Faculty and Administration

Barbara S. Barron
Professor of Legal Research and Writing
B.A., State University of New York at Albany
M.A., Columbia University
J.D., Hofstra University

Professor Barron, a former assistant district attorney in the District Attorney’s Office for New York County, has practiced extensively in the areas of commercial and matrimonial litigation on both the trial and appellate levels. Before attending law school, Professor Barron was a Russian linguist with the Department of Defense.

Professor Barron is director of the Hofstra Moot Court Programs and also is co-director of Hofstra’s Trial Techniques Program. She is co-director of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s (NITA) Northeast Regional Basic Trial Skills Program, has served as a team leader for NITA’s New England Deposition Program, and has been a member of NITA’s New England Basic Trial Skills Program faculty.

Kathleen M. Beckett
Professor of Legal Research and Writing
B.A., Goucher College
J.D., Fordham University

Prior to joining the Hofstra faculty, Ms. Beckett was a civil litigator in trial and appellate courts as a member of the New York firm of McCoy, Agoglia, Beckett & Fassberg. She has contributed articles on medical malpractice and trial techniques in negligence cases to publications of the New York State Bar Association, Practising Law Institute and journals for practitioners. Her publications include “Settlement of a Medical Malpractice Case,” chapter 9, Medical Malpractice (1990) and “Presentation of Medical Proof in Medical Malpractice Cases,” chapter 16, Medical Malpractice (1992). She has also served as a lecturer in C.L.E. programs for practicing attorneys sponsored by the New York State Bar Association; as an attorney panelist for the Medical Malpractice Panel of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; and as special appellate counsel to the Nassau County Attorney. She is a member of the American and New York State Bar Associations.

Laurie Cascino
Special Professor of Law
B.S., Stonehill College
J.D., Hofstra University

Laurie Cascino has extensive experience working in a variety of legal settings, from serving as General Counsel to Hofstra to working as an associate at Nixon Peabody LLP. With Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, she handled litigation matters including white-collar criminal actions, patent infringement, real estate, bankruptcy, securities, reinsurance, and commercial litigation.

Scott Fruehwald
Professor of Legal Research and Writing
B.A., J.D., University of Louisville
M.A., University of North Carolina
Ph.D., City University of New York
LL.M., S.J.D., University of Virginia

Before coming to Hofstra Law School, Mr. Fruehwald taught legal writing, appellate advocacy, legislation, advanced civil procedure, jurisprudence, and legal ethics at the law schools of the University of Alabama and Roger Williams University. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Louisville School of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Mr. Fruehwald also has an LL.M. and an S.J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. He practiced law in Louisville, Kentucky for five years, concentrating on commercial litigation and bankruptcy.

Mr. Fruehwald is active in national legal writing organizations, having served on committees of the Legal Writing Institute, Association of Legal Writing Directors, and the AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research. He has published several articles in law reviews on choice of law, jurisdiction, constitutional law, statutory interpretation, bankruptcy, and copyright. He has also given presentations on bankruptcy and legal writing. Greenwood Press published his book, Choice of Law for American Courts: A Multilateralist Method, in 2001. In 2002, he received Hofstra University’s Stessin Prize for Outstanding Scholarship.

Frank Gulino
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
B.A., New York University
J.D., Fordham University

Frank Gulino is a graduate of New York University (B.A. 1976) and Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 1979). At Fordham, he was Managing Editor of the Fordham Urban Law Journal and the author of “Legal Duty to the Unborn Plaintiff: Is There A Limit?”, 6 Fordham Urb. L.J. 217 (1978).

Following law school, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Kent Sinclair, Jr., United States Magistrate, United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Trained as a litigator at the prestigious firm of Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, Mr. Gulino was an Adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, where he taught Legal Writing and Research for five years. At the age of 31, he was appointed Deputy General Counsel to the New York City Housing Authority, where he was in charge of the Authority’s wide-ranging litigation practice.

From 1989 to 2001, Mr. Gulino was a partner in an insurance defense firm, where he concentrated his practice in complex motions and appeals. In 2001, he joined Brecher Fishman Pasternack Popish Heller Rubin & Reiff, as Counsel in charge of the firm’s complex legal issues and appeals practice. Elected to the Brecher Fishman partnership in 2003, Mr. Gulino was named administrative partner of the Firm’s litigation practice in 2004, in which capacity he served until his appointment to the Hofstra Law School faculty.

Mr. Gulino is a member of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers and a member of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, for whom he has lectured on appellate practice. In addition, he has been a contributing author to the New York State Bar Association’s reference work, Federal Civil Practice, and its supplements since publication of the work’s first edition in 1989.

He joined the Hofstra faculty in 2006, as an Adjunct Special Professor of Law for the Summer Session and as a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing for the 2006-07 school year.

Susan H. Joffe
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
B.A., Herbert H. Lehman College (CUNY)
M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook
J.D., Hofstra University

Susan Joffe joins the faculty as a visiting assistant professor of legal writing and research. Professor Joffe earned her law degree with distinction from Hofstra University School of Law, where she graduated first in her class and served as articles editor of the Law Review. Following graduation, Professor Joffe clerked for federal District Judge Reena Raggi (currently a member of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit). Professor Joffe has practiced extensively in the areas of labor and employment law and employee benefits. She has been associated with the New York firms Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton and Garrison and, most recently, Holland & Knight, LLP. Professor Joffe has participated in presentations concerning the arbitration of employment claims, privacy in the workplace and the Family and Medical Leave Act and has written about the tax implications of agreements settling employment discrimination claims, the Family and Medical Leave Act and employee benefit issues. Before starting her legal career, Professor Joffe taught English Composition and Literature at the college level.

Kevin McElroy
Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
J.D., St. John’s University School of Law

Kevin McElroy has represented clients in civil litigation before federal and state courts across the country since he began practicing law in 1987. In that time he has been affiliated with Long Island’s largest and most prestigious law firms, Rivkin, Radler; Nixon Peabody; and Farrell Fritz. In addition to litigation, trials and appellate practice venued in the Courts, he has represented clients before arbitration panels and governmental agency hearing boards. He is also serves as a court appointed mediator in attorney/client fee dispute matters. Mr. McElroy’s primary areas of practice have included employment law, strict products liability, toxic torts, commercial and contract law and the defense of personal injury matters.

Upon graduating from St. John’s School of Law in June 1986, Mr. McElroy became an associate at Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh (now Rivkin Radler). During those years he taught Constitutional Law at the undergraduate at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. In January 1994 he was named a partner in that firm. In 1998 Mr. McElroy joined the firm of Nixon Peabody. While at Nixon, among the numerous matters he handled, he represented the County of Nassau in its successful suit to enforce the terms of its lease of the Nassau County Veterans’ Memorial Coliseum with the New York Islanders which had threatened to relocate.

Among the periodicals which have has published articles authored or co-authored by Mr. McElroy are The New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and the Fordham University School of Law Environmental Reporter. He has spoken on litigation topics before the Defense Research Institute’s annual meeting and at a seminar sponsored by the New York State Bar Association.

Mr. McElroy is now concentrating on teaching and is serving as Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing. He teaches Legal Research and Writing and Appellate Advocacy.

Amy R. Stein
Professor of Legal Research and Writing, Assistant Dean for Adjunct Instruction and Coordinator of the Legal Writing Program
B.A., Tufts University
J.D., Fordham University

Prior to coming to Hofstra, Ms. Stein was the director of continuing legal education at Touro Law Center, where she was responsible for establishing the school’s CLE department. After graduating from law school, Ms. Stein was an associate with Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith, practicing in the area of civil litigation. Ms. Stein continued her career as a civil litigator at the firms of Schoeman, Updike & Kaufman, LLP, and Goldstein & Avrutine. She is a council member of the American Association of Law School’s CLE Committee, and a member of the Law School Committee of the Association of Continuing Legal Education Administrators. She is also a member of the Nassau and Suffolk County Bar Associations.

K. Babe Howell
Assistant Clinical Professor and Attorney-in-Charge of the Criminal Justice Clinic
B.A., Harvard College
J.D., New York University School of Law

Babe Howell comes to Hofstra Law School from the NYU School of Law Lawyering Program, where she taught for five years, supervising other professors and curriculum development as Associate Director for the last two years. Before joining the Lawyering faculty at NYU, she was a practicing trial lawyer in the area of criminal defense in New York City. During this time she worked at both The Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Division in Manhattan and at The Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem. Prior to her career as a public defender she clerked for the Honorable Gene Carter of the Federal District Court in Maine. Before attending law school she also worked for several years in the area of civil legal services focusing on housing rights, homelessness prevention, and benefits advocacy .

Professor Howell’s students in the Criminal Justice System will represent indigent defendants charged with misdemeanors in the Nassau and Queens County courts. The students will represent clients from arraignments through hearings and trials in Criminal Court. In addition they will, where appropriate, assist clients by representing them when arrests for criminal offenses trigger civil collateral consequences.

Professor Howell is currently working on a paper examining the costs related to aggressive policing of minor offenses and has previously co-authored a piece on the assignment of defense counsel to indigent clients in Federal Court. Her research interests are in the area of criminal justice and race.

Marcia Levy
Assistant Dean for Skills Programs and Clinical Professor of Law
B.S., State University of New York at Albany
J.D., Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College

Before joining the University of Denver College of Law as director of clinical programs, Marcia Levy spent a decade as a clinical law professor at the Rutgers University Law School implementing and teaching in a program that taught students how to represent indigent clients charged with petty offenses and most recently as the Director of Clinical Programs and Assistant Professor at University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

In 2001, Levy was named the first director of the Eric Neisser Public Interest Program, dedicated to educating students about-and providing opportunities in-public interest law. She was project director for two international programs that developed clinical education abroad: the Rutgers/Russia NISCUPP grant, which linked Rutgers with three law faculties in Samara, Russia; and an ABA CEELI grant, which linked Rutgers with a law faculty in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Levy spent fall 2000 as the ABA CEELI clinical law specialist in Russia. The following spring, she was named associate director of Columbia Law School’s Public Interest Law Initiative in Transitional Societies (PILI), where she worked to develop clinical legal education in Russia and Central and East Europe.

Levy is an expert in pre-trial and trial advocacy training. She serves as the Associate Dirctor for Public and Public Service Programs for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), in addition to teaching and serving as a Program Director in a variety of NITA programs. She created the Intensive Pre-trial and Trial Program for Rutgers law students, and has worked with faculty in Chile, Ecuador and currently, in China, to develop programs to teach oral advocacy skills. Levy is the Chair Elect of the AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities and on the Executive Committee of the AALSA Section on Clinical Legal Education.

Levy’s former positions include serving as assistant federal defender for The Legal Aid Society Federal Defender Services Office in the Eastern District of New York, and three years as staff attorney with The Legal Aid Society Prisoners’ Rights Project. She received her JD from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law, in 1980, and her BS from the State University of New York at Albany.

