Professor Adolphe began her legal career clerking for the Alberta Court of Appeal and Court of Queen‘s Bench. After practicing with the Bennett Jones law firm, she served as a prosecutor with the Alberta Crown Prosecutor‘s Office. She then worked as a legal consultant with the law firm of Capua, Varrenti e Associati in Italy. She has served the United Nations by participating in conferences on children‘s rights and the International Criminal Court, and most recently participated as a delegate of the Holy See. Professor Adolphe‘s course offerings include Family Law, Canon Law, International Law, and International Human Rights. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Calgary, as well as common-law and civil-law degrees from McGill University. She also earned a Licentiate in Canon Law and a Doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce in Rome.
Prior to joining Ave Maria, Professor Afield was an associate with the law firm Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride, P.A. in Tampa, Florida. Previously, he clerked for the Honorable Charles R. Wilson on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and worked as an associate with Fowler White Boggs Banker, P.A. in Tampa, Florida. While in private practice, Professor Afield focused primarily on federal and state taxation, corporate law, health care law, estate planning, and commercial litigation. He received an L.L.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was Articles Editor of the Columbia Business Law Review, and an A.B. cum laude in History from Harvard College. During college he was a White House Intern in the Office of Vice President Al Gore and during law school he was a White House Intern in the Office of the General Counsel to the President of the United States. Professor Afield teaches Federal Taxation, Property I, and Property II.
Mark H. Bonner, Associate Professor of Law
Professor Bonner began his legal career at the U.S. Department of Justice and served in a variety of capacities there for more than 25 years, including Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Resident Legal Advisor in Moscow. For 10 years, he directed the investigation and prosecution of high-profile federal cases involving international and domestic terrorism. He subsequently joined the U.S. Department of Treasury, where he held the position of Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement. Prior to coming to Ave Maria, Professor Bonner served as a Senior Advisor in the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Office of International Affairs, where he oversaw the Department’s activities within the Group of 8 (G8) countries. He also taught as an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center for 13 years. Professor Bonner earned a Juris Doctor from American University's Washington College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from Georgetown University. His course offerings include Criminal Law.
Judge Robert H. Bork, Professor of Law
Judge Bork has served with distinction as a judge, lawyer, scholar, government official, and law professor. Early in his career, he was an associate and partner with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis before joining the faculty at Yale Law School. During the 1970s, Judge Bork held the positions of United States Solicitor General and Acting Attorney General. He subsequently served as a United States Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia Circuit. Formerly a scholar with the American Enterprise Institute, Judge Bork is currently a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and the Tad and Dianne Taube Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution. The author of numerous books and articles, he has also appeared on many national television programs. Judge Bork teaches at Ave Maria School of Law during consolidated periods in the fall and spring semesters. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor from the University of Chicago. Judge Bork is on leave during the 2009-2010 academic year.
Brett Brosseit, Assistant Professor of Research, Writing, and Advocacy
Professor Brosseit came to the School of Law with over a decade of legal experience in private practice and industry. After representing domestic and international clients in business, real estate, land use, and governmental matters as an attorney with a national firm, he served as in-house counsel in a privately held company, and later managed large-scale operations for a Fortune 250 corporation, where he worked extensively with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies. Professor Brosseit earned his Juris Doctor with high honors from the Florida State University College of Law, where he served on the Law Review and the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law.He also completed graduate studies in Executive and Professional Coaching at the University of Texas, focusing on evidence-based techniques and strategies for professional and personal development. As an executive coach, Professor Brosseit has worked with clients ranging from college students to senior executives, helping them develop the skills and approaches necessary to achieve high levels of success and satisfaction in their professions and their lives.
Professor Ligia M. De Jesus brings to the School of Law a variety of professional experiences in the areas of international and family law, including experience as a research consultant for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean. A native of Honduras, she also has served as a legal advisor on family law issues for the National Congress in Honduras, a consultant to the World Bank and other UN agencies on matters related to children’s rights and family-court reform, and as a lecturer at the Universidad Catolica de Honduras. Professor De Jesus was awarded the prestigious Romulo Gallegos fellowship at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, DC and later worked at the Victim Rights Law Center in Boston. She received LL.M. degrees from Harvard Law School and the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. Courses taught by Professor De Jesus Professor include Family Law and Law and Children.
