Cody Meixner

Cody W. Meixner is Assistant General Counsel at The Pennsylvania State University. In that capacity, he advises on a broad range of higher education legal matters for the University, primarily including First Amendment and constitutional issues, student affairs and liability matters, Title IX, Title VI, Title VII, copyright, FERPA, ADA and the Rehabilitation Act, equal opportunity and affirmative action, employment and faculty matters, investigations, risk management, and others as needed.

Cody received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Montana and served as the president of its Associated Students. He earned his M.P.A. and J.D. from American University in Washington, D.C., where he was Director of Academic Affairs for the Student Bar Association and a staffer for the Sustainable Development Law & Policy Brief. He was also a Research Assistant for Professor Robert Tsai and a mentor for other first-generation college and law students. During law school, he held internships with the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education, the Office of Legal Counsel at the University of Montana, and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. Cody is admitted to practice law in Washington, D.C. and in Pennsylvania (In-House License).