Madi Rooker is an Assistant Attorney General in the Higher Education Section of the Education Division, where she primarily serves as counsel for the Utah Board of Higher Education and the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education. Madi’s practice encompasses a wide range of legal areas within higher education, including contracts, data privacy, public records requests and GRAMA, Title IX and student conduct, and employment law.
Before joining the Office of the Utah Attorney General, Madi worked as a Title IX investigator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator for the University of Utah, where she conducted investigations of complaints of discrimination and sexual misconduct under Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, and University policy. She also responded to external charges of discrimination filed with various state and federal regulatory agencies.
Madi earned her J.D. from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, where she graduated in the top 10% of her class and was named to the Order of the Coif. During law school, Madi externed with various local colleges and universities as well as the Utah System of Higher Education. She also served as an Executive Footnote Editor for the Utah Law Review and as a Quinney Research Fellow.
Outside the office, Madi enjoys reading, hiking, traveling, being with family, and spending as much time as possible with her lab/shepherd mix rescue puppy.
