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Deborah S. Gordon
B.A., magna cum laude, Williams College
J.D., magna cum laude, New York University School of Law
Professor Gordon is a former counsel and associate with Day Berry & Howard LLP in Stamford, Conn., where she handled sophisticated estate and tax planning, business and succession planning, pre-marital planning, estate administration and litigation involving fiduciaries and beneficiaries. Previously, she was an associate with Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City. She was Editor-in-Chief of The New York University Law Review.
Courses: Legal Methods, Trusts and Estates
Natalie Bucciarelli Pedersen
B.A., summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
Professor Pedersen clerked for Judge Marjorie Rendell on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and subsequently served as an associate and staff attorney with Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll LLP.
Course: Evidence
Dina Schlossberg
J.D., Temple University School of Law
B.P., Miami University
Professor Schlossberg previously was a practice associate professor of law and clinical supervisor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a visiting professor at Temple University Beasley School of Law and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work. She is of counsel at Blank Rome and held a similar position at Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple PC. Previously, she was a deputy city solicitor with the Philadelphia Law Department and a staff attorney and director of economic development with Regional Housing Legal Services.
Course: Housing and Urban Development
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Mack School of Law Adjunct Faculty
Victor Abreu
B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook
J.D., City University of New York School of Law
Professor Abreu is Assistant Federal Defender for the Capital Habeas Corpus Unit of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Since 1999, he has represented indigent death row prisoners in all aspects of state and federal post-conviction proceedings. He was previously Assistant Federal Defender for the Southern District of Texas.Course: Death Penalty Law
The Honorable Mark I. Bernstein
B.A., St. John's College
J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Judge Bernstein has continuously served in the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania since April, 1987. Responsible for implementing management reforms that made the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas a model for other state courts, Judge Bernstein has been ranked highly by the Pennsylvania Bar Association for character, fairness and integrity.
Course: Trial Advocacy
Nadeem A. Bezar
B.A., Bates College
M.A., University of Massachusetts
J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law
Professor Bezar is a partner with Kolsby, Gordon, Robin, Shore & Bezar, where his practice concentrates on medical negligence and other cases involving catastrophic personal injuries. He has obtained seven-figure verdicts in cases that seemed like longshots, earning him recognition from the Legal Intelligencer as a Rising Star Among the Minority Bar.
Course: Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling
Sophie Bryan
A.B., magna cum laude, Harvard College
J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School
Professor Bryan is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Office of the U.S. Attorney in Delaware, prosecuting federal crimes that include identity theft, credit card fraud, bank fraud, terroristic threats, and firearms offenses. Previously, she was an associate in the Health Effects Litigation Practice Group at Pepper Hamilton LLP.
Courses: Litigation Drafting; Public Interest Practice
Kathleen B. Campbell
B.A., cum laude, Villanova University
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Campbell is an associate at Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP, where her practice focuses on environmental, toxic tort, and class action litigation, as well as on regulatory compliance matters particularly involving federal, state, and interstate water pollution. She has represented industrial and commercial entities, as well as closely held companies, in complex environmental litigation matters and has had extensive involvement with activities related to Total Maximum Daily Loads for toxic pollutants in the Delaware Estuary, advocating on behalf of individuals and a regional coalition of industrial and municipal dischargers.
Course: Toxic Torts
Bart E. Cassidy
B.S., Swarthmore College
M.S.C.E., Polytechnic University of New York
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Cassidy is a partner at Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP, where he assists clients with issues including air and water quality control, waste management, storage tank issues, and business and real estate transactions. He previously served as an analyst with the Grumman Corporation, where he provided expertise to the Fortune 150 Company on environmental, energy, and occupational safety issues. His activities include negotiating a major federal consent decree involving a petroleum refinery enforcement initiative, defending electrical generating units in response to enforcement actions and negotiating wastewater discharge permits.
