Colleges, universities, other institutes of higher education, and secondary schools look to Cloherty & Steinberg LLP to represent them across a broad range of matters.  

We understand the complexities that schools face when navigating legal issues, and we appreciate that it is crucial to maintain the school’s core values while vigorously defending the institution and its agents.  For over a decade, we have represented Boston-area educational institutions in court and behind the scenes. 

Our expertise extends to nearly all aspects of college and university legal matters — including Title IX litigation, disciplinary matters, employment disputes, government investigations, defamation cases, intellectual property, subpoena responses, and contract actions. In addition, schools face many disputes that defy easy categorization. Schools seek out Cloherty & Steinberg LLP to assist them with their most unique and complex issues, confident in the firm’s ability to creatively reach a resolution that honors the institution’s values and constituencies.

In the course of its higher education representation, Cloherty & Steinberg LLP also represents individuals targeted alongside a school. The firm has broad experience representing faculty and staff who find themselves individually named in litigation, or who must respond to a government investigation together with their employer institution.