McCarthy Lebit’s education attorneys represent college students in a wide variety of cases involving matters that have occurred on-campus as well as off-campus. These clients have come to depend on our higher education attorneys to handle extremely sensitive and personal matters on their behalf.
Who We Are
Our lawyers understand that a college career is an investment in your future. We’ll work with you to protect your goals and ensure that the campus proceedings do not derail your progress towards achieving those goals. When necessary, we collaborate with other practice areas, such as Criminal, Cyber & White Collar or Employment, to ensure that, as our client, you have the best team behind you to address all the legal needs of your case.
How We Help
We represent students in all stages of post-secondary education, from those in bachelor and associate degree programs all the way through post-doctoral programs and residencies. Whether it’s academic charges of dishonesty and unprofessionalism resulting in suspension or expulsion to other student misconduct matters, we are prepared to fight for your rights.
Not only will our higher education attorneys assist in disciplinary proceedings, but we have comprehensive experience addressing discrimination cases and disability accommodations for a variety of disorders, including depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD, and other physical and psychological conditions. A few examples of the issues we will vigorously defend include:
- Academic Dishonesty
- Disciplinary Issues
- Disability Accommodations
- Discrimination
- Expulsion
- Hazing
- Student Misconduct
- Suspension
- Unprofessionalism
Who We Represent
- Antioch College
- Ashland University
- Bowling Green State University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cleveland State University
- College of Charleston
- College of Wooster
- DePauw University
- Emory University
- Hiram College
- John Carroll University
- Kent State University
- Kenyon College
- Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Miami University
- Northeast Ohio Medical University
- Oakland University
- Oberlin College
- Ohio Dominican University
- The Ohio State University
- Ohio University
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- Reed College
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- University of Akron
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Maryland
- University of Miami
- University of Nebraska – Lincoln
- University of Toledo
- Ursuline College
- Wright State University
- Youngstown State University