Keith Berthrong (email: kab66@drexel.edu; 215.571.4765; Room L363) is the Electronic Services Librarian for the Legal Research Center.  He is a 2006 graduate of Drexel’s Library and Information Science Program, and has previously worked as the Electronic Resources Assistant at Hagerty Library, in addition to being a cataloger at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia.

Benjamin Carlson (email: bc376@drexel.edu; 215.571.4724; Room L361) is an Access Services Assistant.  He earned his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2006.  He is currently working toward a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science at Drexel University’s College of Information Science and Technology.

Peter J. Egler (e-mail: pje26@drexel.edu, 215.571.4776; Room L311) is the Legal Research Center’s Interim Head of Research Services . Prior to joining the LRC staff, Peter served as the Head of Reference at the University of Houston Law Center’s library. He is also admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.

Patrick Garon (email: pjg27@drexel.edu; 215.571.4733; Room L313) is the Evening/Weekend Access Services Supervisor.  A graduate of Boston College, Patrick spent the past six years in a similar position at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Library in New Orleans.  At LSUHSC, he was part of the team that reorganized the library to reopen after Hurricane Katrina.

Jessica Hsin-Wilson (email: jh585@drexel.edu; 215.571.4796; Room L367) is the Acquisitions Technician for the Legal Research Center.  She is a New York University graduate and will pursue her second master's degree in Library and Information Science at Drexel University.  She has over 15 years of experience working at the NYU Bobst Library Acquisitions Department.

Joan Mazuchowski (email: jgm26@drexel.edu; 215.571.4781; Room L367) is the Acquisitions Librarian for the Legal Research Center.  She is a 2001 graduate of Drexel University’s College of Information and Science Technology.  Her most recent law library experience was seven years of serving as the Collection Development Librarian at Jenkins Law Library.

Rob Richards (email: rcr38@drexel.edu; 215.571.4774; Room L366) is the Legal Research Center's Head of Technical Services. His most recent law library experience was six years of serving as Technical Services Librarian at the University of Colorado Law Library. His research interests include commercial law, bankruptcy, intellectual property, legal publishing, and legal information systems.

Karen Schneiderman (email: kschneiderman@drexel.edu; 215.571.4727; Room L310) is the Legal Research Center's Research and Instructional Services Librarian. Her most recent law library experience was in the Cleveland office of Baker & Hostetler, an international law firm. Karen has over twenty years of legal experience and practiced in a variety of settings including a legal aid office; a labor union; a private law firm; and a judicial legal department.

Christopher Simoni (email: simoni@drexel.edu; 215.571.4767; Room L365) is the Legal Research Center Director and Professor of Law. Before accepting the position of Director of the new Earle Mack School of Law Legal Research Center, Professor Simoni was the Associate Dean for Library and Information Services and Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law, where he was responsible for the law library and law school computing. His professional interests include information policy including copyright, the use of information technology in libraries in developing countries, and the changing patterns of research and scholarly communication caused by developments in information technology. He is very active with the American Association of Law Libraries, the Association of American Law Schools, and the American Bar Association, and has consulted at law libraries in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Uganda on the use of information technology for library collection development and research support.

Steven Thorpe (email: steven.r.thorpe@drexel.edu; 215.571.4726; Room L312) is the inaugural Head of Access Services/Research and Instructional Services Librarian at the Earle Mack School of Law Legal Research Center. His most recent law library experience was ten years of serving as Head of Public Services at the University of Tennessee Joel A. Katz Law Library.

Elizabeth Ugalde-Delate (email: eau24@drexel.edu; 215.571.4777; Room L364) is the Administrative and Accounting Assistant for the Legal Research Center. She has over 20 years experience as an accounting and administrative assistant, most recently five years with the University of Montana followed by four years with Princeton University.

Gillian Nicoletti Washinsky (email: gln23@drexel.edu; 215.571.4778; Room L313) is the Legal Research Center's Access Services Coordinator . She is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and is currently enrolled in the Master of Science program in Library and Information Science at Drexel University’s School of Information Science and Technology.