Barbara Dalton
VP, Managing Partner and Legal Director
Barbara Dalton, an attorney, blends decades of experience in workplace and Title IX investigations and civil rights law to manage PII’s team of investigators and the firm’s operations. During her career, she has supervised and conducted hundreds of third-party investigations into allegations of employment discrimination based on race, gender, disability, age, religion, and sexual orientation, as well as employee and employer misconduct, wage and hour violations, and wrongful termination claims for large organizations, non-profits, and mid-sized businesses.
Dalton has deep knowledge of complaints at schools, colleges, and universities under Title IX and Uniform Complaint Procedures. She serves as a hearing officer for Title IX adjudications and appeal hearings, helped develop Title IX training programs for investigators and hearing officers, and regularly attends specialized training on conducting Title IX investigations.
Prior to joining PII, Dalton worked with several large organizations confronting complex problems. She was among a team of attorneys who monitored Denny’s restaurants nationwide for customer-based discrimination complaints as part of the settlement of civil rights litigation against that company. Denny’s ultimately adopted the investigative model designed and used by Dalton and her colleagues during the monitoring period. Dalton also played an integral part in the creation and direction of an independently administered system of arbitration for Kaiser Permanente members throughout California. She served as an attorney with the HIV and AIDS Legal Services Alliance, where she assisted clients with matters involving discrimination, confidentiality, and health care access, and conducted training on those topics.
Industry Involvement
- State Bar of California, Member
- Association of Workplace Investigators, Sustaining Member
Career Highlights
- Investigated allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination against public officials.
- Directed a team of investigators obtaining evidence of housing discrimination by one of the largest property owners in Los Angeles.
- Investigated numerous allegations of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and discrimination on college campuses, including allegations brought against faculty members.
- Investigator for attorneys in landmark litigation filed on behalf of service women and men sexually assaulted in the U. S. military.
- Directed teams of investigators conducting department-wide interviews in workplaces.
- Investigated allegations of misconduct involving police and firefighters.
Education, License & Certification
Private Investigator, California Department of Consumer Affairs
Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA), Advanced Investigator certificate
Loyola Law School, J.D.
University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching Credential
University of California, Berkeley, B.A., English
