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Widener School of Law faculty are experts on a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: Business and Labor Issues, Civil Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Environmental Law, HealthLaw, Legal Education/Ethics, Property/Wills and Trusts, and Tax Law.

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Business and Labor Issues | Civil Law | Constitutional Law
Criminal Law | Environmental Law | Health Law |
Legal Education/Ethics | Property/Wills and Trusts | Tax Law

Business And Labor Issues

Larry D. Barnett, Ph.D., J.D., M.S.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

Investment Company Act and Investment: Advisers Act

Author, Mutual Funds and Federal Regulation: Readings on the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. Admitted to the Florida Bar.

Gregory P. Cermignano, J.D., M.B.A., C.M.A.
Associate Professor, Accounting
Campus: Chester
Expertise:

financial and managerial accounting
business combinations
contingencies
cost accounting
business law
sports law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Ann Conaway, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

business law
LLC law
partnership law
corporate law

Admitted to the Delaware Bar. Member of the Drafting Committee for the Uniform Liability Partnership Act.

Michael J. Cozzillio, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

labor law
administrative law
sports law
contract law

Admitted to the Maryland and District of Columbia bars.

John L. Gedid, J.D., LL.M.,
Director, Law and Government Institute; Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

administrative law/regulation
contract law
commercial law
conflict of laws
separation of powers
state constitutional law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Michael J. Goldberg, J.D., LL.M.,
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

labor law
union democracy

Admitted to the Washington and Pennsylvania bars.

Russell A. Hakes, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

commercial law: sale of goods, personal property leasing
real estate
commercial finance
payment systems: checks, credit cards, letters of credit

Admitted to the California Bar.

Lawrence A. Hamermesh, J.D.
Ruby R. Vale Professor of Corporate and Business Law,
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

Delaware corporate law
securities law
business law
mergers and acquisitions

Admitted to the Delaware Bar.

Stephen E. Henderson, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

intellectual property
cybercrime
criminal law and procedure
Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues

Admitted to the Texas Bar.

Katherine Mason Jones, J.D., LL.M., M.A.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

International Trade
International Business
Contracts
Corporations

Admitted to the Georgia and District of Columbia bars.

J. Patrick Kelly, J.D.
Vice Dean, Delaware Campus; Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

international law
international organizations - WTO/IMF
international business law
international trade
administrative law
international environmental law: global warming/ozone/endangered species

Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.

Mary Ellen Maatman, J.D.,
Associate Professor, Law; Director, Legal Writing Program
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

federal employment discrimination law
torts
legal writing

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Doretta M. McGinnis, J.D.,
Legal Methods Professor; Associate Director Legal Methods Program
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

legal writing
employment discrimination
labor law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Robyn L. Meadows, J.D., LL.M.
Vice Dean, Harrisburg Campus; Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

commercial law
insurance

Admitted to the Florida Bar.

Nicholas A. Mirkay, J.D., LL.M.,
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

federal income tax, individuals and business entities
nonprofit organizations
business organizations

Admitted to the Missouri Bar and limited admission to the Delaware Bar for pro bono representation.

Juliet M. Moringiello, J.D., LL.M.,
Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

secured financing
payment systems: checks and notes
bankruptcy/creditors' rights
cyberspace law

Chair, Pennsylvania Bar Association Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Admitted to the Pennsylvania and New York bars.

Paul Regan, J.D.,
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

corporate/business law and litigation
contract law and litigation

Admitted to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware bars.

Andrew L. Strauss, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

international law
American foreign policy
United Nations
international trade and finance

Executive Committee, Association of American Law Schools, International Law section, Admitted to the New York Bar.

John Wladis, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

commercial law: sale of goods, checks, personal property leasing

Admitted to the New York Bar.

women and the law
domestic violence
administrative law

Admitted to the Ohio Bar.

Ann Hartwell Britton, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

disability law: architectural barriers and employment discrimination
elder law
mental health law
family law
personal injury

Admitted to the Virginia Bar. Author, Delaware Law and Mental Health Professionals.

John J. Capowski, J.D.,
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

domestic violence
evidence
clinical legal education
pro bono and legal services
trial practice
legislative process

Admitted to the New York and Maryland bars.

