EJD STUDENT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Transcription

1 October 2014 EJD STUDENT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT This disclosure statement is being provided to each new student upon payment of an application fee, but before payment of a registration fee, and to each returning student, prior to payment of any fee for an academic term. This disclosure must be signed by the student, who shall also receive a copy of the signed statement, and is retained by the school. Pursuant to Guideline 11.3 of the Guidelines for Unaccredited Law School Rules, Concord Law School of Kaplan University ( Concord ) states: The method of instruction at this law school for professional law degree programs other than for the Juris Doctor degree is principally by technological means including interactive classes. Completion of a professional law degree program at this law school other than for the Juris Doctor degree does not qualify a student to take the California Bar Examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to practice law in California. It may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to the practice of law in any other jurisdiction. A student intending to seek admission to practice law should contact the admitting authority in the jurisdictions where the student intends to seek to qualify to sit for the bar examination or for admission to practice for information regarding the legal education requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law. I acknowledge receipt of a copy of this disclosure statement which consists of 24 pages, including this signature page, on the date listed below. (Print Name of Student) (Signature of Student) DATE: RETURN THIS SIGNATURE PAGE ONLY EJD Disclosure Page 1 of 23

2 1. Concord Law School of Kaplan University is not accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California nor is it an American Bar Association approved school. 2. Concord Law School has not applied for accreditation in the previous five years to the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California or the American Bar Association. 3. The education provided by Concord Law School may not satisfy the requirements of other jurisdictions for the practice of law. Applicants should contact the jurisdiction in which they may wish to practice for that jurisdiction s requirements to practice law. 4. Concord Law School cannot guarantee the transferability of any credits to other institutions, including other law schools. 5. Concord Law School has not been issued a Notice of Noncompliance by the Committee of Bar Examiners. 6. The educational background, qualifications, and experience of the faculty and the names of any faculty or administrators who are members of the State Bar of California or who are admitted in another jurisdiction is as follows: Concord Law School Academics List Faculty and Deans Sara Berman Steven Bracci Greg Brandes Larry David Alana DeGarmo James Dodge Douglas Holden Robert Hull Shaun Jamison Scott Johnson Mark Kaufman Edward Monsour Meredith Muller Carole Peterson Timothy Pleasant Melissa Racki Kathleen Reagan Stacey Sharp Andrew Tallmer Kiyoko Tatsui Victoria Vidt Jane Wise and Assistant Dean of Bar Support and Associate Dean of First Year and Executive Director Interim Dean and Assistant Dean of Students and Associate Dean of Academics and Assistant Dean of Information Services and Assistant Dean of Faculty and Assistant Dean of Students Assistant Dean of Students Assistant Dean of Students and Director of EJD Student Affairs and Dean of Faculty and Associate Dean of Administration Assistant Dean of Students Adjunct Faculty Laurie Aronovsky Robert Barrett Jason Burk Scott Burnham John Ciroli Marc S. Cwik Deena DeGenova Lynn Feldman Visiting EJD Disclosure Page 2 of 23

3 Joel W. Friedman Richard Hermann Mary Jensen Andrea L. Johnson Marc Jones Rob Landry David Larson Mark B. Lehnardt Edward Martin Jerry A. Menikoff Niki Mirtorabi Vanessa Rollins Diane Schussel Robert Schwartz Christine Seymour Angela Slater Deena R. Sturm Jeffrey Van Detta Terry L. Watt Visiting Visiting Visiting Deans Emeriti Jack R. Goetz Barry Currier Dean Emeritus Dean Emeritus and Small Business Practice LLM Program Developers and s Daniel Bogart Jared D. Correia Rodney S. Dowell David Epstein Program Developer; Jon M. Garon Stefanie Kimbro M. Ellen Murphy LLM Program Director & Program Developer & Steven H. Nickles Program Developer Anna Richardson Smith Ralph C. Thomas Howard P. Walthall, Sr. Visiting And Supplementary Lecturers Professor John Blum, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Health Law Professor Mary Cheh, George Washington University School of Law Constitutional Law Professor Geoffrey Corn South Texas College of Law Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Evidence Professor Marci Kelly Golden Gate University School of Law Taxation, Wills & Trusts Professor Laurel Leifert Private practice Community Property Professor Lawrence Levine McGeorge School of Law Torts Professor Arthur Miller John Moye, Esq. Harvard Law School, NYU Law School Private practice; former Associate Dean University of Denver, Past President, Colorado Bar Assoc. Civil Procedure, Intellectual Property Contracts, Corporations Professor Douglas Whaley Ohio State University Commercial Law Instructional Support Teresa Burnham Instructor EJD Disclosure Page 3 of 23

