Attorney
Lansing, Michigan, 48933
Liz Abdnour is an experienced, dedicated, and client-centered attorney and advocate who has committed her career to working towards justice and equality for all people. Liz's legal expertise includes special education, school discipline, Title IX, civil rights, disability, family law, immigration, public benefits, employment, and sexual and domestic violence. For the first eight years of her career, Liz worked as a legal services attorney, representing low-income individuals in a variety of civil legal contexts. Liz spent two years as the supervising attorney of a domestic violence and protection order clinic jointly operated by a legal aid organization and a law school. Liz then transitioned to working as an institutional equity coordinator and senior investigator at Michigan State University, handling investigations and providing training to the campus community on civil rights and Title IX matters.
In 2018, Liz opened her own private practice where she now represents students, staff, and faculty members in institutional civil rights and Title IX investigations, as well as parents and students in K-12 special education and school discipline matters, and related legal and administrative actions. Liz also provides investigative, consulting, and training services to educational institutions, groups, and nonprofits of all sizes, and is an experienced trainer, writer, and public speaker.
The combination of Liz's legal experience and her years as an internal university investigator and administrator at Michigan State during the height of the Larry Nassar investigation give her unparalleled expertise regarding educational institutions' obligations with respect to civil rights and Title IX response. Liz is an expert in institutional equity best practices, investigation processes, appeals procedures, and the many loopholes and legal minutiae of the process, procedures, and legal requirements. Liz can easily identify flaws in institutional systems and policies, and can assist you with navigating the ever-changing waters as well as fixing the problems. In addition, Liz is a member of the Association of Workplace Investigators and all of her investigations comply fully with the ethical standards and best practices outlined in AWI's Guiding Principles for Conducting Workplace Investigations.