Course: Representing the Regulated Client
Robert E. Connolly
B.A., State University of New York-College at Cortland
J.D., cum laude, Rutgers-Camden School of Law
Professor Connolly is Chief of the Antitrust Division of the Philadelphia Field Office of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he supervises 16 attorneys who enforce federal antitrust laws. He has investigated international, national and regional price-fixing cartels and obtained convictions against 45 defendants for bid rigging and price fixing. He has served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers-Camden School of Law.
Course: Antitrust
Lawrence Copeland
B.A., Hobart College
M.A., Georgetown University
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Copeland is a Senior Attorney with the City of Philadelphia Law Department's Economic Development Division. He is the city's lead attorney in negotiating multi-million dollar agreements, serves as general counsel to the Fairmount Park Commission and the Historical Commission, drafts legislation and has provided the mayor and other city officials with advice on the proposal to relocate the Barnes Museum and other matters. He has served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers-Camden School of Law.
Course: Legal Document Drafting
Adam Cutler
B.A., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Cutler is a staff attorney with the Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia. Previously, he was a senior associate with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, litigating complex environmental matters and managing regulatory compliance. He was formerly a senior associate at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP and an associate at Dechert LLP.
Clinic: Environmental Law
The Honorable Legrome D. Davis
B.A., Princeton University
J.D., Rutgers University School of Law
Judge Davis was appointed to the U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2002. He previously sat in the Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, after serving as an Assistant District Attorney and later as Assistant Deputy District Attorney in Philadelphia. Course: Trial Advocacy
Tracey E. Diamond
B.A., Tufts University
J.D., Columbia University School of Law
Professor Diamond maintains a solo practice in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, where she focuses on employment law and commercial transactions. She clerked for U.S. District Judge Shirley Wohl Kram in the Southern District of New York before handling employment discrimination cases with the New York firm Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler and later Philadelphia's Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young.
Courses: Drafting Legal Documents; Employment Law
Thomas Dolgenos
B.A., magna cum laude, Brown University
J.D., Yale School of Law
Professor Dolgenos is Chief of the Federal Litigation Unit of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, where he oversees federal Habeas Corpus litigation, frequently in the Third Circuit Court, as well as the U.S. District Court. He is a former associate with Dechert LLP.Course: Appellate Advocacy
Veronica Finkelstein
J.D., with honors, Emory University School of Law
B.A., with honors, Pennsylvania State University
Professor Finkelstein is currently a clerk for Judge Jane Cutler Greenspan of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. She was previously a Trial Department associate with
Duane Morris LLP, where she handled litigation and mediations involving
Construction, government contracts and surety law. She was previously vice
chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Construction Law Committee.
Course: Appellate Advocacy
Harold Fullmer
B.S., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., cum laude, Temple University School of Law
Professor Fullmer is a partner with Woodcock Washburn, where he helps develop, protect and leverage intellectual property on behalf of corporate clients. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Professor Fullmer represents clients in numerous specialized fields, usually in technologies in "crowded arts" such as packaging and medical equipment, that require a creative and aggressive approach to building and leveraging a patent portfolio. Course: Patent Prosecution
Kelly Gable
B.A., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Gable is an associate at Hangley, Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, where she handles environmental litigation and mediation at the state and federal levels. Previously, she was an associate with WolfBlock LLP and with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP. As a law clerk with the U.S. State Department's Office of the Legal Advisor, she was involved with NAFTA Investor-State arbitrations and with the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal.Course: Public International Law
Sharon Geller
B.A., Temple University
Professor Geller has been a professional actor, writer, director and entertainer for over 20 years, performing on "Saturday Night Live," handling radio and TV commercials, voice-overs and stage work, in addition to appearing in M. Night Shyamalan's "Sixth Sense" and "Wide Awake." For the past 15 years, she has taught comedy improvisation at the Walnut Street Theatre and socio-drama/improvisation at Temple University's Full Circle Intergenerational Theatre, where she has also served as artistic director.Course: Improvisation for Lawyers
Patrick J. Gibbons
B.A., B.S., University of Scranton
J.D., Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
Professor Gibbons is a shareholder with Ryan, Brown, Berger & Gibbons, P.C., where he represents major insurers, handling litigation, mediations and arbitrations. Previously, he was an associate with Labrum and Doak of Philadelphia and with Hourigan, Kluger and Quinn of Wilkes-Barre. Course: Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling
C. Mitchell Goldman
A.B., Bowdoin College
M.B.A., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Temple University School of Law
Professor Goldman is a partner with Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, where his practice focuses on the corporate aspects of healthcare delivery, with an emphasis on structuring corporate transactions between providers, advising clients on the impact of government regulation, creating strategies to improve reimbursement and developing startup healthcare related business opportunities. A former vice president of Managed Care Strategies, Inc. and a former legislative assistant to former Sen. Walter F. Mondale, he founded GLS Associates, Inc., providing management consulting to healthcare providers for 20 years.
