity, Civil Rights & Title IX Office 

• Senior Investigator & Intake Manager for Michigan State University, Office of Institutional Equity 

• Staff Attorney for Legal Services of Eastern Michigan & the Fair Housing Center of Eastern Michigan 

• Law Clerk for the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio 

Education 

JD, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Honors Concentration in Health Law 

BA, Michigan State University 

Admitted to Practice 

• Michigan 

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan 

Select Presentations 

• 2024: Presenter, “Know Your Rights: Women’s Civil Rights Across the U.S.” at the Boss Up: Women in Leadership Conference MI ACE Women’s Network Annual Conference 

• 2023: Organizer and Facilitator, “Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act 2023 Updates” for the State Bar of Michigan LGBTQ+ Law Section and Labor and Employment Law Section Lunch & Learn Series 

• 2023: Presenter, “Serving LGBTQ+ Clients: Cultural Competence and Legal Updates” at the Joint Program of the Criminal Law, Immigration Law, Law Practice Management, LGBTQ+ Law, Litigation, and Prisons and Corrections Sections of the State Bar of Michigan 

• 2023: Presenter, “Creating Inclusive Digital Classrooms,” at the Digital Education Days Virtual Conference at the University of Michigan-Dearborn 

• 2022: Presenter, “After Dobbs: Civil Rights in Education and Employment,” for the State Bar of Michigan LGBTQ+ Law Section Lunch & Learn Series