Faculty Profiles

Faculty at èßäÊÓƵapp Dedman School of Law are engaged in prominent national and international scholarship.

Members of the full-time faculty are accomplished scholars and dedicated teachers. They include leading figures in many fields who have published extensively, served as law journal editors, organized local, national and international conferences, and engaged in extensive law reform and law practice. Not only do they hold outstanding academic credentials, but virtually all of them gained practical experience before entering their teaching careers. Consequently, they provide the invaluable link between the theory of classroom instruction and the reality of legal practice. èßäÊÓƵapp Dedman Law professors are a diverse group, representing a variety of ages, cultural heritages, and specialties.

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Hillel J. Bavli

 Associate Professor of Law and Robert G. Storey Distinguished Faculty Fellow

Thomas B. Bennett

 Associate Professor of Law

Misty Birdsong '02

 Co-Director of Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy, Director of Academic Success, and Clinical Professor of Law
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Chante Brantley

 Director of the VanSickle Family Law Clinic and Clinical Professor of Law

Martin Camp

 Professor of Practice and Assistant Dean for Graduate and International Programs

Dale Carpenter

 Judge William Hawley Atwell Chair of Constitutional Law, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Law

Lance E. Caughfield

 Director of Advocacy Programs and Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Advocacy
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Carliss Chatman

 Associate Professor of Law
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Anthony J. Colangelo

 Professor of Law
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Nathan Cortez

 Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Adelfa Botello Callejo Endowed Professor of Law in Leadership and Latino Studies
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Gregory S. Crespi

 Homer R. Mitchell Endowed Professorship in Commercial and Insurance Law and Professor of Law

Beverly C. Dureus

 Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
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Monika U. Ehrman

 Professor of Law

Timothy Gallina

 Director of Legal Technology Instruction and Clinical Professor of Legal Research

Joanna L. Grossman

 Ellen K. Solender Endowed Chair in Women and the Law, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, and Professor of Law

Christopher H. Hanna

 Alan D. Feld Endowed Professor of Law and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor

Grant M. Hayden

 Richard R. Lee Jr. Endowed Professor of Law

Patricia S. Heard

 Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
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Christine Hurt

 Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Alan R. Bromberg Centennial Chair in Corporate, Partnership, Business and Securities Law and Professor of Law
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Greg Ivy

 Associate Dean for Library and Technology and Senior Lecturer
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Jeffrey Kahn

 University Distinguished Professor, Justice John and Lena Hickman Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Law

Thomas Kimbrough

 Clinical Professor of Legal Research and Associate Director for Collection Development
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Thomas S. Leatherbury

 Director of the First Amendment Clinic and Clinical Professor of Law
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Anna A. Mance

 Assistant Professor of Law
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George A. Martinez

 Professor of Law

Thomas Wm. Mayo

 Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor of Law

Orly Mazur

 Associate Professor of Law
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Sari Mazzurco

 Assistant Professor of Law
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Pamela R. Metzger

 Executive Director of the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center and Professor of Law

Seema Mohapatra

 MD Anderson Foundation Endowed Professor in Health Law and Professor of Law

Natalie Nanasi

 Director of the Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women and Associate Professor of Law
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Jason P. Nance

 Judge James Noel Dean and Professor of Law
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Anna Offit

 Associate Professor of Law

Cara Foos Pierce

 Director of the Master of Legal Studies Program and Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
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Carla L. Reyes

 Associate Professor of Law
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C. Paul Rogers III

 Marilyn Jeanne Johnson Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Professor of Law and Former Dean

Julia (Julie) Patterson Forrester Rogers

Provost Faculty Research Fellow and Professor of Law
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Eric Ruben

 Associate Professor of Law

Meghan J. Ryan

 Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation, James Cleo Thompson, Sr. Trustee Professor of Law, Gerald J. Ford Research Fellow, and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor
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Christina M. Sautter

 Professor of Law

Shani Shisha

 Assistant Professor of Law

Mary Spector

 Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Director of the Civil/Consumer Clinic and Professor of Law

Jennifer Rangel Stagen

 Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research
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Marc I. Steinberg

 Rupert and Lillian Radford Chair in Law and Professor of Law

Heather L. Stobaugh

 Co-Director of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research, and Clinical Professor of Law
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Diane M. Sumoski

 Director of the W. W. Caruth, Jr. Child Advocacy Clinic, Director of the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Institute for Children's Rights and Clinical Professor of Law

Joshua C. Tate

 Professor of Law

David O. Taylor

 Co-Director of the Tsai Center for Law, Science and Innovation and Professor of Law

Elizabeth Lee Thompson

 Assistant Clinical Professor of Legal Analysis, Writing and Research

Andrea Tosato

 Professor of Law

Jenia Iontcheva Turner

 Amy Abboud Ware Centennial Professor in Criminal Law and Robert G. Storey Distinguished Faculty Fellow

