Kathleen E. Dion

Kathleen E. Dion focuses her practice on providing counseling and dispute resolution advice to colleges, universities, independent schools, childcare centers, and organizations serving children and youths.

Kate has a deep understanding of the present and future challenges facing educational entities and youth organizations, and thus is able to uniquely represent and counsel her clients on a variety of complex legal issues while also maintaining a focus on the institution’s larger, longer-term objectives. Because of her extensive experience serving as outside general counsel to universities and independent schools, she is well positioned to offer expert technical counsel to clients in a personable manner reflecting her appreciation of the complex and sensitive subject matters facing her clients. She works closely with an institution’s leadership team to solve problems in unique and creative ways to the maximum benefit of the institution.

Kate counsels education clients in a broad range of areas, including crisis management, protection of minors, sexual misconduct allegations and Title IX compliance, student discipline matters, disability accommodations, Clery Act compliance and campus security issues, Family Education Rights and Privacy Act compliance, reviewing, revising and implementing handbooks and necessary policies, contracts, NCAA compliance, and governance matters. She also serves as a Title IX investigator, advisor and decision-maker.

Kate assists childcare centers and organizations serving youth and children in responding to government investigations, conducting internal investigations, regulatory compliance, protection of minors, crisis counseling and development of policies and handbooks. When it is not possible to avoid litigation, Kate is a skilled advocate representing clients in high-stakes, highly sensitive lawsuits in state and federal courts.