Theo Liebmann
Clinical Professor and Attorney-in-Charge, Hofstra Child Advocacy Clinic
B.A., Yale University
J.D., Georgetown University

Professor Liebmann has directed the interdisciplinary Hofstra Child Advocacy Clinic since its inception. In his capacity as Attorney-in-Charge, he supervises law students and mental health trainees working together to advocate on behalf of children involved in the child welfare system. Professor Liebmann and his students have represented hundreds of children in cases involving physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect, as well as related delinquency, custody and special immigrant juvenile matters. Prior to his current position at Hofstra, Professor Liebmann was a lawyer for children in maltreatment and juvenile delinquency cases at the Manhattan office of the Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Division. Professor Liebmann serves as Co-Director of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Training the Lawyer to Represent the Whole Child program, frequently leads workshops on topics such as the role of the law guardian and the ethical barriers to inter-disciplinary work, and co-authors regular columns in the New York Law Journal on children and the law. Professor Liebmann’s research interests include the overlap between child welfare and immigration law, the impact of family law legal standards on children, and ethical problems in the representation of children.

Peter L. Markowitz
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
B.A. Wesleyan University
J.D. New York University School of Law

Peter L. Markowitz is co-directing the Hofstra Housing Rights Clinic during fall 2007 and is developing the Hofstra Immigrant Justice Clinic, which he will direct beginning in spring 2008. The Immigrant Justice Clinic will focus on the intersection of criminal and immigration law. Clinic students will provide deportation defense representation to immigrants with criminal convictions and will work collaboratively with local immigrant community based organizations developing affirmative strategies to address the critical issues facing Long Island immigrant communities.

Peter received his B.A. with honors from Wesleyan University in 1994. He attended Rutgers School of Law from 1998-99, where he was a Saul Tischler Scholar, for achieving the number one rank in the first-year class and was awarded an Arthur Kinoy Fellowship, for outstanding commitment to public interest work. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law, summa cum laude, in 2001, receiving the University Graduation Prize for the highest GPA upon graduation and the Sommer Memorial Award, for outstanding scholarship, character, and service. He also was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as a staff editor on the Review of Law and Social Change. Following graduation, Peter clerked for Judge Frederic Block in the Eastern District of New York (2001-2002). In 2002, he was awarded a prestigious Soros Justice Fellowship to develop an in-house immigration project at The Bronx Defenders, a holistic public defender office. During his tenure at The Bronx Defenders (2002-2005), Peter also served as a part-time staff attorney with the Immigrant Defense Project of the New York State Defenders Association. Prior to coming to Hofstra, Peter was an Acting Assistant Professor with NYU School of Law’s Lawyering Program (2005-2007).

Peter’s scholarly interests include the ripple effects of the criminal justice system and the intersection of immigration and criminal law. He has authored a chapter on pre-trial and trial phase immigration issues in criminal cases in the ABA publication, A Judge’s Guide to Immigration Law in Criminal Proceedings (ABA 2004) and has a forthcoming article entitled, Straddling the Criminal Civil Divide: A Bifurcated Approach to Understanding the Nature of Immigration Removal Proceedings.

Serge Martinez
Associate Clinical Professor and Attorney-In-Charge of Hofstra Community and Economic Development Clinic
BA, Brigham Young University
JD, Yale Law School

Professor Martinez is the initial director of the Community and Economic Development Clinic. As the attorney-in-charge, he supervises students as they provide transactional (non-litigation) assistance to nonprofits, community-based organizations and micro-enterprises in low-income communities in and around Nassau County.

Prior to his current position at Hofstra, Professor Martinez was a Senior Staff Attorney in the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center, where he focused on working with grassroots organizations in the Bronx. Professor Martinez also worked for two years as an associate in the Tax group of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

Curtis Pew
Associate Clinical Professor and Attorney-In-Charge of Hofstra Securities Arbitration Clinic
B.A., Tulane University
M.P.P.A., University of Wisconsin
J.D., George Washington University

Associate Professor Curtis Pew directs the Hofstra Securities Arbitration Clinic. The Clinic commenced operation during the summer of 2006. In the position of attorney-in-charge, he supervises law students in representing securities investors, subject to certain income, residency and size-of-claim restrictions, who pursue claims arising from retail securities investments. The claims are pursued in either arbitration or mediation before the National Association of Securities Dealers, the New York Stock Exchange, and other self regulatory organizations. Typical Claims that students handle include unsuitability, unauthorized trading, fraud and churning. The Clinic also represents employees of securities-market-related to employers who have claims subject to arbitration. Prior to his present position at Hofstra, Associate Professor Pew was a lawyer initially specializing in arbitral matters arising in maritime law, and then in arbitration of international commercial and securities related domestic disputes. Previously, he also was an Adjunct Professor at Cardozo Law School where he taught International Commercial Arbitration as well as coached that school’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team. His participation in the Vis competition will continue at Hofstra. Associate Professor Pew’s research interests include the application of expungement in securities arbitrations and the method used by certain national legal systems for review of arbitral awards to ensure statutory consistency.

Robert Thaler
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor and Attorney-in-Charge,Mediation Clinic
B.A., Hobart College
J.D., Brooklyn Law School
M.A. Columbia University

Robert Thaler is the visiting assistant clinical professor and attorney-in-charge of the Hofstra University School of Law’s Mediation Clinic. Mr. Thaler is the former director of mediation services for Community Mediation Services, Inc. (CMS), located in Jamaica, Queens, NY. In his role as the director of mediation services for CMS, Mr. Thaler had overall responsibility for the Community Dispute Resolution Center Program for Queens County and the New York City Family Court Mediation Program.

During his tenure with CMS, Mr. Thaler engaged in all facets of mediation program administration, including program design, mediator training, quality assurance, and programmatic outreach and development. Additionally, Mr. Thaler chaired the NYC Family Court Juvenile Justice Committee’s Juvenile Delinquency Mediation Working Group, and was a member of the NYC Family Court ADR-DV Subcommittee, which works to bridge the gaps between the mediation community and the domestic violence advocacy community. As a member of the Mediation Ethics Committee for the NYS Unified Court System’s ADR Office, Mr. Thaler collaborated in creating the Standards of Ethics for Mediators in the NYS Community Dispute Resolution Center Program, and participated in creating uniform program materials for mediation centers across New York state.

Prior to his involvement in mediation, Mr. Thaler maintained a private law practice in Manhattan representing clients in criminal and civil matters, and was an assistant district attorney for Kings County and the special narcotics prosecutor for the City of New York from 1989 to 1993. In 2001, Mr. Thaler earned a Master of Arts degree in social-organizational psychology from Columbia University, Teachers College, together with a certificate in conflict resolution studies, where he focused his studies on conflict management systems design and organizational development.

Lauris Wren
Associate Clinical Professor and Attorney-in-Charge, Political Asylum Clinic
B.A., Williams College
J.D., Columbia University

Lauris Wren, a Williams College and Columbia University Law School graduate, started the Political Asylum Clinic at Hofstra University School of Law. Through the Political Asylum Clinic, students represent applicants for asylum - people who have fled their countries because of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. The Asylum Clinic’s clients have come from countries such as Chad, Jordan, Cameroon, Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Nepal, Nigeria, Albania, Tibet, Trinidad & Tobago, Cote d’Ivoire, Congo, El Salvador, and Haiti. The Asylum Clinic has been featured in two articles in Newsday: “Their Legal Lifesavers: ‘Truly Remarkable Clinic,” (9/2/04) and “When Students Win, So Do Asylum Seekers,” (3/14/2005), as well as in the November/December 2005 edition of Immigration Law Today (“Hofstra University’s Political Asylum Clinic; Teaching the Benefits of Pro Bono Work”). Ms. Wren has also been honored by the Central American Refugee Center for her “deep commitment and dedicated work on behalf of immigrants and refugees” and by Nassau County for “significant contributions for the enhancement of our region and the betterment of our residents.”

Previously, Ms. Wren was the director of the Refugee Assistance Program at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, where she recruited, trained, and supervised pro bono attorneys in the representation of immigrants applying for political asylum. Ms. Wren also worked for several years at the Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN) in Hempstead, New York, representing Central Americans in political asylum and cancellation of removal cases, as well as with the Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Legal Aid Society in New York, New York. Attempting to assist the victims of human rights abuses abroad as well as domestically, Ms. Wren has worked with many human rights organizations in Mexico and Central America and has participated in human rights missions in various areas of the world. She worked intensively with immigrant victims of the terrorist attacks in New York and also has assisted immigrant communities affected by Special Registration and other policies passed in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

The Honorable Leonard B. Austin
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Georgetown University
J.D., Hofstra University

Justice Leonard B. Austin is a graduate of Georgetown University in 1974 and Hofstra University School of Law in 1977. Justice Austin engaged in the private practice of law until his election to the Supreme Court Bench in the Tenth Judicial District in 1998.
In his private practice, Justice Austin focused primarily on complex commercial litigation, matrimonial and family matters, personal injury and real estate matters. In 1980 and 1981, he served as counsel to the Speaker of the New York State Assembly. In that capacity, he was assigned as counsel to the Agriculture and Commerce and Industry Committees.
Since his elevation to the Bench, Justice Austin has been assigned to a Dedicated Matrimonial Part in Suffolk County (1999) and a Dedicated Matrimonial and Commercial Part in Nassau County (2000). In October 2000, and continuing to the present time, Justice Austin has been assigned full time to a Dedicated Commercial Part.
Justice Austin currently serves on the Office of Court Administration’s Matrimonial Practice and Commercial Division Curriculum Committees. He is a member of the New York State, Florida, Nassau County, Suffolk County, and New York State Women’s Bar Associations.
Over the years, Justice Austin has authored several articles dealing with Equitable Distribution and New York City’s Forfeiture Law. Recently, he authored an article in the Banking Law Journal entitled The Impact of New York’s Commercial Division on Bank Litigation.

Robert Biancavilla
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Long Island University
J.D., St. John’s University School of Law

Robert Biancavilla is an Assistant District Attorney in the Major Offense Bureaus of the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. He has travelled throughout the country training federal, state and local prosecutors on the strategic use of various types of DNA Evidence.

Erik Burgos
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Hofstra University
J.D., Hofstra University

Erik Burgos is an experienced tax manager, currently working at Ernst & Young, LLP in the Transaction Advisory Services, Mergers and Acquisitions Group.

Andrez Carberry
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook
M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook
J.D., Hofstra University

Andrez Carberry is an Assistant Corporate Counsel in the Labor and Employment Division at the New York City Law Department. In this highly specialized Division, he represents the City in State and Federal Courts and several administrative agencies. He was formally the North East (including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands) Regional Chair of the United States Student Association and a state and nationwide lobbyist on higher educational issues. While at Hofstra, he was the captain of two National Moot Court Teams, a member of the first place Long Island Moot Court Team, Editor-In-Chief of the Hofstra Moot Court Association and Director of the Unemployment Action Center. Andrez was also the recipient of the Deborah Sloyer Memorial Scholarship in Trial Advocacy, the William Eric Goldberg Scholarship and the Pro Bono Service Award of Excellence.

