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Amy Fabiano, M.A., J.D., Esq.

Amy Fabiano is an experienced higher education attorney and a member of Bowditch’s Higher Education Group, which is part of the firm’s Employment & Labor practice. She counsels clients on the complex legal and compliance issues facing colleges, universities, and independent schools, often serving as an institution’s official outside General Counsel.

Amy is a higher education generalist with a breadth of experience in areas such as labor and employment, civil rights and Title IX, student and employee conduct, regulatory compliance, policy development and training, contract drafting and negotiations, faculty matters, sponsored research, study abroad, student affairs, FERPA, and board governance. In addition to serving as an interim or official outside General Counsel, she can serve as an interim Title IX Coordinator.

Amy also counsels nonprofit clients on a wide variety of employment issues, including regulatory and civil rights compliance, policy development and employee handbooks, internal investigations, actions before administrative agencies such as the MCAD, EEOC, and NLRB and employee issues such as hiring, employee conduct and discipline, terminations and layoffs, severance, wage and hour, paid and unpaid leave, retirement, and recordkeeping.

Prior to joining the firm, Amy was the Associate General Counsel at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) where she advised WPI administrators, faculty, and staff on a wide variety of legal issues and risk management, as well as negotiated contracts and drafted university policies.  Amy also served as a Civil Rights Attorney within the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) where she investigated and resolved more than 130 cases, including over 40 cases under Title IX. Before her public service, Amy practiced at an AmLaw 200 firm and focused her pro bono practice on special education and school discipline laws for K-12 schools.

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