Course: Healthcare Finance
The Honorable Mitchell S. Goldberg
B.A., Ithaca College
J.D., Temple University School of Law
Judge Goldberg was appointed to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2008, after having been elected to a 10-year term on the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas in 2003. He previously was an Assistant United States Attorney with the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a partner with Cozen O'Connor and an assistant district attorney with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
Course: Advanced Trial Advocacy-Civil
Sarah L. Grieb
B.A., Northwestern University
J.D., George Washington University Law School
Professor Grieb has been an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since 1989, investigating and prosecuting violations of federal law, including public corruption, health care fraud, HUD fraud, environmental crimes, bank fraud and credit card fraud. She previously worked as an attorney with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
Course: Advanced Trial Advocacy-Criminal
Beth L. Haas
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Villanova University School of Law
Professor Haas is a partner with Blank Rome LLP, where she concentrates her practice on aviation litigation, product liability defense, and toxic torts. She maintains an extensive federal and state court practice, with particular emphasis on liability defense of high-profile aviation accidents and related insurance coverage and risk management issues. Ms. Haas is also currently involved in defending numerous environmental contamination and product liability claims on behalf of a multi-national chemical company.
Courses: Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling; Professional Responsibility
J. Patrick Hickey
B.A., Boston College
J.D., Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
Professor Hickey is a partner with Raffaele & Puppio, LLP, where he heads the Litigation Department and handles general litigation, personal injury law, automobile liability, construction accidents, workers' compensation law and criminal defense. Previously, he was a supervising attorney with Jenkins, Wolf, Rubinate, Styliades & Hasson and an assistant district attorney in Berks County.
Course: Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling
Robert L. Hickok
B.A., summa cum laude, Lehigh University
A.M., Harvard University
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Professor Hickok is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of Pepper Hamilton LLP, where he focuses his commercial-litigation practice on matters involving corporate governance, antitrust laws, federal securities laws and class action defense. His expertise includes applying economic analysis to the resolution of legal issues.Course: Law and Economics
David Hoffman
B.A., University of Pittsburgh
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Professor Hoffman is president and founder of Hoffman & Associates PC, a national health-care consulting firm dedicated to patient safety through compliance. His previous experience includes prosecuting health care and fraud cases as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and serving as Chief Counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of Aging.Course: Regulating Patient Safety
Peter J. Hoffman
B.A., Washington & Jefferson College
M.A., State University of New York - Graduate School of Public Affairs
J.D., cum laude, Temple University School of Law
Professor Hoffman is a partner at Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC, where he is a member of the Litigation Division, handling medical malpractice and insurance coverage cases. A fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Professor Hoffman also served on the Pennsylvania Senate Select Committee on Medical Malpractice and Gov. Rendell's Task Force on Medical Malpractice.Course: Medical Malpractice
Margaret Hutchinson
B.A., College of William and Mary
J.D., University of Richmond School of Law
Professor Hutchinson is a Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney for affirmative litigation, who focuses on health care fraud, defense procurement fraud and environmental violations. She has handled investigations involving home-health aide agency improprieties, pharmaceutical pricing issues, cost-reporting fraud and research fraud tied to National Institutes of Health grants. Course: Health Care Fraud
William F. Johnson Jr.