John Carlson
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Duke University
J.D., Northwestern

John Carlson has extensive litigation experience in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts. In addition to general commercial litigation, he has represented creditors and trustees in Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and defended numerous preference actions. He has worked with such firms as Sills, Cummins, Epstein & Gross, P.C.; Jenkens & Gilchrist Parker Chapin LLP; and Conboy, Hewitt, O’Brien & Boardman.

Bruce G. Clark
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Colgate University
J.D., Columbia University

Professor Clark is the senior partner at Bruce G. Clark & Associates. For the last 25 years he has specialized in representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions. He was trial counsel to the plaintiffs in the Estate of Andy Warhol v. New York Hospital et al., and is the author of numerous legal articles, as well as two novels, as yet unpublished. He has participated in the NITA and Practising Law Institute and Emory Law School trial advocacy programs and has lectured at St. John’s Law School and the New York Academy of Trial Lawyers.

J. Scott Colesanti
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Adelphi University
J.D., Fordham University School of Law
LL.M., New York University

Scott Colesanti worked for the New York Stock Exchange for over 10 years, first as Trial Counsel for its Division of Enforcement and then as Counsel to its General Counsel’s Office. He has published several articles on the regulation/prosecution of securities fraud. Mr. Colesanti previously taught Securities Regulation at the St. Louis University School of Law. He is an arbitrator for both the New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Securities Dealers, and is admitted to the Bars of New York, Missouri, and Washington, D. C. He has served an appointment to the Corporate Law Committee, Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and has authored numerous “comment letters” on securities industry rule changes and initiatives. Mr. Colesanti is a Senior Compliance Attorney for Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.

Brian Conneely
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Duke
J.D., Hofstra University

Brian is currently in charge of the Labor and Employment Law Department at Rivkin Radler LLP and was named one of the Top 10 Leaders of Employment Law in The New York Times in September 2003. He was also featured in “Who’s Who in Labor Law” in the Long Island Business News in 2004 and one of the top 10 litigators on Long Island in 2005. Brian has also served as chair of labor employment law committees for the New York State Bar and Suffolk County Bar Associations

Leonard J. Connolly
Special Professor of Law
B.A., St. Francis College
J.D., Cornell University

Professor Connolly is a retired senior partner in the New York office of Dechert LLP where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, corporate reorganization, and general commercial and finance law. For several years Professor Connolly was the partner in charge of the firm’s technology program.
Professor Connolly has written widely in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and securities regulation. His article on the landmark case Perlman v. Feldman was anthologized by the ABA Section of Corporation, Banking and Business Law in “Selected Articles on Corporate Law.” Professor Connolly is the Village Justice of the Incorporated Village of Lattingtown.

Eduardo Cukier
Special Professor of Law
B.S., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Columbia University

Eduardo Cukier is a partner in the New York office of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP and a member of the Firm’s Tax Department and Latin America Practice Group. Mr. Cukier has a broad range of experience in U.S. and international planning of corporate reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions, privatizations and joint ventures and also advises clients on transfer pricing issues.

The Honorable Sandra J. Feuerstein
Special Professor of Law
B.S., University of Vermont
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Justice Sandra J. Feuerstein was appointed to the Appellate Division, Second Department in 1999 by Governor George Pataki, making her the first woman to be appointed from the Tenth Judicial District. She was elected to the New York State Supreme Court in 1993. Judge Feuerstein served as a Nassau County District Court Judge for six years prior to becoming a Supreme Court Justice. Prior to becoming a judge, Sandra Feuerstein was law secretary to the Administrative Judge of Nassau County, Leo F. McGinity. She also served as the Nassau County Supreme Court Matrimonial Referee. Judge Feuerstein is a member of the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association where she has served as president, and the New York State Women’s Bar Association where she has served as vice-president. She has received numerous awards and honors, including 1992 “Judge of the Year Award,” Court Officers’ Benevolent Association; “Directors Award” and “Pro Bono Award,” Nassau County Bar Association; “Achievers Award,” American Jewish Congress and Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women “Pathfinders Award”; and “Humanitarian Award,” Education Assistance Corp.

John K. Friedman
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York
J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Professor Friedman has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunications and networking industries, and seven years as an attorney. Currently in private practice in New York City, Professor Friedman represents corporations in both regulatory and transactional issues. Prior to this, he served as president, chief operating officer and general counsel of Empire One Telecommunications, a provider of local, long distance and data services to Chinese- and Russian-speaking users in the United States. He is the secretary, treasurer and a board member of the New York State Targeted Accessibility fund, created by the New York State Public Service Commission to administer and fund New York State’s universal telecommunications services initiatives, its 911/E911 systems and its services for the hearing impaired

Kenneth Gartner
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York
J.D., State University of New York

Before founding Lynn & Gartner, LLP in 2006, former Judge Kenneth L. Gartner had over 25 years experience litigating in state and federal trial and appellate courts, and before arbitral and administrative tribunals, as well as presiding as a New York State civil and criminal trial judge. His areas of expertise include criminal defense; appellate practice; Lanham Act, real property-related, and other complex civil litigation; professional responsibility; and sports-related litigation. He has been retained as special appellate and trial counsel, and for the defense of grievances filed against attorneys

Elayne E. Greenberg
Special Professor of Law
B.A. Cum Laude Brooklyn College
M.S. Brooklyn College
Certificate Education Administration Hofstra University
J.D. Magna Cum Laude Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Ms. Greenberg is a mediator, dispute resolution system consultant, parent coordinator, collaborative attorney and parent educator who has developed programs, trained, written and lectured nationally on the subject of mediation, conflict management, negotiations, parent coordination and parent education. She has been selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution for 2005 and 2006. Her areas of concentration include family mediation, domestic abuse, disability rights mediation, discrimination conflicts, attorney representation in mediation and ethics.

At present, Ms. Greenberg is in private practice and a Special Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School and Hofstra’s Graduate Program in Psychology. Her deep involvement in the field is evidenced by the innovative dispute resolution programs that she has developed and implemented including: court-connected custody and visitation mediation programs in Queens and Nassau Counties; a divorce mediation program for Catholic Charities in Nassau County; a client-focused system for a network of shelters for the homeless in New York designed to help transition those individuals living in shelters to independent living; a parenting coordination program in Nassau County; and a parent education program in Queens. She has served as Chair of the New York State Bar Association Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and as a member of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Advisory Council; Editorial Board of the Family Court Review; board and founding member of the NY Chapter of AFCC; and founding member and co-chair of the Parenting Coordinator’s Association of NY.

Ms. Greenberg’s publications include “Humanizing Divorce or Business As Usual,” in the Fordham Urban Law Journal, “Mediation in Domestic Relation Matters,” in the Annual Survey of Matrimonial Law; “The Role of ADR in Preparing and Trying the Civil Lawsuit” in “Preparing For And Trying the Civil Lawsuit (2nd Ed.), and “Decision Tree Analysis in Custody Conflicts” in “Creative Problem Solver’s Handbook for Negotiators and Mediators” Volume Two.

Edward J. Groarke
Special Professor of Law
B.A., St. Francis College
M.A., Brooklyn College
J.D., St. John’s University
LL.M. (Labor Law), New York University
LL.M. (General Studies), New York University

Professor Groarke was a deputy Nassau County attorney and associate at the New York City law firm of Brady & Tarpey, P.C., prior to becoming an associate and then partner with Colleran, O’Hara & Mills, Garden City, New York. He has a broad civil litigation background with a specialty in labor and employee benefits law in both the public and private sector.

Emanuel B. Halper
Special Professor of Law
B.A., City University of New York
J.D., Columbia University

Emanuel B. Halper is a real estate consultant and attorney. He served as a partner and later as senior partner of the New York City law firm Zissu Berman Halper & Gumbinger from 1966 through 1987, and still maintains a relationship with the firm as counsel. Currently a member of the Supervisory Council of the ABA’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, he also served as chairman of the Section’s Commercial and Industrial Leasing Group from 1986 to 1994. In 1976 the ABA awarded him a Certificate of Merit in recognition of a distinguished contribution to public understanding of the American system of law and justice. Professor Halper is the author of three books and more than 100 articles in professional journals.

Robert C. Harris
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook
J.D., New York University

Robert Harris is a graduate of New York University School of Law and has been practicing entertainment and intellectual property law in New York City for over 25 years. He is a founding partner of Lazarus & Harris LLP and represents clients in a broad range of entertainment media. He counsels and handles transactional matters for theatrical producers and creative personnel on various Broadway and Off-Broadway productions which have included Beauty and the Beast, Crazy for You, Jelly’s Last Jam, An Inspector Calls, Chicago, Cabaret, The Rocky Horror Show, Mamma Mia!, Movin’ Out and Monty Python’s Spamalot, represents writing and acting talent, and has represented film studios with respect to their grant or acquisition of stage rights in various properties. He represents publishers, authors, and agents in the publishing and theatrical fields, clients in independent film and television production, as well as clients in Internet commerce, and has extensive experience negotiating and drafting programming and network affiliation agreements for cable television. Mr. Harris counsels clients regarding the protection, licensing, acquisition, use and misuse of content in a broad range of contexts and media.
Mr. Harris has substantial experience in copyright and trademark law, including clearance, prosecution and licensing, and advises clients regarding ownership of copyright, licensing of copyrights, and analysis of rights under copyright in both traditional media and new media. In the area of trademarks, Mr. Harris advises clients regarding the selection and use of trademarks, service marks, Internet domain names and licensing agreements. He represents the heirs of both Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald with respect to trademark and merchandise licensing, and has done copyright and trademark enforcement and prosecution for a number of stage properties, including Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and Miss Saigon. He also has extensive experience representing advertisers of children’s products.
Mr. Harris is former Chairman of the Entertainment Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He is a member of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law and has chaired its Subcommittee on Copyright Formalities, and is a member of the Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. Mr. Harris is also a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, and has appeared as a guest commentator on Court TV. He has also lectured for Practising Law Institute.

Jason Hernandez
Special Professor of Law
B.A., University of Michigan
J.D. Columbia Law School

Jason Hernandez worked as a Litigation & White Collar Crime Associate with Kirkland & Ellis LLP prior to serving as Honorable Kenneth M. Karas’ law clerk in the Southern District of New York.

Richard Herzbach
Special Professor of Law
B.A., University of Cincinnati
J.D., Hofstra University

Professor Herzbach is a partner at the firm of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP, which specializes in cooperative, condominium and community association law. He was a member of Hofstra Law School’s inaugural class. He was formerly an assistant attorney general in the New York State Attorney General’s Office. There he gained his expertise at the New York state agency responsible for registering and enforcing public offering statements for all types of community associations that are offered for sale in and from New York State. He is a member of the Committee of Cooperatives and Condominiums of the New York State Bar Association, in which he chairs the Subcommittee on Home Owners’ Associations. He is also a member of the New York State Attorney General Condominium Act Task Force.