4 David Cook Senior Writing Specialist Theresa Cordell Instructor Steven Hamilton Senior Writing Specialist Allison Henrie Senior Instructor Scott Hayward Senior Writing Specialist Alex Hunter Instructor Lisa Johnson Senior Writing Specialist Susan Mercer Senior Writing Specialist Steve Mercer Senior Writing Specialist Jeffrey Purvis Senior Instructor Albert Ramseyer Instructor Renee Rich Instructor Dennis Tonsing Senior Instructor John Wappett Senior Instructor Sean Waters Instructor Concord Law School Academics Biographies Laurie Aronovsky Robert Barrett Professor Aronovsky traveled extensively and taught English in Japan before starting law school at New York University. She began her legal career in California, litigating a wide variety of commercial litigation matters while volunteering in a temporary restraining order clinic for battered women. More recently, she practiced in the area of disability rights, involving high impact class action litigation in state and federal courts. Education: A.B., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., New York University School of Law Course: Legal Analysis & Writing Professor Barrett teaches Professional Responsibility at Concord. He teaches Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, and Professional Responsibility at the University of West Los Angeles Law School. In addition, he is a full-time and Business at the University of La Verne, where he teaches in the undergraduate, graduate, and law schools. He has been a member of the State Bar of California's Business Law Section Education Committee, he has been a frequent MCLE lecturer, and he is a former Chair of the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct. Education: B.A. summa cum laude Georgetown University; J.D./M.S.F.S Georgetown University Schools of Law and Foreign Service; Editor, Georgetown Law Journal Courses: Professional Responsibility, LEEP (Legal Externship Experience Program), EJDP (Executive Juris Doctor Practicum) JD Disclosure 3.13 Page 6 of 24 Sara Berman and Assistant Dean of Bar Support Services Sara Berman has been a professor of law since 1998, joining the Concord Law School faculty in Her courses include criminal law and procedure, torts, contracts, remedies and community property, as well as study skills and bar exam success seminars. Professor Berman conducts bar review lectures nationwide, preparing students for both substantive and skills portions of bar exams in numerous jurisdictions and is a nationally recognized expert on the performance test. Her publications include The Criminal Law Handbook: Know Your Rights, Survive the System, and Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare and Try a Winning Case, both co-authored with UCLA Law Professor Paul Bergman and published by Nolo.com., as well as numerous law-related articles, bar exam, and academic support course materials. Education: B.A., University of California Santa Barbara; J.D., University of California Los Angeles. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts; Community Property, EJD Disclosure Page 4 of 23

5 Remedies, Capstone, and Alumni Bar Mentoring Steven Bracci and Associate Dean of First Year Programs Dean Bracci is a well-known lecturer and has been teaching law since A graduate of Whittier College of Law, he has served as the Academic Director for law school divisions of a number of legal publishers. He is an expert in examination techniques and has conducted writing and test-taking seminars nationwide. Education: B.A., University of California at Los Angeles; J.D., Whittier College of Law. Courses: Remedies, Capstone Greg Brandes and Executive Director Professor Brandes joined Concord as a Professor in He s also practiced in corporate and solo settings, prepared thousands of law students and prospective law students for the bar exam and other admission and licensing examinations, and lectured extensively on negotiation, management, and leadership skills, and contract, business, privacy, and employment law, in CLE and other forums. Professor Brandes has been honored with Outstanding First Year Professor, Dean s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Outstanding Faculty, and Law School Service awards. In addition to his State Bar memberships, Professor Brandes is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States. His publications include Straight Talk on Workplace Law, a common sense guide to human resources compliance and risk management for small business. Professor Brandes served as Concord s Dean from 2011 to June Education: B.A. summa cum laude, Marycrest College; J.D., Loyola University of Chicago Law School. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, Criminal Procedure, Evidence State Bar Membership: Colorado, Illinois Jason Burk Professor Burk has taught at Concord since He has been a member of the State Bar of Nevada since 1996 and practiced extensively in Insurance Defense in Las Vegas prior to relocating to Georgia in He was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia the same year. In addition to teaching courses in the first year curriculum at Concord, Professor Burk also practices law with a large multi-state firm. Education: B.A., University of Illinois; J.D., Drake University Law School. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts State Bar Membership: Nevada, Georgia Scott Burnham Visiting Professor of Law Professor Burnham taught at The University of Montana from 1981 to 2010, and has been on the visiting faculty at many other law schools. He is teaching a Contracts Drafting course at Concord and is the author of The Contract Drafting Guidebook and Drafting and Analyzing Contracts. Professor Burnham is a member of the American Law Institute. Education: B.A., Williams College,; J.D. New York University; L.L.M. New York University Courses: Contract Drafting State Bar Membership: Montana John Ciroli Professor Ciroli has been with Concord since He is also an assistant public defender in Pittsburgh in the appeals unit of his office and practices before all courts in Pennsylvania as well as the United States Supreme Court. During his career, Professor Ciroli was also assistant counsel for the Pittsburgh Housing Authority and general counsel for an international IT company. Professor Ciroli practices in the areas of criminal law, administrative law, immigration, employment, contracts, government, EJD Disclosure Page 5 of 23