A.B., College of the Holy Cross
J.D., New York University School of Law
LL.M., New York University School of Law
Professor Johnson is a former partner of the Riverdale, N.J. firm, Johnson, Murphy, Hubner, McKeon, Wubbenhorst, Bucco & Appelt, PC, where his practice focused on commercial and multi-family real estate development, commercial and residential mortgage reviews, corporate and commercial defense work, health and hospital law and personal injury defense litigation. Before coming to Drexel, Professor Johnson was an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law.
Course: Civil Litigation Remedies
John W. Jones Jr.
B.A., cum laude, University of Delaware
M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law
Professor Jones is a partner in the Commercial Department of Pepper Hamilton LLP, concentrating his practice in corporate and health care matters and representing clients that include pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device companies, hospitals and health systems, medical staffs, ambulatory surgery centers, specialty hospitals, outpatient diagnostic centers and third-party administrators.Course: Health Care Practicum
Arnold C. Joseph
B.A., Hamilton College
J.D., Temple University School of Law
Professor Joseph began his career as a prosecutor in the New York County District Attorney's Office. He then joined Cozen O'Connor, where he became a senior member of the firm. His experience includes both transactional work on behalf of professional athletes and general civil and criminal litigation. He recently became general manager of Sports & Entertainment Publications LLC, which publishes The Ring magazine, among other properties. Course: Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling
Donald Joseph
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LL.B., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Joseph is Of Counsel at WolfBlock LLP, where he was a partner for 19 years, handling commercial and environmental litigation, including two of the nation's first multi-party Superfund lawsuits He has been a member of the visiting faculty at Rutgers-Camden School of Law for the last eight years, teaching professional responsibility, poverty law, legal research and a seminar on business, ethics and the law. Course: Professional Responsibility
Odia Kagan
LL.M., Temple University Beasley School of Law
LL.B., Tel Aviv University School of Law
Professor Kagan currently is a foreign legal consultant with Pepper Hamilton LLP, where she is a member of the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. She was previously a partner in the Tel Aviv, Israel, firm Shavit Bar-On Gal-On Tzin Nov Yagur and the founder of OKaganLaw, an independent law office. Kagan also served in the Israel Defense Forces as First Lieutenant in the Military Advocate General's Unit.Course: Internet Law
Aimée Kahan
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
B.A., summa cum laude, Harvard University
Professor Kahan is an appellate associate with Reed Smith LLP, where she supervises complex discovery proceedings in the U.S. and Europe and directs trial strategy with a focus on appellate outcomes. Previously, she was Judicial Clerk for Judge Edward R. Becker, 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She piloted a study on patient understanding of informed consent at the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Course: Reproductive Rights, Federal Courts
Thomas A. Kennedy
B.A., St. Joseph's University
J.D., Washington University School of Law
Professor Kennedy is an attorney with Portfolio Legal Services LLC, where he is counselor to a private equity fund with more than $900 million of committed capital under management and counselor to portfolio company investments. He was previously a partner in Pepper Hamilton's Corporate & Securities Practice Group and General Manager with West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.Course: Private Equity and Venture Capital
Debra Klebanoff
J.D., cum laude, Temple University School of Law
B.A., with distinction, Pennsylvania State University
Professor Klebanoff has maintained her own practice since 1998, handling general
commercial litigation involving contract, business torts, insurance, franchise and other
matters. Previously, she was a partner with Wolf, Block, Schorr, Solis-Cohen. She
clerked for Judge Daniel H. Huyett, 3rd of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania.
