Allison Boyle

Experience

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  Tydings & Rosenberg LLP

  Sept 2002 - Jul 2006

  Associate Attorney

  - Practiced in firm's Civil Litigation and Bankruptcy departments; caseload consisted primarily of labor/employment law and bankruptcy litigation matters.- Employment caseload involved rendering legal advice to and representing primarily management/employers in matters involving: Title VII, FMLA, ADA, ADEA, defamation, affirmative action and wage payment disputes. - Responsible for drafting pleadings, motions and memoranda of law submitted to Maryland state and federal courts; managing complex discovery.- Served as first chair in state district court trials/proceedings and bankruptcy court motions hearings.- Provided pro bono legal representation of non-profit immigrant rights’ organization in Title VII case; succeeded in getting case dismissed through motion to dismiss/summary judgment. Show less

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  U.S. Department of Commerce

  Jul 2006 - Nov 2007

  Attorney-Advisor, Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Administration, Employment & Labor Div

  - Represented the Agency in administrative proceedings before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Merit Systems Protection Board.- Assisted the U.S. Attorney Offices in representing the Agency in Federal Court matters, primarily involving claims brought pursuant to Title VII, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the ADEA.- Provided legal advice and guidance to management and human resources specialists concerning performance and conduct-based actions; compliance with discrimination and harassment statutes and regulations; and employee grievances.- Responsible for drafting administrative pleadings, including Agency responses to MSPB appeals and EEOC complaints; dispositive motions; discovery; and appellate briefs.- Represented Agency in mediation of employee disputes. Show less

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  The Johns Hopkins University

  Dec 2007 - now

  Assistant Vice Provost

  As Johns Hopkins University's Assistant Vice Provost I oversee the handling of the university's compliance with respect to federal, state and local laws regarding harassment and discrimination. I joined JHU's Office of Institutional Equity as an Equity Compliance Specialist in 2007 conducting harassment and discrimination investigations, became the Director for Equity Compliance & Education and Title IX Coordinator in 2010, and was promoted to Assistant Vice Provost in November 2014. In my current capacity, I continue to conduct investigations of discrimination and harassment (included sexual violence) complaints filed by faculty, staff and students. In addition, I conduct training for the JHU community on these topics; and have helped shape JHU's anti-harassment and discrimination policies and procedures.I served as the inaugural chair the university's Sexual Violence Advisory Committee - a faculty, staff and student committee formed in 2014 that provides recommendations to the Provost to inform the university's efforts, programs and policy that relate to sexual violence and assault. Show less