6 and international law. He also studied European constitutional law at Trinity University in Dublin, Ireland, and Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. Education: BA, Duquesne University; JD, Capital University School of Law Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, and Torts; Criminal Procedure; and Evidence State Bar Membership: Pennsylvania Federal Bar Membership: U.S. Supreme Court Marc S. Cwik In addition to teaching at Concord, Professor Cwik is a private attorney practicing general civil litigation, with an emphasis in personal injury, family law, construction law, medical malpractice and insurance defense. Professor Cwik has published several professional articles on family law and fatherhood, conducted a nationwide study on domestic violence and the response of clergy, and has testified before the Wisconsin Governor s Commission on Families and Children on current legal issues facing families and children. Representative Publications: Cwik, M. S. (1999). The agunah divorce problem in Jewish society: Exploring the possibility of an international law solution. Wisconsin International Law Journal, vol. 17(1), pp Cwik, M. S. (1996). The many effects of rape: The victim, her family, and suggestions for family therapy. Family Therapy, vol. 23(2), pp Cwik, M., Lambert, J., & Bogenschneider, K. (1995). Father involvement: Policies and programs. Report to the Governor's Commission on Families and Children. Madison, WI: Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Education: B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., University of Wisconsin- Madison; J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School. Courses: Civil Procedure, Medical Malpractice State Bar Membership: Nevada, Wisconsin Larry David Interim Dean Mr. David is a practicing attorney and business leader and, until accepting this position as interim dean, was a public member of the Kaplan University Board of Trustees since 2008, serving as vice chairman from Mr. David maintains a practice concentrating on cases involving domestic violence and children. His practice is also involved in the areas of transactional real estate, unlawful detainer, and breach of contract. Mr. David is a former managing director of Apple Computer International (Hong Kong) Ltd., a subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc. He also founded and was principal in several firms involving trade with China and is involved in the management of industrial real estate holdings. He has previously served as a member of the governing board of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. Education: BA, Claremont McKenna College; MBA, University of Southern California; JD, Concord Law School of Kaplan University Alana DeGarmo and Assistant Dean of Students Dean DeGarmo specializes in legal research and writing and has worked on a number of high profile civil and criminal cases, including death penalty cases. She has taught Advanced Criminal Procedure, Legal Analysis and Writing, Legal Research, and Computer Research. She has taught writing skills in Torts, Contracts, Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Real Property. She has expertise in curriculum and course development. She was previously a sole practitioner in California. She is a former officer in the U.S. Air Force and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review at the University of La Verne College of Law, where she graduated cum laude. She is a licensed Real Estate Broker in California and Florida. Education: B.A., California State University; J.D., University of La Verne College of EJD Disclosure Page 6 of 23

7 Law. Deena DeGenova Professor DeGenova teaches the First Year Curriculum- Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts as well as Criminal Procedure. In addition to working at Concord she is a staff attorney in the Criminal Division of the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Pasco County, Florida, where she concentrates on post-conviction motions. Prior to working as a staff attorney she was an appellate attorney for the Office of the Attorney General in Tampa; in private practice in the areas of family law and bankruptcy; and an assistant attorney general in the area of dependency law. Education: J.D., Pace University School of Law Courses: Contracts, Torts, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure State Bar Membership: Florida James Dodge Professor Dodge began teaching at Concord Law School in 2000, and teaches courses in wills and trusts, contracts, criminal law, torts and real property. Prior to teaching at Concord, he taught in paralegal and legal studies programs in traditional colleges. A former prosecutor and former assistant attorney general (Illinois), Professor Dodge also serves in the Illinois Senate President s Office as Deputy Counsel to the Senate President, where he is part of a multi-year project to re-write and modernize Illinois Criminal Code and Code of Corrections. His publications include Limited Liability Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Under Illinois Law (both published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education). Education: B.S., University of Illinois; J.D., Southern Illinois University School of Law Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts; Real Property; Wills & Trusts State Bar Membership: Illinois Lynn Feldman In addition to his teaching at Concord, Professor Feldman maintains a solo practice in appellate law. He also is an adjunct professor of law at UWLA School of Law teaching Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Legal Research and Writing. Selected publications include: Alabama v. White: Further Erosion of Fourth Amendment Rights, 22 UWLA L. Rev. 255 (1991). Education: B.S., University of Kansas; J.D., University of West Los Angeles School of Law Courses: Criminal Procedure, Community Property Joel W. Friedman Professor Friedman is the Jack M. Gordon Professor of Procedural Law & Jurisdiction Tulane law School where he also directs the Tulane-ITESM Ph.D. Program. He is the editor of Employment Discrimination Stories for West Publishing, as well as many casebooks, articles, and treatises in the areas of labor law, employment discrimination, and civil procedure Education: B.S., Cornell University, J.D., Yale University Courses: Employment Discrimination Richard Hermann Professor Hermann has been an attorney career counselor for more than 30 years. He co-founded Federal Reports, Inc., a legal career information and consulting firm whose offerings included He sold the business to Thompson Reuters in He is the author of six books and a frequent speaker on law and legally-related employment at conferences such as NALP (National Association of Law Placement), EJD Disclosure Page 7 of 23