Course: Pretrial Advocacy
Cheryl A. Kreisher
B.A., summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Kreisher has been an Assistant Defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia since 2002, representing indigent people in all stages of criminal proceedings, including cases involving attempted murder, robbery and rape. Previously, she was an Equal Justice Fellow with the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women.Clinic: Criminal Law
Helene Leone
B.A., Rutgers University
J.D., Rutgers-Camden School of Law
Professor Leone is a shareholder with Capehart Scatchard, where she concentrates her practice on corporate, commercial and general business representations, including counseling small and emerging businesses and entrepreneurs in matters of formation, acquisition, and ongoing operation, as well as real estate. She has served as an adjunct faculty member at Rutgers-Camden School of Law.Course: Real Estate Transactions
Jane Massey Licata
B.A., Western Maryland College
Ph.D., University of Hawaii
J.D., Rutgers University
Professor Licata practices intellectual-property law in Marlton, NJ. She has extensive experience in biotechnology patent prosecution practice and FDA regulatory compliance. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Rutgers-Camden School of Law.Course: Food and Drug Law
Justin T. Loughry
B.A., Williams College
J.D., New York University School of Law
Professor Loughry is an owner and partner with Loughry and Lindsay, LLC, where he handles state and federal trial and appellate litigation involving a broad range of criminal and civil matters. A former president of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, he has handled high-profile litigation involving racial profiling by state police in New Jersey and alleged excessive force at Bayside State Prison. He has served as an adjunct professor at Rutgers School of Law - Camden.Course: Professional Responsibility
Dara Lovitz
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Temple University Beasley School of Law
Professor Lovitz previously was adjunct professor of animal law at Temple University Beasley School of Law. She also was a litigation associate at Zarwin, Baum, DeVito, Kaplan, Schaer & Toddy, P.C. in Philadelphia and a senior associate at Schutjer Bogar LLC in Philadelphia.Course: Animal Law
Bruce Merenstein
B.A., Brandeis University
M.S., University of Massachusetts
J.D., summa cum laude, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Merenstein is a partner with Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, where his practice focuses on appellate litigation in state and federal courts. He has handled appeals in many of the federal courts of appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States, as well as numerous state appellate courts, including those in California, Florida, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Maine and Pennsylvania.Course: Appellate Advocacy
Cathryn Miller-Wilson
B.A., magna cum laude, Tufts University
J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Professor Miller-Wilson is Deputy Managing Attorney for the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was the public interest coordinator for the Philadelphia Bar Association Delivery of Legal Services Committee and a Master in Custody and Support for the Family Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas.Clinic: Civil Practice
Deborah M. Minkoff
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College
J.D., Villanova University School of Law
Professor Minkoff is a shareholder with Cozen O'Connor, where she represents clients in complex insurance litigation, providing strategic legal advice, developing legal arguments in high-exposure cases and serves as a subject matter expert for the Insurance Litigation Department.Course: Interviewing, Negotation and Counseling
Steven A. Morley
B.A., University of of Wisconsin
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
Professor Morley maintains a private practice focused on immigration law and criminal law. He has argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court, and chaired the Criminal Justice Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association. He has taught as an adjunct professor at Villanova Law School and Rutgers-Camden School of Law.Course: Sentencing
David O'Brien
B.S., Moravian College
J.D., Seton Hall Law School
Professor O'Brien directs Drexel's Sport Management program and serves as auxiliary professor at the Goodwin College of Professional Studies. He has served as Athletic Director at three Division I schools, Assistant to the President for Legal and Legislative Affairs at Montclair State University in New Jersey and on the legislative staff for the New Jersey Senate. The co-author of Managing Athletics Legally: A Proactive Guide for Athletic Administrators, he writes a monthly article for College Athletics and the Law newsletter.