Bernard Dobranski, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law
Before joining Ave Maria, Dean Dobranski served as Dean of Catholic University School of Law in Washington, D.C., where he strengthened the schools Catholic identity, upgraded its reputation in Bioethics, International Law, and Law and Religion, and greatly increased the diversity of the student body. As Dean and Professor of Law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, he oversaw one of that schools greatest growth periods. Dean Dobranski has also been a faculty member at the University of Notre Dame Law School and Creighton University School of Law, and he has served on the Accreditation Committee of the American Bar Associations Section on Legal Education. A well-respected arbitrator, Dean Dobranski has rendered more than 350 arbitration awards over the past 20 years. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Notre Dame and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia.
Elizabeth M. Donovan, Director of Community Development Law Clinic and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
Before joining Ave Maria School of Law in 2000, Professor Donovan practiced law at the Detroit office of Dykema for eight years, concentrating on litigation, alternative dispute resolution, and immigration. She began her legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Rosselle Pekelis of the Washington State Court of Appeals. Professor Donovan currently directs the Community Development Law Clinic. The courses she teaches include Women’s Immigrant Rights Law Clinic, Advanced Clinical Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Client Representation, Clinical Practicum: Human Trafficking, and Clinical Practicum: Community-Based Legal Services. Her clinical work focuses on human trafficking victims, battered women immigrants, unaccompanied immigrant children, and individuals seeking asylum. Professor Donovan holds a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany, a Master of Arts from the University of Michigan, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law. She is a member of the State of Michigan Human Trafficking Task Force.
James P. Eyster, Director of Asylum and Immigrant Rights Law Clinic and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
Professor Eyster has practiced immigration law in Ann Arbor for nine years. Prior to that, he served first as Executive Director of the Princeton in Asia Foundation and then in the same capacity for the University of Michigan's Southeast Asia Business Program. He was a lecturer in the Ave Maria School of Law RWA program and has taught our Immigration Law class since 2003. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Fordham Law School and has been engaged in scholarship in international and immigration law, and has assisted the Asylum and Immigrant Rights Law as an adjunct professor.
Eric Fleetham, Assistant Professor of Research, Writing, and Advocacy
Professor Fleetham was a litigation attorney with the firm of Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for twelve years before joining Ave Maria. His areas of practice included commercial, environmental, insurance, real estate, and tort disputes. He represented clients in state and federal trial and appellate courts. Before joining Ave Maria, he taught at Davenport University. Professor Fleetham is a summa cum laude graduate of Hillsdale College and holds a Juris Doctor with honors from the University of Toledo College of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif.
Professor Fodale is a member of federal and state bars and a registered Patent Attorney who is a shareholder with Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C., an intellectual property firm in Troy, Michigan. He has more than 40 years of legal experience practicing patent law, including work as a patent attorney with the General Motors Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Detroit and a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Fodale teaches the Patent Law Clinic course, Patent Law, and Patent Drafting
Professor Gillen has practiced in the area of civil litigation for fifteen years, representing clients in both state and federal courts. Most recently, he served as litigation counsel for the Thomas More Law Center, where he worked on a wide variety of cases dealing with religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and traditional family values. A former judicial clerk for Judge Robert D. Potter of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina and Judge Daniel A. Manion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Professor Gillen has expertise in Appellate Practice, Federal Courts, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, and Religious Freedom. He received a Juris Doctor and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame, a Master of Arts in American History from Fordham University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Providence College. Professor Gillen teaches Appellate Practice and Federal Courts.
Professor Govern began his legal career as an Army Judge Advocate, serving 20 years at every echelon during peacetime and war in worldwide assignments involving every legal discipline. He has also served as an Assistant Professor of Law at the United States Military Academy and has taught at California University of Pennsylvania. He has published widely and spoken frequently on international and comparative law, national security and homeland security law, military operations, and professional ethics. He received a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from Marquette University, a Master of Laws with International and Operational Law Specialization from the Judge Advocate General’s School, and a Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law from the University of Notre Dame. Courses taught by Professor Govern include Contracts and Administrative Law.