8 national and state bar associations, and law schools across the country. Previously, he was an attorney with the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense, and the General Accounting Office, and a legal consultant to numerous U.S. government departments and agencies on national security law, personnel & employment law, and human resources matters. The Legal Career Management course he developed and teaches for Concord is the first law school program in the nation to offer a structured approach to managing a legal career. Pending approval, he will also be co-teaching Concord s new The Future of Law Practice course with Professor Shaun Jamison. Education: B.A., Yale University; M.A., New School University; J.D., Cornell Law School Courses: Legal Career Management; The Future of Law Practice (pending) State Bar Membership: New York, District of Columbia Douglas Holden Professor Doug Holden has taught at Concord Law School since His law practice is limited to areas of Business Law, Estate Planning, Probate, Asset/Protection Planning and Securities. Professor Holden has been responsible for faculty and curriculum development work at Concord and has extensive experience in online education. Education: B.S., Regis College; J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, Corporations, Advocacy State Bar Membership: Colorado Robert Hull and Associate Dean of Academics Professor Hull writes extensively on legal topics, and his substantive law guides and practice materials have been used by law students and practitioners nationwide. He is a cum laude graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law and has taught for 20 years. His expertise includes curriculum development and writing testing materials. Education: B.A., San Diego State University; J.D., University of San Diego School of Law. Courses: Corporations, Arizona, Missouri, Nevada Shaun Jamison and Assistant Dean of Information Services Professor Jamison's law practice experience includes estate planning, small business, real estate, criminal defense and family law. Dr. Jamison formerly worked for Thomson-West legal publishers, most recently as manager of Westlaw inside account management & telephone training. He taught undergraduate legal courses in both face-to-face and online formats. His most recent continuing education presentations include panel discussions on law firm innovation and the future of general practice. Education: B.S., National College; J.D., University of North Dakota. Ph.D., Capella University Courses: Real Property, Evidence, Legal Research State Bar Membership: Minnesota Mary Jensen In addition to teaching Legal Analysis & Writing at Concord, Professor Jensen serves as an adjunct professor of legal writing at BYU, where she received her law degree. She maintains an active legal practice specializing primarily in adoptions, estate planning, and business organizations. Education: B.A., MLS & J.D., Brigham Young University Courses: Legal Analysis & Writing State Bar Membership: Utah EJD Disclosure Page 8 of 23

9 Andrea L. Johnson In addition to her work with Concord, Professor Andrea Johnson is a Professor at California Western School of Law where she teaches Business Organization, Telecommunications, Business Planning, and Administrative Law, and directs the CWSL Center for Intellectual Property, Technology & Telecommunications. Professor Johnson previously worked in business management and economic development in Washington D.C., where she also served as the Assistant Corporation Counsel; and in corporate litigation for a Wall Street firm. Her recent articles on telecommunications have been published in journals such as Journal of Law and Education, Law and Technology Journal, and Rutgers Law Journal. Education: B.A., Howard University; J.D., Harvard Law School. Courses: Business Planning Scott Johnson Scott F. Johnson is a with Concord Law School at Kaplan University. He is also a Hearings Officer with the New Hampshire Department of Education. Professor Johnson was previously in private practice with a focus in administrative law, constitutional law, education law, and health law. While in practice, he was involved in a number of precedent setting cases including Claremont v. Governor, the case establishing that all New Hampshire students have a constitutional right to an adequate education. He frequently appeared before administrative agencies, trial courts, and appellate courts. He is a member of the United States Supreme Court bar. Professor Johnson is the author of a number of articles and books in various areas of law including two casebooks in the education law area. He frequently presents at various professional development and continuing education programs and conferences including the Education Law Institute's Annual Conference. Publications: Education Law:A Problem Based Approach, 2nd Edition, with Sarah E. Redfield, Lexis- Nexis Publishing(2013) Special Education Law, 5th Edition, with Laura Rothstein, Sage Publications (2013) Administrative Agencies: A Comparison of New Hampshire and Federal Agencies History, Structure and Rulemaking Requirements, 4 Pierce L. Rev. 435 (2006) Preventing Physical Restraints in Schools: A Guide for Parents, Educators & Professionals, Education Law Resource Center (2005) Focus on Equality Shifts to Adequacy as Brown v. Board Turns 50, Vol. 34 Your School and the Law Issue 34 (2004). New Hampshire Special Education Law Manual: A Guide for Parents, Educators, Advocates & Attorneys, NHEdLaw, LLC (2003). Reexamining Rowley: A New Focus in Special Education Law, Vol 2 BYU Education and Law Journal 561 (2003). Bragdon v. Abbott: Analysis and Implications for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Other Disabilities, 40 New Hampshire Bar Journal 1 (1999). HB 117: The State's Plan to Fund Educational Adequacy is Too Little Too Late, Vol 2. Issue 3 New Hampshire Law Bulletin (June 1999). Suing Under the Americans With Disabilities Act or Seeking Disability Benefits: A Hobson's Choice for People With Disabilities. Vol. 6, No. 1 Journal of Individual Employment Rights 49 ( ). Opening Up Attorney Disciplinary Proceedings: Here comes the sun. It s all right? 37 New Hampshire Bar Journal 10 (1996). Education: B.A. University of North Carolina at Charlotte, J.D. Franklin Pierce Law Center Courses: Administrative Law, Education Law, Health Law, Civil Procedure EJD Disclosure Page 9 of 23