Course: Sports Law
Robert W. O'Donnell
B.A., Temple University
J.D., Temple University School of Law
Professor O'Donnell is a former Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he also served as Majority Whip and Majority Leader, sponsoring legislative reforms that strengthened the financial soundness of public pensions in the state andcreated a vehicle for the financial recovery of the City of Philadelphia. In 1995, he formed O'Donnell Associates, a lobbying and governmental relations firm representing corporate, government and nonprofit clients. Course: State and Local Government
David N. Pardys
B.A., Rutgers University
J.D., Rutgers - Camden School of Law
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Pardys is a partner with Reed Smith, LLP, where he counsels publicly-held and private companies on executive compensation, equity compensation programs, qualified pension and profit-sharing plans, non-qualified deferred compensation plans, health and welfare plans, benefit issues in corporate transactions and fiduciary aspects of ERISA. A former attorney in the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service, he is an adjunct professor at Temple University School of Law. Course: Federal Income Tax
John J. Pease
B.S., The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Professor Pease is Chief of the Government and Health Care Fraud Section of the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He has prosecuted a variety of high-profile cases, including the fraud conviction of the president of the Independence Seaport Museum and the pending case against Pennsylvania State Sen. Vincent Fumo. He has lectured at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.Course: Trial Advocacy
Steve Rocci
B.S., Drexel University, Electrical Engineering
J.D., Temple University School of Law
Professor Rocci is Managing Partner at Woodcock Washburn LLP, where he focuses on patent litigation, counseling and procurement, with particular a emphasis on electronics, computer science, telecommunications and Internet technologies. Steve served as an adjunct professor of patent law at Temple University School of Law from 1989 until 2003. He has been named in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America and the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Guide.
Courses: Patent Law; Patent Litigation
Lawrence J. Schempp
B.A., Temple University
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Professor Schempp is the Director of Professional Development and Training at Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman and Goggin, a litigation defense firm. He is responsible for designing and implementing comprehensive legal and professional skills training programs for entry- and mid-level associates, and courses for all attorneys at the firm on evolving legal issues affecting the litigation practice. Before joining Marshall, Dennehey, Professor Schempp was a member of the full-time faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he taught and supervised in the Civil Practice Clinic. Prior to teaching, Professor Schempp had ten years of experience in complex commercial litigation practice in both a large firm and a litigation boutique in Philadelphia.Course: Interviewing, Negotiation and Counseling
Mark Schultz
B.A., Clark University
J.D., Villanova University School of Law
Professor Schultz practices with Cohen, Placitella & Roth, where he directs the Philadelphia firm's national Worker's Compensation Recovery Program. A former assistant District Attorney in Montgomery County, he served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Disciplinary Board and currently chairs the Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board.
Course: Litigation Drafting
Judy Smith
B.A., University of Wisconsin
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law
Professor Smith is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where she has investigated crimes in health care, tax, securities and consumer and financial fraud. Previously, she was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division in Washington, D.C. She serves as an adjunct professor at Villanova University School of Law and Rutgers-Camden School of Law.Course: Health Care Fraud
Norman Stein
B.A., New College
J.D., Duke University School of Law
Professor Stein has been a full-time faculty member at the University of Alabama School of Law since 1984, teaching federal taxation, business organizations labor law and tax policy. He has served as counsel to the American Association of Retired Persons, was a consultant to the General Accounting Office, taught in the IRS General Counsel's continuing education program and has testified before Congress on pension issues. Course: Federal Income Tax
Robert Tomilson
B.A., University of New Hampshire
M.A., University of Illinois
J.D., Washington University School of Law
Professor Tomilson is Senior Counsel in the Insurance and Reinsurance Practice Group at Thorp Reed & Armstrong LLP where he represents and counsels carriers and reinsurers in connection with property, casualty, workers compensation, disability, life, health, annuity and variable annuity contracts. Prior to joining Thorp Reed, he served as Senior Counsel for CIGNA Reinsurance, where he was lead counsel for the company's run-off operations. He was a Fulbright-DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) fellow. Course: Insurance Law
Neil Witkes
B.A., cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
J.D., magna cum laude, Boston University School of Law
Professor Witkes is a partner with Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox LLP. He has a wide range of civil and administrative environmental litigation experience, including class actions, toxic tort claims, insurance coverage suits, defense of agency enforcement actions, citizen suits, challenges to agency action, contract claims, and cost recovery actions. He has served as lead counsel in the defense of numerous toxic tort claims and in the prosecution of claims under environmental insurance policies to recover remediation costs. Course: Toxic Torts
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