Los Angeles Title IX Lawyers
∗∗∗U.S. Department of Education Releases New Rule Affecting Title IX Cases∗∗∗
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Providing A Skilled Defense To Title IX Allegations
Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 is a federal law prohibiting gender discrimination against students and employees of educational institutions. Specifically, Title IX provides that "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP can provide you with a skilled Title IX attorney.
Under this law, colleges, universities and high schools may be sued for sex discrimination, commonly for failure to provide equal treatment of men’s and women’s sports teams. The law also allows a victim of sexual harassment or assault—allegedly perpetrated by a fellow student, professor or university staff member—to sue the school for failure to adequately address issues of safety or investigate a claim. Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP can be your Title IX attorney.
In recent years, however, Title IX cases have been shrouded in controversy due to the injustices endured by those accused of sexual assault on college campuses. Oftentimes, the educational institution will conduct an internal Title IX investigation and disciplinary hearing, routinely finding the accused student responsible for committing sexual misconduct without providing that accused student a fair hearing in accordance with the law.
Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP frequently represents students who have been accused by their educational institution of engaging in misconduct. Our attorneys have significant knowledge of disciplinary procedures and the rights to which students are entitled. We have guided accused students through all phases of disciplinary proceedings, commencing from the school’s investigation all the way through proceedings before the superior court.
Schools where Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP have served as advisors:
- American University
- Art Center College of Design
- Bowdoin College
- Cal Poly, Pomona
- Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- California State University Fullerton
- California State University, Chico
- California State University, Fresno
- California State University, Long Beach
- California State University, Los Angeles
- California State University, Sacramento
- California State University, San Bernardino
- California State University, San Diego
- California State University, San Jose
- California State University, San Marcos
- Chapman University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Clemson University
- Concordia University
- Cornell University
- Davidson College
- Duke University
- Foothill College
- Grinnell College
- Harvey Mudd College
- Humboldt State University
- La Sierra University
- Loyola Marymount University
- Marquette University
- Mt. San Antonio College
- Occidental College
- Pepperdine University
- Pitzer College
- Pomona College
- Principia College
- Purdue University
- Sam Houston State University
- San Diego State University
- San Jose State University
- Seton Hall University
- Southwestern Law School
- Stanford University
- Temple University
- The Culinary Institute of America
- University of Alabama, Huntsville
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of La Verne
- University of Minnesota
- University of Redlands
- University of San Diego
- University of Southern California
- University of Washington
- University of West Los Angeles
- University San Diego John Muir College
- Wesleyan University
- Westmont College
- Whittier College
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Recent Case Results
- Complete Dismissal of Molestation Charges
Attorney Mark Werksman’s 29 year old client was falsely accused of molesting two neighborhood children and was subsequently charged with felony child molestation, with a significant prison sentence hanging over his head should he be convicted. Instead, at the preliminary hearing Werksman was able to convince the court to grant his client a complete dismissal of any charges. - Decision Set Aside
Client, a college student in a faulty Title IX case, was awarded $130,000 in attorney fees. - Probation with No Jail Time for Drug Money Laundering Charge
Wilmington man accused in New York federal court of laundering drug money through the sale of laptop computers. Mark was able to get the case transferred to federal court in Los Angeles, where he convinced the United States Attorney to reduce the charges. His client was sentenced to probation with no jail time on a misdemeanor conviction.