10 State Bar Membership: New Hampshire Marc Jones Professor Jones is an attorney with the Department of Homeland Security in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division. In addition to litigating criminal immigration cases administratively in Immigration Court, he also prosecutes criminal immigration matters in federal district court, as well as argues criminal immigration appeals in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Previously, he served on active duty with the Air Force for 10 years in the JAG Corp, where he was a criminal litigator. Although most experienced in the Air Force as a criminal defense attorney, he served both as a prosecuting attorney and a defense attorney. He has also worked at both the trial and appellate levels. Education: B.A. Northeastern Illinois University; J.D., Howard University; LL.M., George Washington University. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts; Procedure, Evidence State Bar Membership: Illinois, Indiana Criminal Mark Kaufman Rob Landry Mark B. Lehnardt Professor Kaufman has extensive experience with the criminal justice system both as a trial attorney and as teacher. As a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, he has worked at the trial and appellate level on a wide range of family, criminal and poverty/welfare law issues. He has taught at Villanova University School of Law, where he developed a cooperative clinical education program, and at Widener University in its criminal justice program. Education: B.A.; J.D., University of Maryland. Courses: Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure State Bar Membership: Pennsylvania, Maryland Dr. Landry holds a B.S. degree from the University of North Alabama and the J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from The University of Alabama, where he served as the lead articles editor on the Journal of the Legal Profession. Dr. Landry also holds a Master of Public Administration from Jacksonville State University and a Ph.D. in Public Administration and Public Policy from Auburn University. Following law school, he served as Law Clerk to the Honorable James S. Sledge, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Alabama and he then entered private practice. Since 1996, Dr. Landry has practiced primarily in the bankruptcy, commercial and business law. He currently serves as an Assistant U.S. Bankruptcy Administrator for the Northern District of Alabama and is an Adjunct Instructor in the College of Commerce and Business Administration at Jacksonville State University where he teaches courses covering business law, business ethics and real estate law. Dr. Landry has published numerous articles dealing with bankruptcy law, ethics and public policy in journals such as the Mississippi Law Journal, Mercer Law Review, Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives, Memphis Law Review, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal and the Journal of the Legal Profession. Education: B.S., University of North Alabama; J.D., University of Alabama School of Law; M.P.A., Jacksonville State University; Ph.D., Auburn University. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts; Real Property State Bar Membership: Alabama Mark B. Lehnardt was an attorney for the U.S. Department of Commerce for three and a half years. At the Department of Commerce, he advised the Import Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and reviews. His advice includes on-site counseling at official verifications in the Republic of Indonesia and the People s Republic of China. While at the Department of Commerce, Mr. Lehnardt represented the United States in international trade matters, including litigation at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the World Trade Organization, advising the Office of Textile Agreements with regards to the textile provisions of the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement and the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. He also served as a member of the Import Administration s EJD Disclosure Page 10 of 23

11 delegation to the WTO's Antidumping Committee, evaluating the antidumping and countervailing duty laws of several foreign countries for compliance with the Agreement on the Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994, the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and the Agreement on Safeguards. Mr. Lehnardt also worked in-house at a multinational corporation overseeing the international corporate, international trade, and Latin America legal affairs, including travel to Venezuela and Mexico to resolve litigation matters and government investigations into the actions of the subsidiary and independent distributors. Among international trade matters he handled, Mr. Lehnardt resolved U.S. customs matters, advised the company on anti-boycott provisions, and authored and trained company employees on the company s foreign corrupt practices act compliance policy. Mr. Lehnardt worked for a law firm in Lima, Peru, lived for two years in Spain, and has traveled for business and pleasure throughout the world, including Switzerland, Mexico, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, French Polynesia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel, Jordan, and Egypt. He speaks fluent Spanish. Education: B.A., Brigham Young University, Provo; J.D. cum laude, J. Reuben Clark Law School (BYU) Courses: International Trade Law State Bar Membership: U.S. Court of International Trade, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming Edward Martin Visiting Professor of Law Professor Martin teaches Cyberlaw and Products Liability at Concord. He is a Professor at Cumberland School of Law, where he teaches Torts, Damages, Professional Responsibility, and several other courses in addition to Products Liability. A law professor since 1981, he is the author of Premises Liability Law and Practice (five volumes, Matthew Bender & Co., ); Personal Injury Damages (John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1980); and several other works, including co-authorship of Torts: Cases, Problems and Exercises (LexisNexis 4th edition 2013). Professor Martin is a CALI Remedies Fellow, and has authored and taught a number of online courses at Cumberland, including Products Liability and the Endangered Species Act. Education: B.S. University of Tennessee ; J.D. University of Tennessee;Research editor and assistant editor, Tennessee Law Review Courses: Products Liability and Cyberlaw State Bar Membership: Tennessee Jerry A. Menikoff Professor Menikoff holds a joint law and public policy degree from Harvard University, and a medical degree from Washington University. He currently works in the federal Office for Human Research Protections, Department of Health and Human Services, and has an appointment with the Bioethics Department in the Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health. He has previously taught at the University of Kansas schools of Medicine and Law, Harvard University s program in ethics and the professions, the University of Chicago School of Law, Hofstra University School of Law, and University of Akron School of Law. He researches and writes extensively on bioethics, ethical issues within the practice of medicine, ophthalmology, tax, and other health care areas. Education: A.B., Harvard College; J.D. and M.P.P., Harvard University and Kennedy School of Government; M.D., Washington University (St. Louis) School of Medicine. Courses: Health Care Policy State Bar Membership: New York Niki Mirtorabi Professor Mirtorabi is a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Law where she was the Managing Editor of the Women s Law Journal. She currently holds a position as in house Counsel for Aetna Life Insurance Company where her main area of focus is group life insurance. Education: B.A. University of California, Los Angeles; J.D. University of Southern EJD Disclosure Page 11 of 23

