Conducting Internal Investigations

Conducting Internal Investigations

Wednesday, November 8 | 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Webinar

Presented by: Ashley Lynam, Montgomery McCracken, and Kacie Kergides, Montgomery McCracken’s Sexual Misconduct Liability Practice

Moderated by: Tish Mogan, Standards for Excellence Consultant, PANO and Don Kramer, Esq., Montgomery McCracken

Offered in Partnership with: Nonprofit Issues

*CPE & CLE credits are available for this program for accountants and lawyers; to receive credit you must register through Nonprofit Issues.

As an executive or a board member of a nonprofit, the last thing you want to see come across your desk is a complaint of wrongdoing. Questions may arise like:

• What do you do?
• Who do you tell?
• How do you respond?
• Does the content of the complaint dictate the appropriate response?
• What will be the long-term effects?

Do you have policies in place to answer those questions?

Whether the complaint alleges financial wrongdoing, sexual misconduct, or some other whistleblower concern, two attorneys with extensive experience in performing and advising on investigations – Ashley Lynam and Kacie Kergides of Montogomery McCracken – will discuss appropriate steps you need to take to initially respond to the complaint. They will also explain how to conduct a proper investigation to avoid missteps and minimize impact on the organization, both internally and externally. They will talk about when and how to employ outside counsel to advise or perform the work. Ultimately, the goal is to avoid these complaints arising in the first place, and, as such, they will also advise on what safeguards and policies to put in place to help prevent — or at least identify — the issues early before they lead to a complaint.

Lawyers and other professional advisers to nonprofits who only occasionally deal with these issues may also want to pick up tips from attorneys who deal with investigations almost every day and to ask specific questions on how to deal with difficult situations.

*CPE & CLE credits are available for this program for accountants and lawyers; to receive credit you must register through Nonprofit Issues.

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About the Facilitators

Ashely Lynam, Montgomery McCracken

Ashley Lynam is the Co-Chair of Montgomery McCracken. She is the first woman and youngest person to hold the highest leadership position in the firm's 110-year year history. Ashley also serves on the firm’s Management and Hiring Committees and serves as the firm’s Co-Trustee of the U.S. Law Firm Group.

Ashley is a trusted advisor and entrepreneurial advocate for her clients ranging from family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 companies. She handles all aspects of litigation across the full range of corporate and contract disputes, as well as antitrust and trade secret counseling, personal injury disputes, executive compensation counseling and catastrophic event response. She has successfully first-chaired trials in all such areas.

Learn more about Ashley here.

Kacie Kergides, Montgomery McCracken

Kacie Kergides is an associate in Montgomery McCracken’s Sexual Misconduct Liability Practice Group as well as its Higher Education Industry Group. Kacie concentrates her practice on Title IX investigations and advising, institutional response to sex and/or gender-based harassment and misconduct, and the adjudication of student, employee, and management disputes. Recognizing the sensitive nature of sexual misconduct claims, Kacie provides rapid crises management and does so while maintaining trauma informed practices and ensuring confidentiality. She has experience in all aspects of Title IX and sexual misconduct liability from analyzing and implementing written policies to conducting proactive investigations of alleged sexual assault and defending those matters in litigation.

Kacie is also a member of the Catastrophic Sports Injury and Defense Practice Group. Kacie has considerable experience investigating and defending traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases and catastrophic sports injury matters arising out of negligence theories in the sports’ context. In addition to handling investigations and litigation, Kacie also counsels’ athletes, schools, and sports organizations on sports-related injuries, provides guidance on the management of sport-related injuries, and advises these institutions on minimizing and managing risk.

Learn more about Kacie here.