Cassie Walker

 Clinical Professor of Legal Research and Assistant Director for Scholarly Initiatives

Kandace D. Walter

 Director and Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Small Business and Trademark Clinic
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Jessica Dixon Weaver

 Associate Dean for Research, Vinson & Elkins Faculty Fellow and Professor of Law

Donna Wolff

 Clinical Professor of Legal Research and Associate Director of Underwood Library
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Leo Yu

 Associate Clinical Professor of Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy
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Roy Ryden Anderson

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Maureen N. Armour

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Lackland H. Bloom, Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Law
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William J. Bridge

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Gail M. Daly

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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William V. Dorsaneo, III

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Linda S. Eads

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Jeffrey M. Gaba

 Professor Emeritus of Law

Ndiva Kofele-Kale

 Professor Emeritus of Law

Henry J. Lischer, Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Law
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John S. Lowe

 Professor Emeritus of Law

Charles J. Morris

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Frederick C. Moss

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Joseph J. Norton

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Victoria Palacios

 Professor Emeritus of Law

Kenneth L. Penegar

 Professor Emeritus of Law

Walter W. Steele, Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Law
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Elizabeth G. Thornburg

 Professor Emeritus of Law

Harvey Wingo

 Vinson and Elkins Distinguished Teaching Fellow Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Law
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Peter Winship

 Professor Emeritus of Law
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Reeni Ann Abraham, M.D.

 Associate Professor of Internal Medicine | UT Southwestern Medical Center

Hon. Maria Aceves

 District Judge | 192nd Civil District Court

Shelbi Barnhouse

 Of Counsel | Amy Stewart Law
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Matthew S. Beard '06

 Founder | Matthew S. Beard, P.C.
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Hon. Brandon Birmingham

 District Judge | 292nd Judicial District

R. Doak Bishop

 Partner | King & Spalding
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Vicki D. Blanton '91

 Assistant Vice President & Senior Legal Counsel | AT&T
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Shelby L. Bobosky

 Executive Director | Texas Humane Legislation Network
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Christa Brown-Sanford '04

 Department Chair, Intellectual Property (Firmwide) & Partner | Baker Botts LLP

Laura G. Burstein, Esq.

 Assistant Dean for Public Interest & Pro Bono and Faculty Supervisor, Government & Public Interest Externship Program
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David W. Carstens

 Partner | Carstens, Allen & Gourley, LLP
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Eric Cedillo

 Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law | Judge Elmo B. Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women

Jeff Daniel Clark

 Co-Founder and Partner | GreenClark PLLC
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David B. Coffin

 Tax Attorney | David Coffin PLLC

Jason Cohen

 General Counsel | Dallas Cowboys

Joseph M. Cox

 Partner | Duane Morris LLP

Michael Crafton

 Associate | Cherry Petersen Albert LLC
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James Creedon

 Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law | Small Business and Trademark Clinic
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Jason M. Daniel

 Partner | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

William Dawkins

 Consulting COO | Anthem Strong Families
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James A. Deeken

 Partner | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
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Steven P. Doyle

 General Counsel | Hill & Wilkinson

Dennis B. Drapkin

 Partner (Ret.) | Jones Day
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Andrew S. Ehmke

 Partner | Haynes and Boone LLP

Jonathan Elifson

 Of Counsel | Fisher & Phillips LLP
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Sander L. Esserman '76

 Shareholder | Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka
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C.W. (Peter) Flynn

 Of Counsel (Ret.) | Locke Lord LLP
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David C. Gair

 Partner | Locke Lord LLP
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Bryan A. Garner

 Distinguished Research Professor of Law

Daniel Gordon

 Assistant U.S. Attorney | Northern District of Texas

Andrew D. Gray

 Attorney | Crawford, Wishnew & Lang PLLC

Rebecca A. Gregory

 Of Counsel | Curran Tomko Tarski LLP

John Gross

 Counsel | National Mediation Board
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Susan M. Halpern

 Attorney at Law | The Halpern Law Firm PLLC
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Eric F. Hinton

 Director | Robert B. Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership
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Charles M. Hosch

 Co-Founder | Hosch & Morris, PLLC.

Mike Howard

 Founder | Law Office of Mike Howard

Gregory J. Hudson '14

 Vice President | Goldman Sachs

Paul B. Hunker

 Adjunct Professor

Ronald B. Hurdle

 Attorney | The Law Office of Ronald B. Hurdle

Clifton T. Hutchinson '80

 Adjunct Professor

Coleman Jackson

 Managing Shareholder | Coleman Jackson, P.C.