12 California School of Law; C.P.D. Wharton University of Pennsylvania Courses: California Community Property; Legal Writing and Test Taking Edward Monsour Professor Monsour has extensive teaching experience in the taxation field. In addition to his Concord courses, he has taught at Southwestern Law School, Golden Gate University and the University of California, Irvine in its Graduate School of Management. He has also taught numerous taxation programs for accounting professionals. Education: B.A., M.B.A, Cleveland State University; CPA; J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Courses: Federal Taxation, Real Property, Constitutional Law State Bar Membership: Ohio State Bar Membership: Ohio Meredith Muller and Assistant Dean of Faculty Professor Muller is a full-time professor and Assistant Dean of Faculty at Concord Law School. She has taught 1L courses in Contracts, Torts, and Criminal Law since the Spring of 2000 and manages the school s bar review program for students sitting for the California Bar s First Year Law Students Exam. She also periodically teaches Intellectual Property. Prior to joining the law school, Professor Muller served as a legal editor for Lexis/Nexis, as a staff attorney for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, and as a litigator in private practice. Professor Muller also teaches graduate level courses in Business Law at Georgia State University. Education: B.A., Berry College; J.D., Stetson University College of Law. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts Intellectual Property State Bar Membership: Florida, Georgia Carole Peterson and Assistant Dean of Students Dean Peterson double majored in journalism and political science and served as editor-in-chief of the award winning Daily Trojan at the University of Southern California. She attended law school at USC as well. Her legal career began as a litigator with White & Case, before she became a federal prosecutor with the United States Attorney's Office in the Central District of California. She worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for more than ten years, prosecuting hundreds of cases in the areas of narcotics, gang violence, crimes against children and counter-terrorism. She has also written numerous appellate briefs and argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Back at USC, she has served as an adjunct professor for the School of Law, teaching Trial Advocacy. More recently, she has worked as a litigator, representing counties in civil suits brought against law enforcement officials. Education: B.A., University of Southern California; J.D., University of Southern California School of Law. and Tennessee Timothy Pleasant Professor Pleasant is in private practice concentrating primarily on criminal defense work. During law school, he was a Federal Judicial Intern for the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. He also has taught history, ethics, and political science at undergraduate and graduate levels and was a commissioned officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. Education: B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.S.S.I., Defense Intelligence College, J.D., Stetson University College of Law. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts, Criminal Procedure, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law State Bar Membership: Colorado EJD Disclosure Page 12 of 23

13 Melissa Racki Assistant Dean of Students Dean Racki has practiced as a plaintiff s attorney, representing clients with Social Security Disability, ERISA, personal injury, and workers compensation claims. She Specialized in Social Security and ERISA administrative hearings and appeals, and Assisted in the preparation of the ERISA course outline and materials taught at Stetson University College of Law. She also worked as a Social Security law clerk for the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, drafting orders, and Reports and recommendations for eight U.S. Magistrates. Dean Racki has been with Concord since Education: B.A., University of Maryland European Division; J.D., Stetson University College of Law State Bar Membership: Florida Kathleen Reagan Professor Reagan was an assistant district attorney for eight years. During that time she prosecuted criminal cases, trained and supervised attorneys, and was chief of family protection unit. In addition to her Concord responsibilities, Professor Reagan is a sole practitioner of a law firm in Quincy, MA engaged in the general practice of law. Professor Reagan is on the Board of Directors of the American College of Equine Attorneys. Education: B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., Tulane Law School. Courses: Legal Research, Evidence & Criminal Procedure, Equine Law State Bar Membership: Massachusetts Vanessa Rollins Professor Rollins began her law career as an associate with Workman, Nydegger & Seeley in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she focused on patent and trademark prosecution. She later joined the firms of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner in Palo Alto, Calif., and Parsons Behle & Latimer in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she concentrated her practice in the areas of patent litigation, trademark oppositions and domain name disputes. She has taught courses in Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law, Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, Patent Law and Contract Law, and coached several moot court teams for the state of Michigan competition and the annual intellectual property-focused Giles Rich Moot Court Competition. In addition, Professor Rollins has been an assistant at Ave Maria School of Law, an adjunct at Michigan State University School of Law, and most recently she was a visiting at Wayne State University School of Law. Her publications include: Illustrative Fair Use: Braun versus the Bunny, 13 Marquette I.P. L. Rev. 285 (2009); and If It Walks Like Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck, Shouldn t It Be a Duck? How a Functional Approach Ameliorates the Discontinuity Between the Primary Significance Tests for Genericness and Secondary Meaning, 37 N.M. L. Rev. 147 (2007). Professor Rollins worked as a molecular biologist before entering the legal profession. Education: BS, University of Utah; JD University of Notre Dame School of Law Course: Intellectual Property, Utah Diane Schussel Professor Schussel has worked in the area of affordable housing in Chicago and the Southeast. In addition to teaching legal writing, she taught art history at the undergraduate level prior to joining Concord. Education: B.B.A., University of Georgia-Athens; J.D., Emory University School of Law; M.A., University of Alabama-Birmingham Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts State Bar Membership: Georgia, Illinois EJD Disclosure Page 13 of 23