Father Isanga joined the Ave Maria faculty following his appointment as a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Civil and Human Rights. He is a widely published scholar on human rights in Africa and has expertise in international law, jurisprudence, and law, ethics, and public policy. Father Isanga is a priest from the Diocese of Jinja, Uganda. He received a Bachelor of Philosophy from Pontifical Urban University in Rome; a Bachelor of Divinity and a Bachelor of Laws from Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda; a Diploma in Legal Practice from Law Development Center in Kampala, Uganda; and a Master of Laws and a Juridical Sciences Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame. Father Isanga teaches International Law and Law, Ethics, and Public Policy.
Professor Jones comes to the law school from Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C., where he represented corporations in structured finance and securitization transactions and counseled closely-held corporations and other entities on corporate entity formation, governance matters, contract negotiation and drafting, non-profit and tax-exempt election, and lending transactions. Professor Jones’ experience also includes practice in the areas of complex litigation and regulatory matters. He is a cum laude graduate of Michigan State University College of Law, where he served as editor of the Journal of Business and Securities Law. In addition, Professor Jones was an intern with the United States Department of Commerce – International Trade Administration. Professor Jones earned a B.A. from Michigan State University. Professor Jones teaches Business Organizations and Contracts and Sales .
Monique McLaughlin, Assistant Professor of Research, Writing, and Advocacy
Monique McLaughlin comes to Ave Maria with a wealth of law practice, law school teaching and legal academic scholarship. Professor McLaughlin taught at Florida A&M College of Law in the area of Florida Practice and was a moot court judge at the University of Wisconsin School of Law. Professor McLaughlin is a former Public Defender, Assistant Attorney General and former civil litigator, specializing in business law, medical malpractice, and personal injury law. She was co-counsel in the case of United States v. Miranda-Santiago, 96 F3d 517 (1st Cir. 1996). She has authored several scholarly articles, including, "The Persistence of Racial Bias in Voting: Voter ID, The New Battleground for Pretextual Race Neutrality," 8 Wayne State Journal of Law and Society 75 (2007). Professor McLaughlin is presently authoring a legal textbook, "Full Citizenship and the United States Supreme Court, Questions, Commentary and Cases."
Stephen Mikochik, Visiting Professor of Law
Prof. Mikochik is visiting Ave Maria this year from Temple Law School
in Philadelphia, where he has taught Constitutional Law and related
courses for nearly thirty years. Before coming to Temple, he was an
attorney with the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
where he worked to enforce the civil rights of people with disabilities.
Prof. Mikochik received his B.A. from New York University, his M.A.
in Religious Studies from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, his M.A. in
Philosophy from Temple University, his J.D. from Fordham University School of Law,
and his LL.M. from Harvard Law School.
Prof. Mikochik will teach Constitutional Law and Civil Rights of
People with Disabilities while at Ave Maria this year.
As an Army Judge Advocate, Dean Milhizer participated in hundreds of appeals, tried scores of criminal cases, and held multiple leadership positions. Additionally, for three years he held a teaching appointment at the Judge Advocate General’s School at the University of Virginia. In 2001, he joined the Ave Maria faculty. Dean Milhizer’s course offerings include Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, National Security Law, and Military Law. He has given presentations at law schools across the country and his legal scholarship has been published in many prestigious law journals. In May 2006, he was appointed Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and in April 2009, he was appointed Interim and then Acting Dean of the Law School. Dean Milhizer holds a Bachelor of Arts with high distinction and Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan, and a Master of Laws as the first honor graduate from the Judge Advocate General’s School.
Kirkland Miller, Assistant Professor of Research, Writing, and Advocacy
Professor Miller is an experienced attorney with a professional practice that focused on first- and third-party insurance no-fault litigation, insurance defense, employment law, real estate, and contract review. In addition to providing legal and consulting services to members of the insurance industry, he has specialized in alternative dispute resolution services as a defense arbitrator for first-party and third-party no-fault cases. Professor Miller received a Bachelor of Arts from Oakland University and a Juris Doctorate from Detroit College of Law.