Russell Hirschhorn
Special Professor of Law
B.S., State University of New York
J.D., Hofstra University

Russell Hirschhorn is an associate in Proskauer Rose’s Labor and Employment Law Department, where he specializes in both employee benefits and employment law. He has represented employers in a variety of industries, including entertainment, banking, consulting, construction, transportation, and insurance, as well as not-for-profit organizations.

Miriam Hyman
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Brandeis University
J.D., Hofstra University

Miriam Hyman is a member of the Banking, Business and Public Finance, and the Technology, Entrepreneurial & Commercial Practice Client Service Groups. She has concentrated on representing Latin American (predominantly Brazilian) banks, financial institutions, businesses and high net worth individuals in their activities in the United States and worldwide for more than 15 years. She also has experience in employment law matters.

Michael Jaffe
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Stony Brook University
J.D., Hofstra University

Michael Jaffe is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Country-Wide where his responsibilities include directing all aspects of the daily operations of a leading property/casualty insurer in the downstate New York region.

Alan Jakimo
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Colgate University
M.B.A., Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
J.D., Harvard Law School

Alan Jakimo is a partner at Sidley Austin, LLP, where he works has worked in the corporate, securities, venture and technology fields for over 24 years, with emphasis in the life science and information science industries. His experience encompasses a broad range of financing and technology-based transactions involving financial institutions, mature operating companies and startups located in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Intellectual property matters play a key role in many of Mr. Jakimo’s assignments.

Carolyn Kalos
Special Professor of Law
B.A., University of Michigan
J.D., Emory University

Carolyn Kalos has been devoted to family law and juvenile rights issues for over ten years. She currently works as the Assistant Attorney In Charge at the Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division in the Bronx, where she closely supervises a team of attorneys, social workers and paralegals in representing children in abuse, neglect, custody and visitation cases.

Fred Klein
Special Professor of Law
B.A., American University
J.D., George Washington University

Fred Klein is an Assistant Attorney General for New York State in the Organized Crime-Medicaid Fraud Unit. Prior to that position, he worked as an Assistant District Attorney for Nassau Country for twenty seven years, during which time he supervised prosecution of all homicides and other serious felonies including investigation, indictment and trial.

Janet Korins
Special Professor of Law
A.B., Harvard College
J.D., Harvard Law School

Janet Korins has extensive experience in transactional tax practice, including structuring domestic and international commercial transactions. She currently works as a consultant for Proskauer Rose LLP and has been a partner at the same firm. She has worked for Goodwin Procter LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Lawrence Kurland
Special Professor of Law
B.E.E., New York University
J.D., Brooklyn Law School

Mr. Kurland is a member of the Committee on Patents, Trademark, and Copyrights of the American Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association of the New York Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association. He taught as Special Professor of Patent Law at Hofstra University School of Law from 1973 to 1978. He has published monographs on protection for computer software and protection under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984. He worked as a patent examiner for the United States Patent and Trademark Office and as assistant patent counsel for the National Security Agency.

Ivy Leibowitz
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Hofstra University
M.A., Queens College
P.D., Long Island University
J.D., Hofstra University

Ivy Leibowitz served as Senior Assistant Dean for Law Alumni Affairs and External Relations from 1992-97. Prior to that she was a Legal Research and Writing Instructor at Hofstra. She created the Pro Bono Student Lawyers Project, which pairs law students with members of the private bar and those working in the public sector to enhance the delivery of legal services to the poor. Before joining Hofstra’s faculty, Ms. Leibowitz clerked for Magistrate David F. Jordan of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and worked as a litigation associate with the Manhattan law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel. While attending law school, she was articles editor of the Hofstra Law Review, student commencement speaker, and recipient of the Jonathan Falk Memorial Scholarship.

Andrew Lupu
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Dickinson College
J.D., New York Law School

Andrew Lupu serves as Senior General Counsel for InfoVista, SA, a global provider of business software and professional services solutions for Fortune 500 organizations. He directs strategic planning for U.S. and European operations, managing legal and finance operations teams, enacting Sarbanes-Oxley compliance measures, and coordinates securities filings.

Edward McCarty
Special Professor of Law
B.S., Siena College
J.S., St. John’s University

Justice McCarty is a retired Colonel from the Judge Advocate General Corps. Judge McCarty served in Iraq and directed the restoration of judicial services in Kuwait, Albania, Slovenia and Haiti. Prior to his elevation to the bench, Judge McCarty worked for the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, Second Department in their Judicial Inquiry of Professional Conduct Department as a prosecutor. He also has experience as a homicide prosecutor with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

Christopher McGrath
Special Professor of Law
B.S., St. John’s University
J.D., University of Dayton

Christopher McGrath has been a partner at the firm of Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C. for the last twenty years. His firm specializes in personal injury, representing victims of negligence, medical malpractice, mass disasters, toxic torts, and unsafe pharmaceutical products.

Eric Mencher
Special Professor of Law
B.A., University of Rochester
M.A., New York University
J.D., Hofstra Law School

Eric Mencher has over twenty years of practice concentrated in the areas of corporate and commercial law. He has assisted companies in asset purchases, dissolutions, sales, restructuring, mergers, and buyouts.

Michael E. McDermott
Special Professor of Law
B.S., St. John’s University
J.D., Southwestern University

Professor McDermott is a partner at Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch, LLP, and is the head of the firm’s health care department. His practice covers all areas of health care, and he has extensive experience in federal and state regulatory matters, managed care, hospital and physician risk management, transactional issues with respect to health care providers, including structuring delivery systems, reimbursement, conversions of corporate status, multispecialty physician groups, and sales of physician and other provider practices. Prior to joining Aaronson Rappaport, Professor McDermott was general counsel at a major New York City teaching hospital. He has lectured extensively in the area of health care and is a member of the New York and California Bars, and the American Health Lawyers Association.

Eric M. Mencher
Special Professor of Law
University of Rochester, B.A. 1972
New York University, M.A. 1974
Hofstra University, J.D. 1984

Eric Mencher is a corporate partner at Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz LLP. He has extensive experience in all phases of corporate and commercial matters including corporate formation and structuring, transactions, employer/employee relations and general commercial contracts. He began his career at the New York firm of Baer, Marks & Upham and then was an associate with the transactional firm of Feit & Ahrens. Next, Professor Mencher was a founding member of the New York law firm Siller, Wilk & Mencher LLP, before joining Horowitz, Mencher, Klosowski & Nestler, P.C. (which merged into Moritt Hock in 2000).
Prior to his career in law, Professor Mencher was a teacher and educational administrator, including an adjunct instructor position at Adelphi University in its masters program in special education.

John Pieper
Special Professor of Law
J.D., St. John’s School of Law
LLM, New York University

Since he began lecturing students on all aspects of the New York State Bar Examination in 1972, John G. Pieper, J.D. (St. John’s), L.LM. (New York University) has established himself as the expert on the New York and Multistate Bar Exams. Mr. Pieper has devoted his career to analyzing, forecasting, and preparing students for these exams.

Jack Platt
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York
J.D., Hofstra University

Jack Platt practices corporate law, as well as partnership law and limited liability company law, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. His practice also emphasizes, among other things, representation regarding employment, consulting, and termination agreements, stockholder agreements, corporate “divorce” arrangements, trademark matters, and real estate leases.

Neal R. Platt
Special Professor of Law
B.S., Cornell University
J.D., Hofstra University
LL.M., New York University

Professor Platt is a partner in the New York City firm of Shwal & Platt. He represents both domestic and international companies in the establishment and conduct of their United States operations, with particular emphasis on trademark and know-how licensing, distributorship and dealership arrangements, trademark registration and litigation, Internet domain-name selection and dispute resolution, and antitrust compliance. He represents companies involved in the acquisition of businesses owning substantial intellectual properties. He has also conducted numerous federal and state court litigations, as well as administrative proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Professor Platt was Managing Editor of the Hofstra Law Review, and has published in trademark and constitutional law.

Rona L. Platt
Special Professor of Law
B.S., Hofstra University
J.D., Hofstra University

Rona L. Platt is a Partner in Congdon, Flaherty, O’Callaghan, Reid, Donlon, Travis & Fishlinger’s Insurance Law Group and supervises that group. Ms. Platt concentrates her practice in insurance coverage, although her practice includes reinsurance, legal malpractice defense, commercial litigation and appellate work. She is responsible for trying cases as well as handling all aspects of appellate work. Among her recent reported decisions are Sommers v. Cohen, 14 A.D.3d 691, 790 N.Y.S.2d 141 (2nd Dept. 2005) and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Trystate Mechanical, Inc., 15 A.D.3d 236, 790 N.Y.S.2d 433 (1st Dept. 2005).
Ms. Platt received her Juris Doctor Degree with Distinction from Hofstra University School of Law in 1994, where she was an associate editor of the Hofstra Law Review and a recipient of the prestigious Fortunoff Scholarship during all three years of her tenure.

Christopher Quinn
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Long Island University
J.D., Albany Law School

Judge Christopher Quinn is the Supervising Judge of the Nassau County District Court, and has served with the Court for approximately ten years, overseeing criminal cases, civil cases, small claims and landlord/tenant proceedings. Before his move to the Nassau County District Court, he worked for the New York State Attorney General’s office as the Deputy Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division.

The Honorable C. Raymond Radigan
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Brooklyn College
J.D., Brooklyn Law School

Judge Radigan serves as the judge of the Surrogate’s Court of Nassau County, New York. He has extensive experience in all aspects of estate practice, guardianship of the person and property of infants, conservatorship proceedings and adoptions. Judge Radigan writes frequently about issues concerning wills, trusts and estates. He is the author of Surrogate’s Forms With Commentary for Computer Use and co-author of the New York Estate Administration by Turano and Radigan. Judge Radigan serves as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Surrogates Association of the State of New York and is editor and author of Warren’s Heaton.

Richard Reichler
Special Professor of Law
B.A., J.D., Columbia University

Professor Reichler serves as counsel to Meltzer, Lipper, heading the Employee Benefits Group. Prior to joining the firm, he was vice president for tax planning and deputy general counsel at the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO), responsible for all tax planning, including executive and employee compensation and benefits, audits and tax litigation. Most notably, he directed the tax planning involved in the $12 billion LILCO, LIPA, Brooklyn Union Gas transaction - one of the most complicated corporate tax transactions in recent times - including obtaining the critical IRS tax ruling needed to close the transaction. Prior to joining LILCO, Professor Reichler was a senior tax partner at the accounting firm of Ernst & Young. He is a member of the Bureau of National Affairs Tax Management Advisory Board, the International Fiscal Association and the Tax Executives Institute, as well as the tax section of the New York State Bar Association, where he has served on its Executive Committee.

Kieth Rieger
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York
J.D., Hofstra University

Kieth Rieger is in private practice at Barrocas & Rieger, LLP, a firm specializing in matters in the following practice areas: Matrimonial, Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody and Child Support.