Francis J. Catania, Jr., J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

family law (marriage, divorce, child custody, child support, spousal abuse, adoption, etc.)
professional responsibility/legal ethics
clinical legal education
judicial clerkships

Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.

John G. Culhane, J.D.,
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

civil liability
torts and tort reform
product liability
HIV and the law
public health issues
the law of sexual orientation
family law

Admitted to the New York Bar.

Jean Macchiaroli Eggen, J.D.,
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

toxic substances litigation
asbestos
tobacco smoking and secondhand smoke
prescription drugs
contaminated blood products
Agent Orange
Gulf War syndrome
chemical exposures
hazardous waste sites/landfills
radiation
electromagnetic fields
toxic exposures in the workplace
reproductive hazards in the workplace
medical device litigation

Author, Toxic Torts in a Nutshell. Admitted to the New York Bar.

Amiram Elwork, Ph.D.
Director, Law-Psychology Program; Professor, Graduate Clinical Psychology.
Campus: Chester
Expertise:

law-psychology: jury instruction, patient confidentiality, mental competency, custody mediation
psychological issues for lawyers
cognitive psychology
forensic psychology
ethics

Author, Success Briefs for Lawyers: Inspirational Insights on How to Succeed at Law and Life, Making Jury Instructions Understandable, and Stress Management for Lawyers

Jill Family, J.D., M.S.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

immigration

Admitted to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars.

Susan L. Goldberg, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor, Law; Associate Dean, Student Affairs,
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

bioethics
assisted reproductive technology including in vitro fertilization
genetic testing
cloning
organ transplantation
informed consent
end-of-life issues including advanced directives, assisted suicide, living wills, substituted decision-making

Author, Medical Choices During Pregnancy: Whose Decision is it Anyway? and Of Gametes and Guardians: The Impropriety of Appointing Guardians Ad Litem for Fetuses and Embryos. Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.

Patrick J. Johnston, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

professional ethics
federal civil procedure

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Mary Kate Kearney, J.D., L.L.M
Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

family law
children and the law
child abuse
domestic violence

Author, The ADA, Smokers and Respiratory Ailments. Admitted to the Illinois Bar.

Greg Randall Lee, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

tort or personal injury law
lawyer professional responsibility
defamation law
disability law
home schooling law
law and religion
constitutional law

J. Palmer Lockard II, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law; Director, Widener Civil Law Clinic
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

family law
civil practice
prisoner litigation

Admitted to the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts bars.

Edmund B. Luce, J.D.
Assistant Dean, Students; Administrative Director, Graduate Programs; Legal Writing Professor
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

Pennsylvania civil procedure
civil litigation

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Mary Brigid McManamon, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

federal courts
state's rights
Federalism
separation of powers
sanctions in litigation
complex litigation
civil litigation

Admitted to the Ohio Bar.

Katharine F. Nelson, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

federal civil procedure
federal jurisdictional issues
employment discrimination

Admitted to the New York and Pennsylvania bars.

Nathaniel C. Nichols, J.D.
Director, Clinical Programs; Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

consumer bankruptcy law
family law
martial arts

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Susan M. Raeker-Jordan, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

torts
products liability
federal civil procedure

Admitted to the Illinois Bar.

Thomas J. Reed, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

trial practice
evidence
criminal law and procedure
land use
historic preservation
Civil War history (military and legal)

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Indiana bars.

Christopher J. Robinette, J.D.
Associate Professor
Campus: Harrisburg
Law Expertise:

legal ethics
tort reform
tort law and theory
evidence

Admitted to the Virginia Bar.

Verne R. Smith, J.D.
Assistant Dean, Administration
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

animal law: animal cruelty, animal rights, wildlife issues

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Kathleen M. Turezyn,
Visiting Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

torts
privacy
medical malpractice

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Serena M. Williams, J.D., LL.M.
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs; Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

landlord/tenant law
property law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Micah J. Yarbrough, J.D.
Director, Bar Programs; Legal Writing Professor
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

immigration: asylum/deportation issues
African Americans and the legislative process

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

transitional justice
constitutional law
comparative constitutional law

Co-author, Reconciliation: Finding Common Ground in Divided Societies. Admitted to the California Bar.