Maureen Milliron, Assistant Professor of Research, Writing, and Advocacy
Ms. Milliron was an associate with the firm of Blanco Miller in Troy, Mich., for several years before joining Ave Maria. Her areas of practice included state and federal appellate advocacy, governmental immunity, employment discrimination, personal injury, and medical malpractice. She has also worked as a Prehearing Attorney with the Michigan Court of Appeals. Ms. Milliron has served as a legal writing instructor at Wayne State University and the Detroit College of Law. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor with high honors from the Detroit College of Law.
Professor Murphy began her law career as a clerk for Judge Edward A. Tamm of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She then worked at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, D.C., where she practiced in antitrust and civil litigation. Before joining Ave Maria, she taught at Case Western Reserve University School of Law and the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Her course offerings include Torts, Advanced Torts, and Complex Litigation. Professor Murphy earned a Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary‘s College, where she was the valedictorian of her class, and holds a Juris Doctor with honors from Notre Dame Law School.
Professor Myers began his legal career clerking for Judge John F. Kilkenny of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then worked for Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, D.C., focusing on antitrust law and appellate litigation. He began his teaching career at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, and then taught at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Professor Myers teaches courses in Civil Procedure, Conflict of Laws, Constitutional Law, and Antitrust. Professor Myers is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Kenyon College and earned his law degree at Notre Dame, where he graduated first in his class.
Professor O’Callaghan began her law career as a clerk for Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. After practicing corporate liti-gation with the Chicago office of Latham & Watkins, she served as Director of the Respect Life Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago and worked as a consultant to the Catholic Conference of Illinois on legislative matters. Professor O’Callaghan’s course offerings include Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Bioethics, Religious Freedom, and Criminal Law. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a Juris Doctor with honors from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Professor O'Callaghan is on leave during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Father Orsi was ordained for the Diocese of Camden in 1976 and has a broad background in teaching and educational administration. Father Orsi has authored or co-authored four books and more than 200 articles in over 20 journals and newspapers. He has served as Assistant Chancellor, Assistant Vicar for Pastoral Services, Director of Family Life Bureau, and Coordinator of Pope John Paul II’s visit to New Jersey for the Diocese of Camden. He has also served as a member of The Institute for Genomic Research at the University of Pennsylvania and as a member of New Jersey’s Advisory Council on AIDS. Father Orsi holds a Doctorate in Education from Fordham University, two Master degrees in Theology from Saint Charles Seminary, and a Bachelor of Arts from Cathedral College. He is a member of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars and in 2005 he was appointed as a Senior Research Associate to the Linacre Centre for Bioethics, London, England. Father Orsi co-hosts a weekly radio program, The Advocate, which discusses law and culture on WDTK, 1400-AM Detroit.
Patrick Quirk, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law
Professor Quirk began his legal career clerking for a Deputy President in the tax division of the Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal and later went on to practice in the commercial division of a major law firm in Sydney. He taught at Bond University Faculty of Law in Queensland, and at the Catholic University of America‘s Columbus School of Law, before joining the faculty at Ave Maria. Professor Quirk earned his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Queensland and a Master of Laws from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany. He also received a graduate diploma in practical legal training from the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology, Sydney. Professor Quirk teaches Internet Commerce, European Union Law, International Business, and Secured Transactions.
Honorable Daniel P. Ryan, Visiting Associate Professor of Law
Judge Daniel P. Ryan has been a judge for the 3rd Judicial Circuit Court in Detroit, Michigan since 1998. In April 2003, President George W. Bush nominated him to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Previously, he served as a District Court Judge for the 17th Judicial District Court from 1994 until 1998. He was Chief Judge of the 17th District Court from 1996-1998. He has also sat by assignment on the Michigan Court of Appeals. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Ryan was associated with the firm of Plunkett and Cooney where he specialized in the defense of complex architect, engineer, and construction liability cases. Judge Ryan has taught a number of law school courses, including Evidence, Advanced Evidence, Construction Law, Complex Litigation, Ethics, Law and Literature: A Novel Approach, International Contract and Sales Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Comparative Law, and Trial Advocacy. He has taught numerous international and state continuing legal and judicial education Evidence programs. Judge Ryan has also authored several books and law review articles on various topics including the Evidence area. He is a certified instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). Judge Ryan also has served on the faculty of the National Judicial College since 1996 and currently serves on its Faculty Council. He holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Notre Dame, a PhD and a Master’s Degree from the University of Nevada, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Detroit.
