Erin Butcher advises higher education entities on Title IX, athletics compliance and name, image, and likeness matters, and employment matters and is an experienced litigator and mediator. She serves as an education litigator licensed in Ohio, a Title IX investigator and hearing officer for colleges and universities, trains on the Title IX regulations for higher education institutions throughout the country, and conducts climate surveys in related Title IX matters. Erin enjoys the interactions with students, faculty, and staff these roles provide and the work required to best balance the law, the needs of the clients, and the needs of parties involved in difficult disputes.

Before joining Bricker’s Higher Education team, Erin represented state agencies and public colleges and universities in federal, state and administrative proceedings at the Ohio Attorney General’s Office. She has also advised clients on employment and labor issues, trained human resources professionals, and assisted with public records and open meetings law-related issues.

Name, Image, and Likeness policies and procedures
Prepared and revised Name, Image, and Likeness policies and procedures to comply with changing guidance and regulations

Defense Counsel in Federal Cases of Note
Defense counsel in federal cases of note: Doe v. Kenyon (Title IX in S.D. Ohio); Watson v. Columbus State Community College (S.D. Ohio); Erickson v. Hocking College (S.D. Ohio); McKenny v. Ohio University (S.D. Ohio); Patrick v. Shawnee State University (S.D. Ohio); Khatri v. The Ohio State University (N.D. Ohio); Simmons v. The Ohio State University (S.D. Ohio), Tsipursky v. The Ohio State University (S.D. Ohio), Alexander v. University of Akron (N.D. Ohio); Goldblum v. University of Cincinnati (Title IX in S.D. Ohio); Maseru v. University of Cincinnati (S.D. Ohio); Storrs v. University of Cincinnati (Jury Trial in S.D. Ohio).

Title IX Investigator
Title IX Investigator on new Title IX regulations from June 2020 through present. Designed and training higher education personnel on general changes in Title IX regulations and specific trainings described above in online training to attendees from across the country.

Title IX Hearing Officer
Title IX Hearing Officer in live cross-examination hearings since September 2019 in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals jurisdiction (Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee) following ruling requiring live cross-examination hearings in public institutions.

Title IX policies and procedures
Prepared and revised Title IX policies and procedures to comply with changing guidance.

Admitted, State of Ohio, 2011
Admitted, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio
Admitted, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio
Admitted, Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals

The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (J.D.), 2010; Editorial Board Co-Note and Comment Editor, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution; Board member, treasurer and grant award committee member, Public Interest Law Foundation; Recipient, Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution Significant and Lasting Contribution Award; Honorable mention, Nancy H. Rogers Prize in Dispute Resolution Scholarship; Mediator, Franklin County Probate Court and Night Prosecutor
The Ohio State University (B.A. in Political Science and Philosophy, magna cum laude and Honors with Distinction), 2004