Michael R. Dimino, Sr. , J.D.
Assistant Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg Campus
Expertise:

constitutional law
Supreme Court personnel and procedure
judicial selection

Admitted to practice in New York, Pennsylvania, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Alan E. Garfield, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

copyright law
free speech
church and state issues

Author, Promises of Silence: Contract Law and Freedom of Speech. Admitted to the New York and California bars.

John L. Gedid, J.D., LL.M.
Director, Law and Government Institute, Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

administrative law/regulation
contract law
commercial law
conflict of laws
separation of powers
state constitutional law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Robert Justin Lipkin, Ph.D., J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

U.S. Supreme Court
politics and the law
law and society
how judges reason
conceptual and moral natures of law
methodology in legal theory
constitutional law: due process, equal protection, church and state, role of the Supreme Court in a republican democracy

Author, Constitutional Revolutions: Pragmatism and the Role of Judicial Review in American Constitutionalism. Admitted to the California Bar.

Mary Brigid McManamon, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

federal courts
states' rights
Federalism
separation of powers
sanctions in litigation
complex litigation
civil litigation

Admitted to the Ohio Bar.

Katharine F. Nelson, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

federal civil procedure
federal jurisdictional issues
employment discrimination

Admitted to the New York and Pennsylvania bars.

Wesley M. Oliver, J.D
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

criminal law and procedure
constituional law
legal history

Admitted to the Tennessee Bar.

Robert C. Power, J.D.,
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development, Harrisburg Campus; Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

American legal history
criminal law and procedure
federal agencies/regulating policy
First Amendment
War on Terror

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island bars.

Laura K. Ray, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

U.S. supreme court
judicial appointment process

Author, The Road to Bush v. Gore: The History of the Supreme Court's Use of the Per Curiam Opinion, Autobiography and Opinion: The Romantic Jurisprudence of Justice William O. Douglas and Judicial Fictions: Images of Supreme Court Justices in the Novel. Admitted to the Connecticut Bar.

criminal law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, District of Columbia and Virgin Island bars

Jules Epstein, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

death penalty/murder
sex crimes
trials and evidence
mistaken identification
criminal law and procedure

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Stephen E. Henderson, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

intellectual property
cybercrime
criminal law and procedure
Fourth Amendment search and seizure issues

Admitted to the Texas Bar.

H. Geoffrey Moulton Jr., J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

criminal law and procedure
legal ethics
defamation and privacy
white collar crime
U.S. Supreme Court

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Robert C. Power, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg Campus
Expertise:

criminal law and procedure
federal agencies/regulating policy
U.S. supreme court
federal agencies/regulating policy
First Amendment
War on Terror
American legal history

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island bars.

Thomas J. Reed, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Law Expertise:

trial practice
evidence
criminal law and procedure
land use
historic preservation
Civil War history (military and legal)

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Indiana bars.

Judith L. Ritter, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

criminal procedure and criminal law
death penalty
post-conviction
clinical legal education

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York bars.

Leonard N. Sosnov, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

criminal procedure
criminal law
evidence

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

environmental law
global warming
international environmental law
sustainable development
administrative law
property law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

David R. Hodas, J.D., LL.M.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware Campus
Expertise:

environmental law
constitutional law
energy and natural resources
international environmental law
global warming
administrative law
sustainable development

Vice Chair, ABA Special Committee on Global Climate and Sustainable Development. Board of Editors, Natural Resources and Environment. Member, IUCN-World Conservation Union Environmental Law Commission. Admitted to the Delaware Bar.

Kenneth T. Kristl, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law; Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

environmental law
clean water legal issues
solid waste legal issues
environmental litigation
liquefied natural gas
federal environmental policies, practices, procedures
use of scientific data in the law
legal issues of environmental science and data

Admitted to the Illinois Bar.

James R. May, J.D., LL.M.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

environmental law
international environmental law
constitutional law
federal courts/judges

Admitted to the Kansas and Pennsylvania bars.

health law

Admitted to Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars.

