Over 1,000 pages of phone and message records. One outcome: not responsible

For an educator, a Title IX allegation can put everything at risk: licensure, tenure, reputation, and a career built over many years.
Appelbaum Law recently represented an educator in a Title IX grievance proceeding. We didn’t wait for the institution’s investigation to tell the story. We ran our own.

That meant interviewing witnesses, forensically reconstructing more than 1,000 pages of telephone and messaging records, and identifying and challenging conflicts within the institutional investigative process.
The decision-maker found our client not responsible on every Title IX allegation.

Title IX proceedings can involve complicated evidentiary questions, competing accounts, and significant consequences. Building an independent factual record and carefully scrutinizing the investigative process can be critical to protecting a client’s rights.

Appelbaum Law represents individuals and professionals in Title IX proceedings, sexual misconduct investigations, and other sensitive matters where careers, reputations, and livelihoods are at stake.