Practice Areas

Aleta Law is a boutique investigations and resolutions law firm.  We work with clients nationwide in the higher education industry, public and private K-12 schools, athletic organizations, non-profit organizations and private companies.  We regularly serve as external investigators, hearing officers, appeal officers, and institution-appointed hearing advisors. We also provide clients with advice, consulting, and customized training programs in the areas of sexual misconduct, discrimination/bias, interpersonal violence, harassment, conflict and crisis management response, among other topics.

Services Offered

Our team serves in the following roles for institutions:

  • Investigators

  • Hearing Officers/Chairs and Decision Makers

  • Interim roles, including Interim Title IX Coordinators

  • Informal Resolution Facilitators, including Restorative Justice

  • Appointed Hearing Advisors

  • Counsel to the Decision Maker

  • Appeal Officers

  • Counsel to the Appeal Officer

  • External Reviewers and Expert Witnesses

  • Trainers and Consultants

  • Hearing Manager/Hearing Coordinator

  • Outside Special Counsel

  • Auditors/ Counsel in Title IX Athletic Program Equity Reviews

Scope of Practice

We investigate, adjudicate and provide legal and consulting services to institutions on a wide variety of issues including:

  • Title IX and all forms of Sexual Misconduct

  • Interpersonal Violence

  • Discrimination and Bias 

  • Harassment

  • Bullying

  • Retaliation

  • Hazing 

  • Failure to Accommodate

  • Boundary and Power Imbalance Violations

  • Individual and Institutional Misconduct

Investigation Services

We serve as neutral, external investigators for institutions across the country.  We have a team of dedicated attorney investigators with experience investigating all types of misconduct for institutions.  Our team draws on our variety of employment and education law backgrounds, our extensive training conducting trauma-informed and equitable investigations, and our deep knowledge of the laws, guidance, and best practices in the subject matters we investigate.  We are committed to objectively gathering evidence and delivering clear and comprehensive findings to clients in order to enable sound decision-making. 

We have a team of highly trained and experienced hearing officers to conduct campus disciplinary hearings.  Our team has served in virtually every role in the Title IX adjudication process.  We regularly serve as hearing officers, decision-makers, and appeal officers.

We offer advising services services to institutions on Title IX, sexual misconduct and civil rights issues. We review institutional policies and processes to provide specific and comprehensive recommendations to encourage reporting and improve response. As a result, we understand how to oversee a compliant hearing process, maintain a respectful decorum among hearing participants, make relevance and credibility determinations, and render well-reasoned trauma-informed decisions.

Hearing & Advising Services

Interim Services

Our attorneys are uniquely positioned to seamlessly step into interim roles, including interim Title IX coordinator roles. Each of our attorneys has years of specialized experience in investigations and resolutions, with many of our attorneys coming to Aleta directly from institutional positions in Title IX and Equal Opportunity offices across the country. Our specialized experience allows us to step into a wide variety of interim positions smoothly and efficiently, minimizing institutional stress while organizations work to find the right permanent fit for the position.

Consulting & Training

We offer consulting, advising and training services to institutions on Title IX, sexual misconduct and civil rights issues.  We review institutional policies and processes to provide specific and comprehensive recommendations to encourage reporting and improve response. We draft policies, procedures, and protocols to enhance safety and reduce risk.  Our team also assists institutions in creating their workplace code of conduct and student code of conduct handbooks. If you are interested in learning more about our trainings, the training programs listed below represent a select number of those that we offer:

  • Trauma-Informed Sexual Misconduct Investigations and/or Adjudications Training

  • Preventing and Addressing Harassment and Discrimination

  • Understanding and Remedying Implicit Bias

  • Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Gender Identity Discrimination, and Gender Bias in the Workplace and on Campus

  • Navigating Common Workplace Disputes

  • Title IX, FERPA, VAWA, the Clery Act, and Mandatory Reporting Laws

  • Workplace Management

  • Child Protection and Abuse Prevention

  • Custom training designed for each organization’s needs