John G. Culhane, J.D.,
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

civil liability
torts and tort reform
product liability
HIV and the law
public health issues
the law of sexual orientation
family law

Admitted to the New York Bar.

Jean Macchiaroli Eggen, J.D.,
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

toxic substances litigation
asbestos
tobacco smoking and secondhand smoke
prescription drugs
contaminated blood products
Agent Orange
Gulf War syndrome
chemical exposures
hazardous waste sites/landfills
radiation
electromagnetic fields
toxic exposures in the workplace
reproductive hazards in the workplace
medical device litigation

Author, Toxic Torts in a Nutshell. Admitted to the New York Bar.

Susan L. Goldberg, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor, Law; Associate Dean, Student Affairs,
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

bioethics
assisted reproductive technology including in vitro fertilization
genetic testing
cloning
organ transplantation
informed consent
end-of-life issues including advanced directives, assisted suicide, living wills, substituted decision-making

bioethics
health law
end-of-life issues
torts

Admitted to the California bar.

domestic violence
evidence
clinical legal education
pro bono and legal services
trial practice
legislative process

Admitted to the New York and Maryland bars.

Susan M. Chesler, J.D.
Legal Methods Professor
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

drafting contracts
contracts
legal writing
litigation

Admitted to the New York Bar.

Dana Harrington Conner, J.D.
Director, Delaware Civil Clinicp; Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

student practice
professional responsibility
ethical issues and the representation of battered women
domestic violence
domestic violence homicides
access to justice

Admitted to the Delaware Bar.

John L. Gedid, J.D., LL.M.
Director, Law and Government Institute; Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg Campus
Expertise:

administrative law/regulation
contract law
commercial law
conflict of laws
separation of powers
state constitutional law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Louise L. Hill, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

legal ethics
legal profession
marketing of legal services
professional responsibility of lawyers
Author, Lawyer Advertising.

Admitted to the Massachusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania bars.

Patrick J. Johnston, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware Campus
Expertise:

professional ethics
federal civil procedure

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Susan A. King, J.D., M.L.S.
Legal Methods Professor
Campus: Delaware Campus
Expertise:

legal research
legal writing

Admitted to Pennsylvania Bar.

Doretta M. McGinnis, J.D.
Legal Methods Professor; Associate Director, Legal Methods Program
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

legal writing
employment discrimination
labor law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Thomas J. Reed, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

trial practice
evidence
criminal law and procedure
land use
historic preservation
Civil War history (military and legal)

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Indiana bars.

Judith L. Ritter, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware Campus
Expertise:

criminal procedure and criminal law
death penalty
post-conviction
clinical legal education

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York bars.

Christopher J. Robinette, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

legal ethics
tort reform
tort law and theory
evidence

Admitted to the Virginia Bar.

Mary Ann Robinson, J.D.
Legal Methods Professor
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

legal writing
advocacy

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Amanda L. Smith, J.D.
Legal Methods Professor
Campus: Harrisburg
Law Expertise:

legal methods

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

eminent domain/takings
property law
constitutional property

Admitted to New York Bar.

Michael J. Hussey, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Harrisburg
Expertise:

Federal Individual Income Tax
Wills and Trusts
Estate and Gift Tax

Admitted to the Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania bars.

Leslie A. Johnson, J.D.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

wills and estates
property

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Alicia B. Kelly, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

property law
family law: economic rights between spouses, gendered nature of family work, impact of family law on women, tension between work and family law

Admitted to Pennsylvania and Colorado bars.

Thomas J. Reed, J.D.
Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

trial practice
evidence
criminal law and procedure
land use
historic preservation
Civil War history (military and legal)

Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Indiana bars.

Serena M. Williams, J.D., LL.M.
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs; Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

landlord/tenant law
property law

Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.

Federal Individual Income Tax
Wills and Trusts
Estate and Gift Tax

Admitted to the Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania bars.

Nicholas A. Mirkay, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor, Law
Campus: Delaware
Expertise:

federal income tax, individuals and business entities
nonprofit organizations
business organizations

Admitted to the Missouri Bar and limited admission to the Delaware Bar for pro bono representation.