14 Robert Schwartz Professor Schwartz has been on the faculty at the University of New Mexico since Professor Schwartz is a nationally recognized scholar in the area of Bioethics which he teaches at Concord. He is one of five authors of "Health Law: Cases, Materials and Problems," the first textbook that treated Health Law as a subject when it was first published in 1987 and the leading Health Law textbook in the United States. Education: B.A., Stanford; J.D., Harvard Law School Courses: Bioethics State Bar Membership: New Mexico, New York Christine Seymour Professor Seymour maintains, in addition to her work with Concord, an active practice in the areas of real estate, wills and estates, municipal law, school law and civil litigation concerning construction contracts negotiations, construction liability, consumer law, employment discrimination, civil rights, premises liability, professional liability, products liability, and personal injury. Professor Seymour has represented national department stores, school districts, municipalities and other local government agencies in litigation involving civil rights defense, employment discrimination, personal injury and premises liability. She has tried more than sixty cases to verdict in both first and second chair capacity and served as solicitor to municipalities, school districts and municipal authorities. Since 2010, she has served as a Hearing Officer for the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. Education: B.A. cum laude, Washington & Jefferson College ; J.D. Duquesne University School of Law. Courses: Real Property, Wills and Trusts State Bar Membership: Pennsylvania Stacey Sharp Assistant Dean of Students and Director of EJD Student Affairs Before coming to Concord Law School, Dean Sharp practiced medical malpractice defense, representing doctors and insurance companies in Southern California. She also worked for BarPassers and West Bar Review, where she helped hundreds of law school students successfully pass the California Bar Exam. In addition to her duties as Assistant Dean of Students and the Director of the EJD Program at Concord, she continues her passion for helping students pass the Bar Exam in Concord's Bar Mentoring Program, specifically designed for the repeat taker. She also ushers in new students in the Fundamentals Program and follows their progress and performance during their tenure at Concord. Education: B.A., University of Southern California; J.D., Thomas Jefferson School of Law. Angela Slater Professor Slater obtained her Juris Doctorate from New York University (NYU) School of Law, where she received two American Jurisprudence Awards. She has practiced law extensively in the area of civil litigation for nearly 20 years. She has devoted her private practice to litigation, with an emphasis on complex scientific pharmaceutical, medical device, and toxic tort litigation. She has significant experience in Food and Drug administration (FDA) related litigation issues. Professor Slater has been a litigation director for a number of law firms. She is a past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Products Liability and Toxic Tort Section, and has been an active speaker at various New Jersey Bar continuing legal education programs. She also is an elected member of the International Association of Defense Counsel, and has been active through the years in various ABA committees. Professor Slater has lectured nationally on topics related to complex product liability actions including FDA issues, admissibility of expert scientific and medical testimony, and preemption. She has represented major pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in state and federal actions, both locally and nationally. Education: B.A., Montclair State University, summa cum laude; J.D., New York University School of Law. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts. Civil Procedure State Bar Membership: New Jersey, District of Columbia EJD Disclosure Page 14 of 23

15 Deena Sturm As an associate at Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, Professor Sturm has experience in a wide variety of intellectual property matters including drafting and prosecuting patent applications, preparing patent invalidity and non-infringement opinions, and participation in patent and trademark litigations. Professor Sturm's work has primarily focused on clients in the software and mechanical fields. She has also worked on matters related to other areas, including surgical devices, electronic management systems, foreign language learning systems, and entertainment and media matters. Publications: Deena R. Sturm, Foreign Use of a Mark May Establish Trademark Priority in the U.S., 13:5 The Intellectual Property Strategist 3-6 (2007). Howard J. Shire & Deena R. Sturm, Fair Use: Lawful Use of Another s Trademark, World Trademark Yearbook (2006). Education: B.S., York University; J.D. Cardozo School of Law Courses: Patent Application Drafting State Bar Membership: New York Andrew Tallmer and Dean of Faculty Professor Tallmer has been involved in the public policy arena for much of his career including teaching and development of legal training for public safety agencies at the North Carolina Justice Academy. He has worked as Assistant Deputy Director at the New York City Mayor s Office of Operations. He is also an experienced trial attorney having worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Nassau County, New York. Professor Tallmer has also worked as an attorney for the New York City Police Department. He has taught various law-related courses at undergraduate institutions. Education: B.A., Union College of Union University; J.D., Albany Law School. Courses: First Year Curriculum Contracts, Criminal Law, Torts State Bar Membership: North Carolina, New York Kiyoko Tatsui and Associate Dean of Administration Prior to joining Concord, Dean Tatsui spent several years with the State Bar of California managing the Office of Client Relations and the Client Security Fund. Dean Tatsui has done numerous CLE programs, both during her tenure at the State Bar and when she worked for the Los Angeles County Municipal Courts. She is active in local bar affairs. Education: A.B. University of California, Los Angeles; J.D. University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall) Jeffrey Van Detta Professor Van Detta was the Editor-in-Chief of his alma mater's Law Review, clerked for Judge Roger J. Miner on the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ( ), and then was in private practice for 12 years at an international law firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. In his practice, Professor Van Detta concentrated on international business counseling, federal court litigation, labor law under the NLRA and RLA, and employment discrimination law. In 1997, two years after becoming a partner in his firm, Martindale-Hubble bestowed on him its highest rating, A-V for his lawyering skills and his ethics. Professor Van Detta's work with Concord dates back to November He has published extensively in the law reviews on a wide spectrum of subjects. His co-authored article, Rethinking Liability for Vaccine Injuries, 19 Cornell J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 537 (2010)(with Joanna Apolinksy), was cited in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, 562 U.S. (Feb. 22, 2011). Professor Van Detta is a member of the tenured faculty of Atlanta's John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia, where he also serves as Associate Dean for Scholarship. Since 2005, he has served as a member of the State Bar of Georgia's Formal Advisory Opinion Board. Education: B.A., Union College (summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Robert G. O'Neale Prize For The Highest Standing In Classics); J.D., Albany Law School (cum laude; Justinian Academic Honor Society; Editor-in-Chief, Albany Law Review, Volume 51); LL.M., Foreign & Comparative Law, University of London (in progress; expected ). Courses: Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Conflict of Laws, Contract Drafting, Corporations EJD Disclosure Page 15 of 23