Ben B. Rubinowitz
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Boston University
J.D., Hofstra University

Ben Rubinowitz is a partner at the firm of Gair, Gair, Connason, Steigman & Mackauf, specializing in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice and products liability litigation. Professor Rubinowitz has focused his career on the trial of major tort cases.
While a student at Hofstra University School of Law, Professor Rubinowitz was a member of the winning Northeast Regional Trial Team. He started his career as an assistant district attorney in Nassau County, New York. He has been active in teaching trial techniques and has taught at Harvard, Cardozo, Emory, Fordham and Pace Law Schools. Additionally, Professor Rubinowitz has been a team leader at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and has been a member of N.I.T.A. National Program, Master Advocates Program and Florida Regional Program. He has lectured extensively and conducted training programs for a wide array of legal organizations. He was recently elected a fellow of the International Society of Barristers.

Ann Marie Scalia
Special Professor of Law
B.A. Rutgers College
J.D., Rutgers University

Ann Marie Scalia has devoted much of her legal career to the interests of children. She currently works at the Legal Aid Society-Juvenile Rights Division in Brooklyn as the Deputy Attorney-in-Charge. Prior to that appointment, she worked as the Director of Court Services in the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

Sylvan J. Schaffer
Special Professor of Law
B.A., B.S., Yeshiva University
J.D., Columbia University
Ph.D., American University

Sylvan Schaffer is a licensed psychologist and attorney who serves as the clinical director of the Forensic Psychiatry Program for the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at North Shore University Hospital. He is also assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Schaffer is affiliated with the Lenox Hill Hospital Department of Psychiatry and the New York University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry as a clinical associate professor. In addition, he is legal counsel to the N.Y. State Psychological Association as well as other mental health associations, universities and clinics. He is of counsel to the law firm of Feaster, Bruckman, Wohl, Most & Rothman. He practices in the areas of, and has written about, jury selection, risk management, family law, mental health law, professional discipline, mediation, forensic evaluations and expert testimony. Dr. Schaffer has a separate practice in psychotherapy.

Stella Schindler
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Brooklyn
J.D., Hofstra University

Judge Schindler is a Judicial Hearing Officer in the Nassau County Criminal and Family Courts, and has served in a variety of state government positions, including a Judge in the New York City Family Court and an Assistant Distrct Attorney with the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

Ronald Schoenberg
Special Professor of Law
BBA, Baruch School of Business & Public Administration
JD, State University of New York
LLM, New York University

Ronald Schoenberg has been in private practice since 2002 in the area of criminal defense. Prior to this move, he served over thirty years in the Nassu County District Attorney’s Office as the Deputy Chief in the District Court Trial Bureau.

Jeffrey L. Seltzer
Special Professor of Law
B.S., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Georgetown University

Jeffrey L. Seltzer is managing partner of Pierce Yates Ventures LLC. Pierce Yates provides venture capital and corporate development consulting to the financial services, business services, education and sports industries. He is a member of the New York Angels, the consortium of independent venture capitalists, where he heads its sector focus group on service industries.
Jeff was the chief operating officer of Adirondack Trading Partners LLC from 1999 through the exit of its businesses in 2005. Adirondack was a start-up venture formed to capitalize on electronic exchange technology through the creation of new securities exchanges and the development of market-making capabilities on those exchanges. It was the corporate founder of the International Securities Exchange, the largest equity options exchange in the U.S., which had its IPO in early 2005.
Jeff joined CIBC World Markets in 1994 and, from 1996 to 1999, was regional deputy of CIBC World Markets USA and deputy chairman of its U.S. broker dealer. Before that Jeff was with Lehman Brothers, where he was managing director and one of the founders of the firm’s Financial Products Group. In his eight years at Lehman he gained substantial experience in structuring and coordinating the execution of complex international financial transactions and the management of the new product development process. Jeff started his career as a securities lawyer in private practice in New York City.
Jeff is a faculty associate of the Merrill Lynch Center for the Study of International Financial Services and Markets at Hofstra’s Zarb School of Business. He is a member of the Board of Overseers of the University Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Advisory Board of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at Penn.
He served as an advisor for six years to the U.S. Small Business Administration and later to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative. He has held industry leadership positions with the Securities Industry Association and the Institute for International Bankers. Jeff is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Nassau County Sports Commission.

Jeffrey Silberfeld
Special Professor of Law
B.A., Princeton University
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law

Mr. Silberfeld practiced law for 13 years at Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh (now Rivkin Radler), the last eight years as a partner. Specializing in major products liability, insurance coverage, and environmental litigation, he represented clients such as Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, The Dow Chemical Company, Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, and Commercial Union Insurance Company in trial and appellate courts in approximately 15 states. He retired from the practice of law in 1990 to pursue other interests, including writing and teaching. At Hofstra Law School, he has taught courses in legal writing; appellate advocacy; legal interviewing, counseling, and negotiation; and pretrial skills.

William M. Skehan
Special Professor of Law
B.A., College of the Holy Cross
M.B.A., Rutgers University
J.D., Fordham University

William Skehan was a founding member of the New York Islanders Hockey Franchise when it was granted in 1972, and General Counsel of the team, as well as a member of the Board of Governors of the National Hockey League until his retirement. He has served on various National Hockey League Committees, and has assumed the position of General Counsel Emeritus of the New York Islanders since its sale in June 2000. Mr. Skehan also served as General Counsel of the Nets basketball team from 1972 until its sale and move to New Jersey in 1979.
Mr. Skehan, who is also a C.P.A., was a partner in a New York City C.P.A. firm until his retirement therefrom, and has previously been an Adjunct Professor of Taxation at Fordham University. He has conducted seminars on Taxation for the New York State Society of C.P.A.’s, guest lectured on Sports Law at Fordham, St. John’s & Touro Law Schools, and participated as a panelist in numerous sports conferences.

Bennett J. Wasserman
Special Professor of Law
B.A., 1968, M.A. 1970, Hunter College
J.D. cum laude 1974, Hofstra University School of Law

Bennett J. Wasserman has focused his practice in the area of professional liability, with emphasis on the legal and medical professions. He has been extensively involved in the prosecution, defense and resolution of countless professional liability claims of varying degrees of severity and complexity. He is frequently called upon to analyze issues of compliance or departures from standards of practice and rules of professional conduct and has been recognized as an expert in legal malpractice and legal ethics cases by state and federal courts. Several reported court decisions have cited his expert opinions as the basis for their decisions. In the area of legal malpractice, he has been credited for persuading courts to modify the stringent “trial within a trial” requirement and in eliminating the “entire controversy doctrine”.
Mr. Wasserman has served as Special Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School since 1990 when he designed the curriculum for and began teaching the Lawyer Malpractice course. In 2006 his teaching duties were expanded to include Medical Malpractice as well. He has been a guest lecturer at other law schools at home and abroad and has served on the faculty of continuing legal education programs in the area of legal malpractice. He is a regular contributor to legal publications and is the author of the New Jersey Law Journal’s Annual Review of the New Jersey Supreme Court’s decisions in the areas of legal ethics and legal malpractice. He is Editor of www.legalmalpractice.info/Blog, a web based informational resource and forum for legal malpractice topics.
Professor Wasserman is a graduate of Hunter College (B.A., 1968, M.A., 1970) and Hofstra University School of Law (J.D., cum laude 1974) where he served as Articles Editor of the Hofstra Law Review. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, its Circuit Courts and the United States Supreme Court. He has been a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey since 1985. He is of counsel to Stryker Tams & Dill, LLP with offices in Newark, NJ and New York City.

Joel Weintraub
Special Professor of Law and Co-Director of Health Law Studies
A.B., Columbia University
M.D., Columbia University
J.D., Hofstra University

With a background in both law and medicine to provide a unique perspective, Dr. Weintraub teaches health law courses focusing on managed care, the doctor-patient relationship, Medicare and Medicaid. Since 2005 he has also served as the Associate Director of Health Law Studies as part of a project to increase the scope and activities of the health law program.
Engaged in the private practice of ophthalmology on Long Island for over 30 years, he continues to be active in the instruction of medical students, interns, and residents and is a faculty member of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has authored numerous articles on glaucoma, ocular inflammation, and myopia.
A past president of the Long Island Ophthalmological Society and past chair of the Section of Ophthalmology of the Nassau Academy of Medicine, he has also served as president of the medical staff, director of ophthalmology, and member of the board of trustees of Long Island hospitals and was the founding member and president of Long Island Ophthalmic Surgery Consultants, P.C. From 1994 until 2000 he served as president of the Myopia International Research Foundation. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Life Member of the Medical Society of the State of New York and of the Nassau County Medical Society and a member of the Health Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and of its Committee on Ethical Issues in the Provision of Health Care.

Robert Wild
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York
J.D., St. John’s University

Robert Andrew Wild is a founding member of Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C. He has and continues to serve as its chairman since the Firm’s inception. The firm, which maintains offices in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, represents an array of national and regional health care provider institutions, companies, practitioners, and not-for-profit groups, as well as clients in other industries.

Patrick Young
Special Professor of Law
B.A., State University of New York
J.D., Hofstra University

Patrick young is the Program Director and Director of Legal Services of the Central American Refugee Center. He provides direct representation to hundreds of immigrants in most areas of immigration law including detention, deportation and removal proceedings, political asylum and refugee law, family-based immigration petitions, and adjustments of status.

Nora V. Demleitner
Interim Dean and Professor of Law
B.A., Bates College
J.D., Yale University
LL.M., Georgetown University

Nora V. Demleitner is interim dean and professor of law at Hofstra University School of Law. Professor Demleitner received her J.D. from Yale Law School, her B.A. from Bates College, and also holds an LL.M. with distinction in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center. After law school Professor Demleitner clerked for the Hon. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., then a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She testified in front of the U.S. Senate on behalf of Justice Alito’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Professor Demleitner teaches and has written widely in the areas of criminal, comparative, and immigration law. Her special expertise is in sentencing and collateral sentencing consequences. Professor Demleitner is a managing editor of the Federal Sentencing Reporter, and serves on the executive editorial board of the American Journal of Comparative Law. She is the lead author of Sentencing Law and Policy, a major casebook on sentencing law, published by Aspen Law & Business. Her articles have appeared in the Stanford, Michigan , and Minnesota law reviews, among others. Professor Demleitner lectures widely in the United States and Europe. She has served as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan Law School, the University of Freiburg, Germany, St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, and the Sant’ Anna Institute of Advanced Research in Pisa, Italy. She has also been a visiting researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Germany, funded by a German Academic Exchange Service grant.

Miriam Albert
Vice Dean for Administration and Clinical Professor of Law
B.A., Tufts University
J.D., M.B.A., Emory University
LL.M. in Corporate Law, New York University School of Law
Professor Albert teaches contracts, business organizations, business planning and business drafting.

Professor Albert teaches contracts, business organizations, business planning and business drafting.
Professor Albert joined Hofstra in the fall of 2004, with practice experience as a corporate and securities attorney and teaching experience at law and business schools. She was previously on the faculties of Fordham Business School and Widener Law School, teaching business law topics including corporate, agency and partnership law, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, and interviewing and counseling, as well as legal writing.
Professor Albert’s research interests focus on business organization and international and domestic securities law issues. Her articles have appeared in publications such as the Arizona Law Review, Rutgers Law Journal and the American Business Law Journal, a peer-reviewed journal for which she is a reviewer. Before entering academia, she practiced corporate and securities law at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan in New York.
She holds a B.A. from Tufts University, a J.D. and M.B.A. from Emory University, and LL.M. in corporate law from New York University.

