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Brett Sokolow

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Brett A. Sokolow, Esq. is a higher education attorney who specializes in high-risk campus health and safety issues. He is recognized as a national leader on campus sexual violence prevention, response and remediation. He is the president and CEO of The NCHERM Group, LLC, which serves as legal counsel to seventy colleges and universities. He is also the Executive Director of ATIXA (www.atixa.org). He frequently serves as an expert witness on sexual assault and harassment cases, and he has authored 12 books and more than 50 articles on campus safety and sexual assault. The NCHERM Group, LLC has provided services to than 3,000 college and university clients. He has authored the conduct codes of more than 80 colleges and universities. The ATIXA Model Sexual Misconduct policy serves as the basis for policies at hundreds of colleges and universities across the country. NCHERM has trained the members of more than 700 conduct hearing boards at colleges and universities in North America. He serves as the Executive Director of NaBITA, the National Behavioral Intervention Team Association (www.nabita.org). He is a graduate of the College of William & Mary and the Villanova University School of Law. He is a member of the advisory boards of the National Hazing Prevention Collaborative, the NASPA Enough Is Enough Campaign, SCOPE, the School and College Organization for Prevention Educators (www.wearescope.org) and SACCA, the Student Affairs Community College Association.