Professor Scarnecchia brings to the School of Law experience as a faculty member, an attorney in private practice, and as an assistant county prosecutor. A member of the Franciscan University of Steubenville faculty since 1996, he has chaired Franciscan’s Department of Humanities and Catholic Social Thought, and has directed the University’s Human Life Studies and Legal Studies programs. Professor Scarnecchia lectures on human rights, natural law, bioethics, and cultural and political issues both nationally and internationally. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Akron, a Masters of Divinity from the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, and a Bachelor of Arts from Youngstown State University. He also has completed doctoral studies in Sacred Theology at the International Maria Research Institute at the University of Dayton. Professor Scarnecchia teaches Property I and Origins of the Constitution.
Conrad Sturm, Assistant Professor of Research, Writing, and Advocacy
Professor Sturm came to Ave Maria from Northwestern University School of Law where he taught LL.M. courses in Common Law Reasoning, Legal Writing and Rhetoric, and Pre-LLM classes in Ethics and Contracts. Professor Sturm also taught Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy and Appellate Advocacy to J.D./LL.B. students at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, and Queen's University Faculty of Law in Ontario, Canada. He earned an Honors B.A. from McMaster University in Ontario, a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University, and an LL.M. in International Commercial Law from the University of Sydney, Australia. Before commencing his LL.M., Professor Sturm worked in the commercial litigation department of Sandler, Travis and Rosenberg, P.A., an international trade law firm headquartered in Miami, FL. Professor Sturm has presented on topics related to legal skills pedagogy at various conferences. He also has a keen interest in public international law and appellate advocacy.
Clifford Taylor, Justice in Residence and Visiting Professor of Law
Professor Taylor is a retired Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and served over 16 years as an appellate judge in Michigan. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received his J.D. from George Washington University Law School. After service as an officer in the US Navy, he began his legal career as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Michigan and then practiced in a Lansing, Michigan, law firm, Denfield, Timmer and Taylor, for 19 years earning the highest ratings as to competence and character. He has lectured at law schools across the United States, been published in numerous law reviews and was the co-author of a three volume Michigan Practice Guide on Torts. He has served on the Board of Directors of the National Conference of Chief Justices, was a member, and then President, of the Michigan State Board of Law Examiners and served on the Board of Directors of the George Mason University Law School’s Law and Economics Center.
Lucille Taylor, Visiting Associate Professor of Law
Professor Taylor brings to Ave Maria Law School extensive experience as a federal and state government lawyer. Upon graduation from the George Washington University Law School in Washington DC, she served as Legislative Assistant for a Representative in Congress. After taking up residence in Michigan, she served successively as Minority Counsel to the Michigan House of Representatives, as Majority Counsel to the Michigan Senate and for 12 years, the entire length of his term of office, as Chief Legal Counsel to Michigan Governor John Engler. These assignments afforded exceptional, first-hand experience in complex legislative and executive legal policy, litigation and electoral issues. She is currently serving, by appointment of Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, as a Michigan Special Assistant Attorney General, where she consults on state governmental issues and state issues being litigated in federal appeals courts.
Wendy Tenzer-Daniels, Assistant Professor of Research, Writing, and Advocacy
Professor Tenzer-Daniels was a Legal Editor and Publication Manager at Matthew Bender Publishing in New York City, a subsidiary of Lexis/Nexis, for 20 years. She has worked with many distinguished judges, law professors and attorneys in a variety of subject areas including: criminal law, criminal procedure, banking, commercial law, federal practice and procedure, and intellectual property. Before joining Ave Maria School of Law, Professor Tenzer-Daniels taught writing and paralegal studies on the college level. Professor Tenzer-Daniels received a Bachelor of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany, a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University College of Law, where she was on the law review, and a Master of Arts in Education from New York University, graduating with high honors.