Michelle M. Wu
Interim Senior Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law
B.A., University of California at San Diego
J.D., California Western School of Law
M. Libr., University of Washington

After completing both law and library studies, Professor Wu worked at The George Washington University’s law library in various capacities. During her tenure there, she published articles on government contracting law, served as vice president of the Law Library Society of the District of Columbia, and co-taught Advanced Legal Research. In 2001, she became the Acting/Associate Director at the University of Houston’s law library, where she undertook the challenge of operating and reconstructing a facility heavily damaged by a natural disaster. Professor Wu, who teaches copyright and licensing, has contributed to the development of library literature relating to copyright, electronic resources and personnel management. Her publications include “Why Print and Electronic Resources are Essential to the Academic Law Library,” “Practitioner’s Research Guide to Researching Government Documents on the Internet,” “Personnel Management in Access Services: A General Overview of the Literature, 1990-2002,” “Do Librarians Dream of Electronic Serials?,” and “District of Columbia Legal Research.”

Tobie-Lynn Accardi
Assistand Director of Communications
B.F.A., Alfred University

Tobie-Lynn Accardi has joined Hofstra Law School as the Assistant Director of Communications. Tobie received her B.F.A degree with a concentration in Graphic Design from Alfred University. Prior to joining the Law School, she worked for nearly 15 years designing marketing materials in the private sector for a variety of industries, including sporting goods, home decor and book publishing.
As the Assistant Director of Communications for Hofstra Law School, she is responsible for the design and production of print publications and will assist with the continued implementation of branding and marketing efforts for Hofstra Law.

Toni L. Aiello
Reference Librarian
B.A., Trinity College, D.C.
J.D., Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
M.S.L.S., Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science

As a reference librarian for Hofstra University School of Law, Toni Aiello is responsible for providing reference, research, and instructional services to law students and faculty, and for generally assisting attorneys and other library patrons. Prior to coming to Hofstra, Ms. Aiello held a wide range of law library positions in reference, access and faculty services, most recently at St. John’s University School of Law. Prior to earning her law degree, she was a public services librarian at Northwestern University. Following law school, she served as a judicial clerk for the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, and as director of library services for Illinois’ Office of the Attorney General.

Yasmin Alexander
Reference/Electronic Services Librarian
B.A. Case Western Reserve University
J.D. Case Western Reserve University
M.L.S State University of New York at Buffalo

As the Reference/Electronic Services librarian, Yasmin Alexander is responsible for providing reference and research instruction to the law school community. In addition, she coordinates and maintains the law library’s electronic subscriptions and resources. Prior to coming to Hofstra, Yasmin was an attorney editor and legal indexer for Thomson West and she practiced law.

Gerard Anderson
Director of Financial Aid
B.A., SUNY Albany
M.A., The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at The New School for Social Research

Gerard Anderson joined Hofstra University Law School in January 2005. He was previously the Director of Financial Aid at Teachers College, Columbia University and Brooklyn Law School. His work experience in financial aid also includes positions at SUNY Downstate Medical Center and The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Sciences at The New School for Social Research. Mr. Anderson assists the Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management in carrying out the responsibility of providing funding for newly admitted and continuing students.

Kimberly Arias
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
B.A. Amherst College
M.A. Hofstra University
Ph.D. Hofstra University

Kimberly Arias comes to Hofstra after serving for many years in the Long Island not-for-profit sector. As a senior manager, she served as counselor and mentor to thousands of students in Nassau county Long Island, Brooklyn and Massachusetts. She had oversight and developed program implementation to ensure that school districts had the necessary infrastructure to support the post secondary aspirations of secondary students.
Kim earned her B.A. cum laude from Amherst College, where she graduated with a double major in English and Psychology and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in the School and Clinical Program at Hofstra University.

Nell Atashpoush
Director of Information Systems
B.B.A., Hofstra University
M.B.A., Hofstra University

Nell Atashpoush received her M.B.A. in Marketing and her B.B.A. in Business Computer Information Systems from Hofstra University. As the Director for Information Systems for Hofstra University School of Law, she is responsible for student computer support, supervision of the computer labs and the student aides, and software application training sessions. Ms. Atashpoush also works directly with student organizations, student journals, and the SBA helping to create and maintain Web pages and manage technology needs. In addition, Ms. Atashpoush is a member of the support staff for the Information Systems Department, where she assists with supporting and troubleshooting computer-related inquiries.

Yvonne Atkinson
Paralegal/Office Manager of Hofstra Law Clinic
B.A., State University of New York at Albany

Yvonne Atkinson has worked as the Paralegal/Office Manager for the Clinic at Hofstra law School since 1990. As such, she has had the opportunity to work for a wide variety of clinical programs serving a range of constituencies including criminal defense, housing rights, and child advocacy. In addition to handling all administrative aspects of the programs including overseeing the budget and staff, she also trains the law students in office operations and file management, and coordinates the work of the faculty and students. Ms. Atkinson’s personal background, dedication, academic training and experience make her particularly well suited for her position with the Law Clinic.

Lisa Berman
Assistant Dean for External Relations
B.A., State University of New York at Albany

Lisa Berman has over twenty years of experience in fund raising and marketing for a wide range of not-for-profit organizations. She joined the Law School as Coordinator of The Center for Children, Families and the Law in September of 2002. In this capacity, she is responsible for identifying, obtaining and managing government and private funding for the Center and for conducting strategic planning. She also assists the Law School with the annual fund and class reunions. Her prior positions include Manager of Marketing and Development for the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting and Development Officer for the Heckscher Museum in Huntington, Long Island. In addition to her B.A., she holds a certificate in non-profit management and fund raising from Adelphi University. She services on the Board of the National Council of Jewish Women South Shore Section.

Chaio Peter Chao
Catalog Librarian
B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University
M.L.S., University of Alabama
M.A., Eastern Michigan University

Chaio P. Chao received a B.A. in English literature from the Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, an M.L.S. from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and an M.A. in international trade from Eastern Michigan University. Prior to joining the Law Library, he worked as a cataloging librarian at the Unification Seminary Library. Mr. Chao is currently working in the Technical Services Department of the Law Library, where his responsibilities include cataloging, special projects and bibliographic database maintenance.

David Dames
Reference Librarian
B.A. Tufts University
J.D. Lewis & Clark Law School
M.L.I.S. Pratt Institute, School of Information & Library Science

As a reference librarian for Hofstra University School of Law, David Dames is responsible for providing reference, research, and instructional services to law students and faculty, and for generally assisting attorneys and other library patrons. Prior to joining Hofstra, David was a library school student. In library school, David interned in the reference departments of Columbia Law School’s Diamond Law Library and the library of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. David was an Associate Editor of Lewis & Clark Law Review. He is a member of the Oregon State Bar. Prior to law school, David was a Library Assistant at Fish & Richardson P.C., in Boston.

Jeffrey A. Dodge
Director of Alumni Relations
B.A., University of California, San Diego
J.D., Hofstra University

Jeffrey A. Dodge received a B.A. in political science from the University of California, San Diego and a J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law. While in Law School, he served as President of the Student Bar Association and Managing Editor of the Family Court Review. Mr. Dodge was also President of the New York Chapter of the University of California, San Diego Alumni Association. As the Director of Alumni Relations, he serves as the primary liaison to Hofstra Law School alumni and works closely with the Assistant Dean of External Relations and Director of Communications.

Michael J. Ende
Assistant Dean for Career Services
B.A., State University of New York at Albany
J.D., Fordham University School of Law

Michael J. Ende, the Assistant Dean for Career Services, is a 1989 graduate of the Fordham University School of Law, where he was Articles Editor for Volume 12 of the Fordham International Law Journal. He also holds a B.A. in English from the State University of New York at Albany. Mr. Ende spent six years serving as the Managing Director for both Kelly Law Registry and Winston Legal Staffing, two leading companies specializing in the recruitment and placement of attorneys. Prior to entering the legal staffing and placement business, Mr. Ende was a partner with the law firm of Cullen and Dykman, LLP, in Garden City, New York, where he specialized in bank regulatory and compliance and corporate transactional matters. Mr. Ende has also served as Assistant to the General Counsel of the National Hockey League.

Franca Fanizzi
Coordinator of Family Law Programs & the LGBT Fellowship
B.A., Queens College
J.D., Hofstra University School of Law

Franca Fanizzi joined the staff of Hofstra Law School in August 2006. In this capacity, she is responsible for coordinating the service projects of the Center for Children, Families & the Law, the LL.M. Program in Family Law, the Child and Family Advocacy Fellowship, and the LGBT Fellowship. As a student at Hofstra, Franca was a Child and Family Advocacy Fellow and served as the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts Cooperation Manager for the Family Court Review. Franca currently serves on the Council on Children at the New York City Bar Association.

Astrid Gloade
Director of Academic Support Programs
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
J.D., Columbia University

Astrid Gloade is a 1991 graduate of Columbia Law School, where she was an editor of the Human Rights Law Review and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Ms. Gloade received a bachelor of arts degree in literature from the University of Pennsylvania. After law school, Ms. Gloade was an associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, where she handled a variety of commercial litigation and pro bono matters. Prior to joining Hofstra Law School, Ms. Gloade served as Director of Enforcement for the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board, which agency has jurisdiction over the ethics law that governs all New York City officials and employees. In addition to supervising litigation of cases involving violations of the City’s ethics law, Ms. Gloade educated and advised New York City public servants, international government officials, United Nations personnel, and local bar association members about the ethics law. Ms. Gloade has served as an instructor in the Columbia Law School Profession of Law program and as an adjunct associate professor at Brooklyn Law School.

Mary Godfrey-Rickards
Reference/Access Services Librarian
B.A., Fordham University
J.D., Fordham University School of Law
M.L.S., expected 2008, Queens College

As Reference/Access Services Librarian, Mary Godfrey-Rickards is responsible for managing and coordinating the day-to-day operations of Access Services activities. In addition, Mary provides reference and research services to library users, as well as teaching various legal research workshops. Mary has worked in both technical and public service departments, most recently at Fordham Law Library.

Dominick J. Grillo
Assistant Director for Technology and Collection Services
B.A., Williams College
M.S.L.S., School of Library Service, Columbia University
J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law

Dominick Grillo has been at the Deane Law Library since 2000. As the Assistant Director for Technology, he is responsible for the maintenance of most of the technology for the Law Library, including the website, Lexis and Westlaw functions, electronic exams copies, and supporting staff and faculty with electronic research and course work. He also guest teaches in classes, and performs general reference duties.

