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Gina Maisto Smith, chair of Cozen O'Connor’s Institutional Response Group, has been selected to The Business Journals’ Influencers: Law list, a list that spotlights 100 executives who have an impact on business and legal matters in communities across the nation.
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Cozen O’Connor’s Institutional Response Group delivers holistic responses to institutions confronting sexual and gender-based harassment and violence, child abuse, safety and security issues, and other forms of misconduct. We represent colleges, universities, K-12 educational and other child-serving institutions, as well as corporations, hospitals, religious institutions, and not-for-profit organizations, in connection with policy, compliance, investigations, and governance issues.
Our Institutional Response attorneys have decades of experience conducting high-profile investigations into sexual and gender-based harassment and violence, child abuse, and other forms of misconduct, and assisting institutions in implementing trauma-informed, fair and impartial prevention and resolution processes.
Cozen O’Connor’s Institutional Response Group is led by recognized thought leaders in the field and features 10 pillars of practice:
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Policy development and audit;
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Design of infrastructure, systems and protocols;
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Investigations;
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Training and education;
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Title IX, Clery, and other regulatory compliance;
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Coordination with law enforcement in parallel investigations;
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Counseling and advice;
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Institutional governance;
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Community engagement; and
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Public service.
Our Institutional Response attorneys have been at the helm of high-profile investigations and engagements at major public and private educational institutions, including both secular and religious institutions, throughout the country. In addition, members of the Institutional Response Group have a long-standing investigative practice in the white collar, government and regulatory, and pharmaceutical arenas.