Adjuncts
Christopher P. Bray , Adjunct Professor - Estate and Gift Tax
Christopher Bray is a national author and speaker and managing partner of the multistate law firm of Kearns Bray, L.L.C. Mr. Bray graduated from Kent State University with a B.A. in Accounting summa cum laude. He then received his J.D. and Master of Taxation from the University of Akron. His award-winning articles have appeared in a variety of professional periodicals including Trusts & Estates, Estate Planning, Tax Management-Estate, Gifts and Trusts Journal, and others. Mr. Bray currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation of Collier County. He recently served as Chair of the Trusts & Estates Section for the Collier County Bar Association, as President of the Estate Planning Council of Cleveland, and as Adjunct Professor of Taxation for the Graduate Program in Taxation at the University of Akron.
Stephany Sturges Carr , Adjunct Professor - Personal Bankruptcy
Stephany S. Carr is currently a sole practitioner focusing exclusively on bankruptcy matters. She was formerly a partner with her husband until he became a judge. She has been practicing bankruptcy law since 1991 and is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute. She has been certified in Business and Consumer Bankruptcy Law since July of 2000 by the American Board of Certification which is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the public and improving the quality of the bankruptcy bar. She represents private and governmental clients in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 cases. Private clients include both debtor and creditor matters. She is a former Chapter 7 Panel Trustee whose duties included administering one-half of the Chapter 7 cases filed in the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers Division. Ms. Carr graduated with a B.A. from Vanderbilt University summa cum laude and earned her J.D. from the University of Florida College Of Law.
Andrew Dickman , Adjunct Professor - Land Use Planning
Prior to entering the practice of law, Andrew Dickman began his professional career as a U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) fellow assigned to the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council in Gainesville, Florida. Mr. Dickman attended law school at Nova Southeastern University and then joined the law firm of Bilzin Sumberg in Miami representing clients in land use and zoning matters. In 2002, he opened his own firm primarily serving public interest clients with land use and environmental issues throughout Florida. Andrew Dickman earned his B.S. and an M.A. in urban and regional planning from the University of Florida. He is a member of the Collier County Bar Association, American Planning Association and is a licensed urban planner by the American Institute of Certified Planners.
Robert Dodig , Adjunct Professor - Education Law
Robert Dodig is the Staff Attorney for the School District of Lee County in Fort Myers, Florida which is one of the 50th largest school districts in the nation, with more than 10,000 employees and approximately 79,000 students. In his 15 years of practice, Mr. Dodig has a variety of professional experience in private and public law, including working for New York State government as well as for legal aid offices in both Florida and New York. Currently he advises the Superintendent and District administrators in all areas of education law including student discipline, employee discipline, labor law, employment law, civil rights and exceptional student education. He received his J.D. from Ohio Northern University College of Law and his undergraduate degree from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York.
David C. Dorset , Adjunct Professor - Will, Trusts, and Estates
David Dorset has practiced law with firms in Virginia and Florida for 34 years. He was engaged in general practice with substantial experience in wills, trusts and estate administration, real estate transactions and litigation involving real estate. He taught courses in these fields at three colleges. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Economics. He graduated from the University of Virginia Law School, where he was writing editor of the student legal research group. Mr. Dorset teaches Wills, Trusts and Estates.
Jon Fishbane , Adjunct Professor - Labor Law
Jon Fishbane focuses his practice in matters involving Labor & Employment Law, including issues pertaining to hiring, discipline, termination, harassment, handbooks, employee contracts, employee benefits, Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act and union matters. His practice also involves immigration issues pertaining to compliance, obtaining employment and investor visas, permanent residency petitions, adjustments of status, and citizenship petitions. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts with both a B.A and an M.A. He then earned his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in Intellectual History and his J.D. from Indiana University, Bloomington.