Joanna L. Grossman
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law
B.A., Amherst College
J.D., Stanford University

Prior to joining the Hofstra faculty, Professor Grossman was an associate professor at Tulane Law School. She graduated with distinction from Stanford Law School, where she served as the articles development editor of the Stanford Law Review and was elected to Order of the Coif. Professor Grossman served as a law clerk to Judge William A. Norris of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, before spending a year as staff counsel at the National Women’s Law Center in Washington, D.C., as recipient of the Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellowship. She practiced law from 1996 to 1998 at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Williams & Connolly. She has written about sexual harassment, family and medical leave, women’s jury service, and the history of family law. Her other research interests include marriage regulation and sex-based equality. Professor Grossman has published articles in the Stanford Law Review, Harvard Women’s Law Journal, and the American Journal of Legal History, among others. She is a regular columnist for FindLaw’s Writ and serves on the editorial board of Perspectives, the magazine of the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession.

Vernadette Horne
Career Counselor
B.A., Hunter College of the City University of New York
J.D., University of Maryland at Baltimore

Vernadette Horne, Career Counselor, joined OCS in May 2005 after serving as Associate Director of Career Services at Brooklyn Law school for four years. Prior to her tenure at Brooklyn Law, Ms. Horne was a litigation attorney, first with Haythe & Curley and then Coblence & Warner, where sh specialized in asbestos litigation. She received her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1986. Mr. Horne also spent three years away from law practice, during which time she was an information consultant and project manager ina corporate communications company, and prior to attending law school she worked in the personnel department of a large corporation where she interviewed and hired entry level employees.

Brian T. Kaspar
Registrar
B.S., Fairfield University
M.B.A., Hofstra University

Brian T. Kaspar received his B.S. in Management from Fairfield University in 1995 and received his M.B.A. in Banking and Finance from Hofstra University in 1998. Mr. Kaspar has been working for Hofstra University since 1995. He first started in the Graduate Admissions Office as a Graduate Assistant. After one and a half years, he became an Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Admissions. In 1998, he transferred to the Office of Student Accounts, where he worked for more than 6 years. Prior to becoming Assistant Registrar at the Law School, he was the Associate Director of Student Accounts. He has been with the Law School since 2004.

Patricia Ann Kasting
Reference/Government Documents Librarian
B.A., Indiana University
J.D., St. Louis University School of Law
M.L.S., Indiana University

As a reference librarian for Hofstra University School of Law, Tricia Kasting is responsible for providing reference services to all law library patrons using print and electronic sources. Some of her additional duties include providing research instruction and developing research handouts. As the Government Documents librarian, Ms. Kasting supervises the selection and maintenance of the law library’s federal depository collection. Her scholarly interests have lead her to develop a specialization in international legal research. Prior to coming to Hofstra, Ms. Kasting practiced law.

Rosann Kelly
Assistant Dean of Academic Records
B.A., Molloy College
M.S., Stony Brook University
M.B.A., Hofstra University
C.A.S., Hofstra University

Rosann Kelly received a B.A. in Mathematics from Molloy College, an M.S. in Operations Research from Stony Brook University, an M.B.A. in BCIS/QM and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Educational Administration from Hofstra University and expects to complete her Ed.D. degree in Educational Administration next year. Rosann began her career at Hofstra in 1989 in the Computer Center where she served first as a Scientific Data Analyst and then as the Manager of Academic Computing. In 1997, Rosann accepted a position as Assistant Dean for Budgets and Systems at Hofstra’s University College. She moved on to be Associate Dean and then the Executive Director of the College. In addition to her administration responsibilities, Rosann has taught as an adjunct for the Zarb School of Business and does statistical analysis for the Hofstra-News 12 Polls. Prior to coming to Hofstra, Rosann held positions as Systems Engineer at Bell Labs and Programmer Analyst for W.R.Grace & Co.

Seth Kritzman
Assistant Director of Enrollment Management
B.A. Hofstra University

Seth joined Hofstra Law School in August 2007. Prior to joining the Hofstra Law School community, Seth worked in the financial aid offices of Providence College, Brown University and most recently at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. His emphasis in those positions was counseling students and their parents on financing a post secondary education.
Seth’s current position will allow him to continue to work with students and their families as he assists prospective and current students navigate the enrollment process.

Marcia Levy
Clinical Professor of Law, Assistant Dean for Skills Programs
B.S., State University of New York at Albany
J.D., Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College

Before joining the University of Denver College of Law as director of clinical programs, Marcia Levy spent a decade as a clinical law professor at the Rutgers University Law School implementing and teaching in a program that taught students how to represent indigent clients charged with petty offenses and most recently as the Director of Clinical Programs and Assistant Professor at University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
In 2001, Levy was named the first director of the Eric Neisser Public Interest Program, dedicated to educating students about-and providing opportunities in-public interest law. She was project director for two international programs that developed clinical education abroad: the Rutgers/Russia NISCUPP grant, which linked Rutgers with three law faculties in Samara, Russia; and an ABA CEELI grant, which linked Rutgers with a law faculty in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Levy spent fall 2000 as the ABA CEELI clinical law specialist in Russia. The following spring, she was named associate director of Columbia Law School’s Public Interest Law Initiative in Transitional Societies (PILI), where she worked to develop clinical legal education in Russia and Central and East Europe.
Levy is an expert in trial advocacy training and serves as program director for a variety of National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) programs and acts as the Associate Director of Public and Public Service Programs, in addition to teaching and serving as a program Director. She created the Intensive Pre-trial and Trial Program for Rutgers law students, and has worked with faculty in Chile, Ecuador and currently, in China, to develop programs to teach oral advocacy skills. Levy is the Chair Elect of the AALS Section on Pro Bono and Public Service Opportunities and on the Executive Committee of the AALSA Section on Clinical Legal Education.
Levy’s former positions include serving as assistant federal defender for The Legal Aid Society Federal Defender Services Office in the Eastern District of New York, and three years as staff attorney with The Legal Aid Society Prisoners’ Rights Project. She received her JD from Lewis and Clark College, Northwestern School of Law, in 1980, and her BS from the State University of New York at Albany.

Rou Chia P. Lin
Acquisition/Serials Librarian
B.A., The World College of Journalism
M.L.S., Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus

Rou Chia Lin received a B.A. from the College of the World College of Journalism in Taiwan. After graduating, she worked as an Assistant Cataloguer at Shih Chen Economic College for six years. Later, she worked as Assistant Librarian at The Institute of International Relations, where she had frequent contact with legal materials. In 1985, she moved to United States, and received her M.L.S. from Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus. In 1988, she joined the Hofstra University Law School Library as a Acquisition Librarian.

Deborah Martin
Acting Enrollment Management Specialist
B.A., University of Delaware

Deborah Martin earned a B.A. in psychology from the University of Delaware. She joined Hofstra in January 2001, with experience in legal recruiting, lawyer development and retention. She was previously the manager of legal recruiting and pro bono at the New York office of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, L.L.P. Her past experience includes legal recruiting for the New York office of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, L.L.P., and conducting private psychiatric research for The Rockford Center in Newark, Delaware.

Margie L. Martin
Director of Enrollment Management and Recruitment
B.A., Wesleyan University
J.D., New York Law School

Margie L. Martin joined Hofstra Law School in June 2007. Previously, she worked as the Associate Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at New York Law School, where she was instrumental in the development of the Minority Recruitment Program.
Ms. Martin is currently the chair of the Minority Network, a collective of Admissions professionals devoted to the goal of diversifying the Law School Admissions profession and the legal profession as a whole.

Dawn Marzella
Director of Special Projects
B.A., Hofstra University
M.S., Hofstra University

Dawn Marzella received a B.A. in English and an M.S. in Education, both from Hofstra University. Working closely with the Dean, Vice Dean and other administrators at the Law School, Dawn is responsible for various special projects, including research, drafting reports, brochures and similar materials. Dawn is also responsible for the planning and coordination of special events and conferences, including the Conference on Marriage, Democracy, and Families, which was held in March 2003, and the Legal Ethics Conference, which was held in September 2003. Dawn has been with the Law School since January 1998.

Lisa McCluskey
Director of Student Affairs
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College
J.D., Hofstra University

Lisa McCluskey is the Director of Student Affairs at Hofstra University School of Law. Lisa comes to us after serving as the Director of Programs at Hofstra University’s Continuing Education division. In her capacity as Director, Lisa was responsible for the Legal Studies and Pre-Collegiate programs. Prior to joining Hofstra University in 1999, Lisa was the Regional Director of Human Resources for Federated Department Stores, Inc. where she was responsible for employee relations and organizational development. Lisa also served as Legal Consultant to Compliance Reports, an organization that specializes in ADA compliance.

Lisa was an instructor in the Paralegal Studies program and Legal Nurse Consultant program as well as a certified trainer in Sexual Harassment and Diversity. Lisa received her B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College and her J.D. from Hofstra. She is currently enrolled in the Masters program in Education at Hofstra where she is a member of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education.

Gary Moore
Assistant Dean of Information Systems
B.S., Hofstra University

Gary Moore has been with the Law School since September 1993. He received a B.S. in computer science from Hofstra in 1988. His tasks at the Law School include long- and short-term planning for computer purchases; training of faculty, administrators and staff. Projects that he has worked on include the Siben & Siben Moot Courtroom, the Weitz & Luxenberg Trial Courtroom, and renovating the Deane Law Library Computer Labs. He was also responsible for implementing the Law Library Public Access Network System. He helped create the Law School’s wireless network in August 2000.

Noreen A. O’Brien
Director of Enrollment Management and Operations
B.A., Sacred Heart University

Noreen O’Brien joined Hofstra in 2002. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Business from Sacred Heart University. As the Enrollment Management Counselor she assists the Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management, Director of Financial Aid, and Director of Admissions with admissions and financial aid matters. Ms. O’Brien is also responsible for counseling current students, prospective students and applicants on issues concerning admissions, educational financing and debt.

Claire O’Keefe
Director of Advising and Part-Time Programs
B.A., SUNY College at Old Westbury
J.D., Touro Law School

Claire O’Keefe is a 1986 graduate of SUNY College at Old Westbury, and a 1994 graduate of Touro Law School, where she attended as a part-time student. Since obtaining her law degree, she has worked in private law firms, the NY State Attorney General’s office, and at Touro Law.

Linda Russo
Assistant Director for Technical Services
M.L.S., Queens College, CUNY
B.A., Queens College

Linda Russo has been at the Hofstra Law Library since 1992. As Assistant Director for Technical Services, she is responsible for the cataloging and acquisitions of all the law library’s books and electronic resources. Ms. Russo received her B.A. and M.L.S. degrees from Queens College, CUNY. Before coming to Hofstra University School of Law, she was Head of the Serials Department at the Rosenthal Library at Queens College Main Campus.

