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Devon is an attorney with Lim Riley, a boutique law firm that serves educational institutions nationwide by providing legal advice, Title IX investigation and adjudication services, policy writing, and training opportunities to assist with their response to reports of sex-based discrimination and other forms of protected class misconduct.Devon is a highly experienced Title IX adjudicator and investigator with over 10 years of experience conducting investigations on behalf of educational institutions involving sexual assault, intimate partner violence, stalking, and sexual and gender-based harassment in both K-12 and higher education institutions, pursuant to Title IX, the Clery Act and other state and federal regulations. She specializes in conducting Title IX hearings, having served as a hearing officer and legal advisor to the hearing officer and/or panel in hundreds of Title IX related matters. She also drafts policy, trains professionals on how to respond to Title IX related misconduct, and provides guidance on institutional governance and effective responses. She has experienced the evolution of Title IX implementation nationwide, and has worked alongside institutions as they build compliant and effective Title IX programs.Devon is a former child abuse and sexual assault prosecutor, having worked in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office for six years, where she prosecuted sexual assault and family violence criminal cases. She directed investigations alongside the Special Victims Unit for cases involving alcohol facilitated sexual assault, historic allegations of abuse, and interpersonal sexual and physical violence. Devon provided training to the city's crime lab, Special Victims Unit, and juvenile court prosecutors on presenting forensic evidence at trial, advanced interviewing techniques, and the complexities of interpersonal violence.Devon holds an LL.M from Temple University's Beasley School of Law and a J.D. from the Duquesne University School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania (2004) and South Carolina (2014). She received her undergraduate degree from Goucher College in 2001.

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