Amy L. Garrard , Adjunct Professor - Collective Bargaining
Amy L. Garrard is a partner with Roetzel & Andress and practices in the area of labor and employment law. She has worked on various state and federal litigation proceedings involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, and other employment–related matters. She has successfully defended employers in connection with enforcement of employment and non-compete agreements; and has successfully represented Fortune 500 companies in union organizational drives, grievance arbitrations, and unfair labor practice charges. Ms. Garrard is a member of the Collier County, Ohio State and American (member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations, the Florida Bar, and the Board of Directors for the Southwest Florida Workforce Development Board. She earned her B.S., with high distinction, from Indiana University, and her J.D. from Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington.
Richard Alan Hinson , Adjunct Professor - Law and Economics
Mr. Hinson is an intellectual property attorney with the law firm of Heindl Hinson, L.L.C. Immediately prior to joining his present firm, Mr. Hinson was Of Counsel to the law firm of Akerman Senterfitt in Washington, D.C. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Hinson was a member of the U.S. State Department’s diplomatic service. During his career in government, Mr. Hinson dealt with a wide array of issues, including matters of international economics and finance, foreign intelligence, and arms control. Mr. Hinson earned an A.B., magna cum laude, as well as an M.S.E.C.E. and an M.S., with honors, from the University of Miami. Mr. Hinson earned a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and an LL.M. in Intellectual Property from The George Washington University School of Law summa cum laude.
Timothy Parry , Adjunct Professor - Health Care Law
Since 1997, Timothy R. Parry has been a senior executive officer and General Counsel for Health Management Associates, Inc., a publicly traded healthcare company that owns 56 hospitals in 15 states. He graduated from the University Of Cincinnati College Of Law where he was a member of the law school’s moot court editorial board. He received a B.S. in psychology from Arizona State University. Mr. Parry was a law clerk for a U.S. District Court Judge in the Southern District of Ohio, and for two years he served as an Assistant Ohio Attorney General before entering private law practice. Mr. Parry has been a guest lecturer to business graduate programs at Florida Gulf Coast University and Hodges University.
Paul M. Scimonelli , Adjunct Professor - Administrative Law
Paul Scimonelli is a former Assistant Attorney General with the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General’s Finance Department where he served 28 years specializing in tax litigation. He represented the Connecticut Commissioner of Revenue Services in administrative appeals of tax assessments and in other administrative proceedings and court litigation in which the Commissioner was a party. He also handled cases for the Connecticut Department of Banking, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, and the Office of Policy and Management. Mr. Scimonelli earned a B.A. degree in Philosophy, magna cum laude from Siena College, attended the University of Chicago’s Center of Liberal Arts in Rome, and earned his J.D. degree from Albany Law School as well as an LL.M. in Business and Taxation-Transnational Practice from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
William Van Duzer , Adjunct Professor - Products Liability
William Van Duzer completed his undergraduate studies at Saint Laurence University and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School. He was a general partner in the firm of Van Duzer & Van Dam, PC, of Lansing, Michigan. Mr. Van Duzer was the City Attorney for Scottville, Michigan and the Acting City Attorney for Lansing, Michigan. He became the Assistant Director for the State Bar of Michigan and the General Counsel of the Fraternal Order of Police as well as the General Counsel for the Michigan Nursing Home Association. Mr. Van Duzer was the lead trial attorney for several landmark cases in both the civil and criminal courts. He also worked as an attorney with Standard Oil of Indiana.
David N. Wagner , Adjunct Professor - Church and State
Prior to earning his J.D. from Ave Maria School of Law, David Wagner graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.A. in Slavic and East European Literature and Language. Mr. Wagner then earned a Master’s in Theology from the University of Dallas and furthered his theological studies in Rome, completing a Licentiate in Systematic Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas magna cum laude. His thesis explored the theological anthropology of St. Bernard of Clairvaux in de gradibus humilitate (The Steps of Humility). His most recent work is entitled Religion and State: Public Order and the Boundaries of Religious Liberty. Mr. Wagner is also the director of the Ave Maria Externship Program.
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