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Public records & legal process
Coordinating Tennessee Public Records Act responses, subpoenas, discovery, authentication, student-record matters, and productions from intake through release.
Legal operations · Higher education
Where law, policy
and institutions
meet.
I'm Darren Wibberding, a litigation and records legal professional who turns complex legal obligations into organized, practical action for a public university.
Professional perspective
Complex work becomes manageable when the process is clear.
My career has moved from student affairs leadership and crisis response into university legal operations. Across both, the work is fundamentally about the same thing: understanding people, navigating policy, and building reliable systems for high-stakes decisions.
Areas of expertise
Connecting legal requirements with institutional reality.
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Litigation & preservation
Managing litigation holds and preservation work across technology, law enforcement, risk, facilities, academic units, and other record custodians.
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University legal operations
Supporting claims, administrative proceedings, regulatory responses, state audit reporting, contracts, policies, and institution-wide case management.
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Employment-based immigration
Managing the full H-1B case lifecycle—from initial evaluation through filing petitions on behalf of the University—while coordinating permanent-residency sponsorship matters with employees, departments, Human Resources, and outside counsel.
Legal judgment
Operational discipline
Higher education perspective
Selected experience
A career built around institutional problem-solving.
Experience across legal administration, student affairs, civil-rights compliance, crisis response, conduct, and residential operations provides a broad view of how universities work—and how to move difficult matters forward.
March 2022—Present
Litigation & Records Legal Professional
CurrentUniversity of Memphis · Office of Legal Counsel
Supports the legal work of a major public research university across litigation, records, claims, regulatory matters, immigration, contracts, policy, and compliance. Builds the practical systems that connect legal analysis with timely institutional action.
2017—March 2022
Associate Dean of Students
University of Memphis
Redefined the student-conduct office to include case management, created the University CARE Team, revamped the Behavioral Intervention Team, and led conduct, students-of-concern, and food-pantry operations.
2015—2017
Assistant Director of Student Conduct
University of Memphis
Investigated and adjudicated conduct matters, advanced Title IX and compliance training, strengthened behavioral-intervention practices, and developed required prevention programming and reporting.
2007—2015
Student affairs & operations leadership
Texas, Colorado & Iowa
Held progressively responsible roles spanning residential education, conduct, crisis response, staff leadership, student housing operations, and first-year experience program development.
What the work demonstrates
Calm systems for complicated work.
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Cross-functional coordination
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Policy development
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Case and records management
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Crisis response
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Process design
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Training and implementation
Education
Grounded in the law and business of higher education.
Master of Science in Education
Higher Education Administration
University of Kansas
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Economics
Missouri Western State University
Associate of Applied Science
Paralegal Studies
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Contact
Let's start a
conversation.
For professional inquiries, collaboration, or opportunities, reach out by email.
darren@wibberding.com