Tom Jackson

 Partner (Ret.) | Jones Day

Hon. Stacey G.C. Jernigan

 Chief Judge | U.S. Bankruptcy Court - Northern District of Texas

Hon. Kimberly C. Priest Johnson '00

 Magistrate Judge | United States District Court for Eastern District of Texas
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M. Brett Johnson '94

 Partner | Winston & Strawn LLP
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Jay Johnson

 Managing Director & Deputy Chief Counsel | Charles Schwab

Justin L. Koplow

 Senior Legal Counsel & Assistant Vice President | AT&T
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Kent C. Krause '82

 Partner | Craddock Davis & Krause LLP

Gary M. Lawrence

 Executive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer | Pacific Financial Group

Christine P. Leatherberry '06

 Assistant Dean for Administration and Chief of Staff

Natalie LeVeck

 Senior Counsel | Google
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Jay J. Madrid

 Of Counsel | Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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Ernest Martin, Jr.

 Partner | Haynes and Boone, LLP

Megan Mason

 Corporate Counsel | Blue Yonder
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Smitha Mathews '04

 Faculty Supervisor of the Mid-Size and Small Firm Externship Program

Alana Matthews '12

 CEO & Founder | Alautus Clothing Company
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Mike McCollum

 Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law | Criminal Clinic
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David L. McCombs

 Partner | Haynes and Boone LLP

David G. McLane

 Attorney

Luke F. McLeroy

 Managing Member | LFM Firm, PLLC

Luke Metzler

 Partner | Van Wey, Metzler & Williams

Patsy Y. Micale

 Associate Counsel | U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services

Jared Miller

 Senior Legal Counsel | Amazon

B. Tyler Milton

 Adjunct Professor
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Gregory Mitchell '94

 Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law | Federal Tax Clinic

Scott P. Montopoli

 Partner | Grant Thornton LLP

David Nachman

 Tax Law Specialist | Internal Revenue Service

Charles S. North

 Senior Attorney | Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC
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Hon. Christine A. Nowak

 Magistrate Judge | U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Texas

Terrica Odum

 Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law | VanSickle Family Law Clinic
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James O’Sullivan

 General Counsel | FC Dallas

Hon. Tonya Parker '98

 District Judge | 116th Civil District Court

Ryan Parley

 Assistant General Counsel | JCPenney

David J. Parsons

 Shareholder | Stutzman, Bromberg, Esserman & Plifka
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Phillip B. Philbin

 Shareholder | Winstead

Hon. Mark Pittman

 District Judge | U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas
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Ellen A. Presby '84

 Trial Counsel | Ferrer, Poirot & Wansbrough

Sally Pretorius

 Shareholder | KoonsFuller

Shane Read

 Principal | Win at Persuasion
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Katherine Lydia Reed '09

 Attorney | Udashen Anton

Eugenie Rogers

 Partner | Baker McKenzie

Debora "Debbie" Garcia Sanchez

 Acting Director, Criminal Clinic and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law

Catherine Schneider

 Adjunct Faculty

Ryan Segall

 Partner | Walters Gilbreath, PLLC

Gopika Shah

 Doctor of Juridical Science Candidate
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Eliot Shavin

 Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law and Assistant Director | Civil/Consumer Clinic

Shamoil T. Shipchandler

 Chief Counsel | Charles Schwab Corporation

Ronald F. Shuff

 Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel (Ret.) | Flowserve Corp.

Skyanne Simonson

 Associate | O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Steven E. Smathers

 Chief Legal Counsel | Sowell & Co.

Laura Smith '00

 Counsel | O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Jay Spring

 Associate | Burke Bogdanowicz PLLC

Hon. Brantley Starr

 District Judge | U.S. District Court - Northern District of Texas

Kaleisha N. Stuart

 Deputy General Counsel | Dallas Cowboys
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Harry W. Sullivan, Jr. '84

 Senior Counsel | Conoco Phillips
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Daniel Syed

 Associate | Sheppard Mullin

Don Tittle

 Attorney | The Law Offices of Don Tittle

Betty Ungerman

 Vice President | Lennox International

Kay Van Wey

 Founder and Partner | Van Wey, Metzler & Williams
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Gabe Vazquez

Vice President & Associate General Counsel | Vistra Corp.
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Kevin Vela

 Partner | Vela Wood

John Vernon

 Principal | The Vernon Law Group, PLLC

Hon. Daniel H. Weiss

 Regional Deputy Chief Immigration Judge | U.S. Department of Justice

Glenn D. West

 Partner (Ret.) | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Randall Wilhite

 Senior Partner | Fullenweider Wilhite
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Chris Willis

 Chief People Officer | PrimeSource Brands

Stephen B. Yeager

 Faculty Supervisor, Corporate Counsel Externship Program

Christopher Young

 Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law | Innocence Clinic

Joshua Yun

 Associate | Griffith Barbee PLLC

Melissa Cason

 Faculty Law Fellow of the Child Advocacy Clinic and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law

Demetrice M. Lopez

 Faculty Law Fellow of the Hunter Legal Center for Victims of Crimes Against Women and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law

Peter Steffensen

 Assistant Director of the First Amendment Clinic, Faculty Law Fellow, and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Law
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Chris Jenks

 Affiliate Research Professor of Law