Diane Schwartzberg
Director of Career Services

Diane Schwartzberg came to Hofstra Law School in 1980. During her 24-year tenure she has held a variety of positions within the Office of Career Services and currently serves as its Director. Her vast knowledge of the alumni and their whereabouts is legendary! Among her many leadership roles, Ms. Schwartzberg runs the On-Campus Recruiting Program held each fall at Hofstra. She has also held the positions of Northeast regional coordinator and nominating committee member within the National Association of Law Placement. She currently sits on the Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers Committee at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and was a member of the Law Students Perspective Committee subcommittee of the Lawyers in Transition of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Kevin Shelton
Reference Librarian
B.A., Columbia University
M.A., Columbia University
J.D., Cornell Law School

Kevin is an experienced attorney, having worked for five years at LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae. He followed his legal practice with five years in the music industry, as a sound designed and composer, before taking a position at the law library at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from 2003-2005, where he also earned his M.S. in Library and Information Science.

Lisa A. Spar
Acting Director of the Law Library
B.A., S.U.N.Y. Binghamton, Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., Harvard Law School
M.S., Columbia University School of Library Service

As Acting Director of the Law Library, Lisa Spar is responsible for the provision of reference services by the Law Library as well as developing and implementing research instruction programs. In addition, Ms. Spar has taught the Advanced Legal Research class. Her practical and scholarly interests involve incorporating educational technologies into reference services and legal research instruction. Prior to coming to Hofstra, Ms. Spar was the Computer Services Librarian at the Yale Law School and she practiced law.

Tamara Stephen
Director of Public Sector Career Planning
B.S., Boston University
J.D., Hofstra University

Tamara Stephen is a 1996 graduate of Hofstra University School of Law, where she was an Associate Editor for the Hofstra Labor Law Journal, a 1994 recipient of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Minority Summer Fellowship, a 1995 summer judicial intern to Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV of the Southern District of New York, and an active member of the Black Law Students Association. Ms. Stephen is a 1992 graduate of Boston University, where she earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering. From 1996 to 2002, Ms. Stephen was an associate in the litigation department of Kaye Scholer LLP, where she served on the Diversity and Legal Personnel Committees and assisted in the planning of a conference on racial diversity in the legal profession and a conference to encourage legal employers to implement mentoring programs as a key to attorney retention. While at Kaye Scholer, Ms. Stephen was involved in pro bono cases and worked on cases with The Legal Aid Society, Network for Women’s Services (now known as InMotion), the Sanctuary for Families Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services, and the Pro Se Office of the Southern District of New York. Ms. Stephen was inducted as an inaugural member of the Pro Bono Society of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Among her leadership roles, Ms. Stephen is the current chair of the Law Student Perspectives Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, a co-author of the report that was instrumental in the establishment of the law student membership category at the Association of the Bar, and a member of the board of directors for the New York Women’s Bar Association Foundation, which supports efforts to eliminate gender bias and other discrimination in the legal system and profession.

Elaine Vukov
Executive Director of International Programs
BA, University of Illinois
MA, University of Michigan

Ms. Vukov’s career has spanned the educational and non-profit sectors with a special emphasis on International programming and knowledge. She worked as a curatorial assistant at the Peabody-Essex Museum in Salem, MA; the Administrative Director at the Institute for Education on Japan at Earlham College in Richmond, IN; founding Director of the Education Department at the Japan Society in New York City; and Director of Summer/Winter Programs and Study Abroad at Marymount Manhattan College.At Hofstra Law, she works with faculty, staff and students to enhance existing International Law programs and experiences and expand opportunities.

Michael G. Wagner
Webmaster
B.S., Hofstra University

Michael G. Wagner received his B.S. in fine arts, specializing in graphic design and a minor in art history from Hofstra University. As the Webmaster for Hofstra University School of Law, he is responsible for the development and maintenance of the law.hofstra.edu website. This includes both day-to-day updates and long-term initiatives.

Joel Weintraub
Co-Director of Health Law Studies and Special Professor of Law
A.B., Columbia University
M.D., Columbia University
J.D., Hofstra University

With a background in both law and medicine to provide a unique perspective, Dr. Weintraub teaches health law courses focusing on managed care, the doctor-patient relationship, Medicare and Medicaid. Since 2005 he has also served as the Associate Director of Health Law Studies as part of a project to increase the scope and activities of the health law program.
Engaged in the private practice of ophthalmology on Long Island for over 30 years, he continues to be active in the instruction of medical students, interns, and residents and is a faculty member of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has authored numerous articles on glaucoma, ocular inflammation, and myopia.
A past president of the Long Island Ophthalmological Society and past chair of the Section of Ophthalmology of the Nassau Academy of Medicine, he has also served as president of the medical staff, director of ophthalmology, and member of the board of trustees of Long Island hospitals and was the founding member and president of Long Island Ophthalmic Surgery Consultants, P.C. From 1994 until 2000 he served as president of the Myopia International Research Foundation. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a Life Member of the Medical Society of the State of New York and of the Nassau County Medical Society and a member of the Health Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and of its Committee on Ethical Issues in the Provision of Health Care.

Andrew Wilson
Assistant Director for Law School Information Systems
B.A., SUNY Albany

Andrew Wilson received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany). In his capacity as Computer Support Specialist, he provides faculty and student computer support for the Hofstra Law School community, provides training for student aides, and assists in providing reporting and database development for the Information Systems Department and the Law School. Prior to joining Hofstra Law School, he worked as Assistant Director of Information Systems in the Undergraduate Admissions office at Hofstra University.

The Alexander M. Bickel Distinguished Professorship in Communications Law was established in 1983 by several persons, including two graduates of Yale Law School, where Professor Bickel was a nationally prominent professor of constitutional and communication law. Professor Bernard E. Jacob currently holds the professorship.

The Andrew M. Boas and Mark L. Claster Distinguished Professorship in Civil Procedure was established in 1986 by gifts from two graduates of the Hofstra School of Law, Andrew M. Boas, Class of 1980, and Mark L. Claster, Class of 1977. President Stuart Rabinowitz currently holds the professorship.

The Richard J. Cardali Distinguished Professorship in Trial Advocacy was established in 1989 in memory of Richard J. Cardali, who was a prominent attorney specializing in plaintiffs’ negligence work. Mr. Cardali devoted a substantial amount of his time and energy to teaching advocacy skills to other lawyers and to law students, and the Professorship promotes the continued training of advocacy skills. Professor Lawrence W. Kessler currently holds the professorship.

The Edward F. Carlough Chair in Labor Law established in 1981, honors the late Edward F. Carlough, who was president emeritus of the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association. A gift from the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association funds the chair and supports the Labor and Employment Law Journal, a scholarly publication, and the annual Edward F. Carlough Labor Law Conference.

The Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professorship in Constitutional Law was established in 1986 by Maurice A. Deane, a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law. The Professorship supports special studies, conferences, and other academic activitis in the field of constitutional law. Professor Eric Freedman currently holds the Professorship.

The Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professorship in Health Care Law was established in 1985 by gifts from Mr. Ernest Dicker and his brothers, Stanley and Daniel Dicker in honor of their late parents. The Professorship supports professional scholarly activities are undertaken in the field of health care law. The Professorship is awarded to a professor with an outstanding background in health care law and is currently held by Professor Janet Dolgin.

The Adolph J. and Dorothy R. Eckhardt Distinguished Professorship in Corporate Law was established in 1992 by gifts from Mr. Adolph J. Eckhardt and his wife, Mrs. Dorothy R. Eckhardt. The Professorship is designed to promote research, lectures, and other scholarly activities in the field of corporate law. M. Patricia Adamski, Senior Vice President for Planning and Administration, currently holds the professorship.

The Steven A. Horowitz Distinguished Professorship in Tax Law was established in 2005 by Steven A. Horowitz, Senior Tax Counsel and head of Tax, Trust and Estates practice at the law firm of Moritt Hock Hamroff & Horowitz. Professor Mitchell Gans currently holds the Professorship.

The Peter S. Kalikow Distinguished Professorship in Real Estate Law was established in 1987 by a gift from Peter S. Kalikow, a prominent real estate developer and the chairman and president of H. L. Kalikow Company. The Professorship is designed to promote research and scholarly activities in the field of real estate law and is currently held by Professor Ronald H. Silverman. .

The Samuel M. Kaynard Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Labor and Employment Law was established in 2000 by the family and friends of Samuel M. Kaynard, a distinguished educator and practitioner in the labor and employment law area, as well as a Professor at Hofstra University School of Law. The Professorship supports the appointment of a noted practitioner each year to teach a course in the labor or employment area.

The Joseph Kushner Distinguished Professorship in Civil Liberties Law was established in memory of Joseph Kushner, who headed a real estate concern involved in development and acquisitions in New Jersey. He was a survivor of the Holocaust and was keenly interested in the protection of civil liberties. The Professorship is endowed by contributions from his son, Charles Kushner, a 1979 graduate of Hofstra University School of Law. Professor Leon Z. Friedman currently holds the professorship.

The Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professorship in Legal Ethics was established in memory of Howard Lichtenstein, the late senior partner of the law firm of Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn. It has been endowed by that law firm and by friends of Mr. Lichtenstein. It supports planned monographs, lectures, and other scholarly activities in the field of legal ethics. Professor Roy D. Simon currently holds the professorship.

The Harry H. Rains Distinguished Professorship in Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Settlement Law was established in 1983 by Muriel and Harry H. Rains. Mr. Rains was one of the founding members of the National Academy of Arbitrators. Professor Robert A. Baruch Bush currently holds the professorship.

The Rivkin Radler LLP Distinguished Professorship was established in 1987 and funded by Rivkin Radler LLP, a prominent Nassau County law firm. The Professorship is currently held by Professor Linda McClain.

The Eric J. Schmertz Distinguished Professorship in Public Law and Public Service was established in 1993 by friends of Professor Eric J. Schmertz to promote scholarship and activities in furtherance of public law and public service. Professor Eric Lane currently holds the professorship.

The Max Schmertz Distinguished Professorship, established in 1982, honors and perpetuates the memory of Max Schmertz, a business and political leader of the city of New Rochelle, New York. It is funded by grants from Professor Eric J. Schmertz and Herbert Schmertz.

The Sidney and Walter Siben Distinguished Professorship in Family Law and Torts was established in 1984 and is supported by a gift from the law firm of Siben & Siben. Its purpose is to promote scholarly research, conferences, and publications in the fields of torts and family law. Professor John DeWitt Gregory currently holds the professorship.

The Benjamin Weintraub Distinguished Professorship in Bankruptcy Law was established in 1984 to honor Mr. Weintraub’s accomplishments as adviser and advocate for financially ailing businesses. Mr. Weintraub was a nationally prominent lawyer specializing in bankruptcy and corporate reorganization for more than 50 years. He was a member of the National Bankruptcy Conference and was special counsel to the firm of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler at the time of his death in 1995. An annual lecture is held in conjunction with the professorship. The professorship is currently held by Professor Alan N. Resnick.

The Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professorship in Banking Law was established in 1985 by gifts from The Trust Company of New Jersey and the Wilshire Oil Company of Texas in honor of Siggi B. Wilzig, New Jersey banker and philanthropist. The Professorship and center are designed to provide a curriculum in banking law and to promote research, symposia, and other professional and scholarly activities in the field of banking law. Professor Malachy T. Mahon, founding Dean of Hofstra University School of Law, currently holds the Professorship.