16 State Bar Membership: Georgia; New York Victoria Vidt Assistant Dean of Students Victoria Vidt is an Assistant Dean of Students at Concord Law School, advising first year students and second year students in the JD division. In addition to working at Concord, she is currently an Assistant Public Defender in the Appellate Division at the Public Defender's Office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she represents indigent defendants on an appellate level. Prior to working as an appellate attorney, she was a law clerk in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, the intermediate appellate court for Pennsylvania, and also worked as a contract attorney in private practice. Dean Vidt received her J.D. from the Duquesne University School of Law, where she graduated cum laude from the evening division and was a member of the Law Review. Dean Vidt published "That Eyewitness of Yours... Is His Identification Reliable?", found in Volume 1, Issue 2 of The Defender, August 1, She served as Editor of The Defender from Currently, she serves as Chair of the Criminal Opinion Publication Committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association. Education: B.A., University of Pittsburgh; J.D., Duquesne University School of Law State Bar Membership: Pennsylvania Terry L. Watt Professor Watt is a Director in the Tulsa firm of Feller Snider, P.C., in the IP group and a thrice-elected member of the firm's governing Executive Committee. His practice includes trademark, copyright and patent law and litigation, with particular focus on computer and software law. He is a registered patent attorney, and an Adjunct Professor at the College of Law, University of Tulsa. Education: B.A., University of Tulsa, Mathematics; M.A., Princeton University, Statistics; Ph.D., University of Tulsa, Geophysics; M.B.A., University of Tulsa, Finance; J.D., University of Tulsa. Courses: Patent Law Fundamentals, Patent Claim Drafting, Patent Application Drafting State Bar Membership: Oklahoma Admitted to Practice: Northern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Jane Wise Professor Wise is a full time faculty member with Concord and teaches Legal Analysis and Writing. She also serves an adjunct faculty member at Brigham Young University Law School, where she teaches legal research and writing in the advocacy program. She writes and publishes in law journals and is a presenter at legal writing conferences. While at the University of Utah Law School, she was the winner of the moot court competition. Education: B.A. and B.F.A. University of Utah; J.D., University of Utah Courses: Legal Analysis & Writing State Bar Membership: Utah EJD Disclosure Page 16 of 23

17 Deans Emeriti Barry Currier Dean Emeritus & Barry Currier became the Dean of Concord Law School in June He brought to the position more than 30 years of experience in legal education and the legal profession that helped Concord Law School of Kaplan University continue the growth in quality and reputation that was established by founding Dean Jack Goetz. Dean Currier earned his B.A. from U.C.L.A. in 1968 and his J.D. from the University of Southern California in He served as a law clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Thereafter, he practiced law at Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles, California. Dean Currier began his law teaching career at the University of Kentucky College of Law in He spent a year as a visiting faculty member at Duke Law School ( ) and a semester as a visiting faculty member at Monash University Faculty of Law in Melbourne, Australia (1985). From 1977 to 1996 he was a member of the faculty at the University of Florida College of Law. There he was Associate Dean ( ), Acting Director of the Graduate Tax Program ( ), Professor of Law ( ) and Associate ( ). From 1996 until 2000, Dean Currier served as Dean and Professor Law at Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. His academic areas of interest are land finance, land use planning, real property, and income taxation. In 2000, Dean Currier became Deputy Consultant on Legal Education at the American Bar Association; located in Chicago, Illinois, the position he left to become the Dean at Concord. At the ABA, Dean Currier worked closely with the Consultant on Legal Education and the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, the recognized accrediting agency for J.D. programs in the United States, on the law school approval and review process. He worked with various committees of the Section, including the Accreditation Committee, Standards Review Committee, and Bar Admissions Committee, on matters and projects of significance for legal education and the legal profession in the United States. Dean Currier is a member of the Order of the Coif, the American Law Institute, and the Urban Land Institute. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He has served on the Board of Directors of The Access Group, a company in the student loan business that is the major private lender to law students in the United States. Dean Currier became Dean Emeritus and on March 15, Education: B.A., U.C.L.A., J.D. University of Southern California Jack R. Goetz Dean Emeritus The founding Dean of Concord Law School, Dean Goetz is a recognized expert in the field of online learning. His vision and expertise contributed greatly to the creation of Concord in 1998, and its subsequent growth. Dean Goetz has been active with the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) serving on the Board of Trustees, on a Task Force on Assessment of Learning Outcomes, as Chair of the Business Standards Committee, as well as Vice Chair of the Educational Standards Committee. In April 2002, the DETC recognized Dean Goetz with their Distinguished Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to the advancement of distance education. The Board of Bar Governors of the State Bar of California appointed Dean Goetz to a three-year term as a member of the Law School Council, which advises the Committee of Bar Examiners on various law school education matters. Dean Goetz also serves as a member of the State Bar of California's Ad-hoc Task Force for Online Education, which is evaluating Internet legal education. Education: B.A., San Diego State University; J.D., Boston University School of Law; M.B.A., Pepperdine University EJD Disclosure Page 17 of 23

18 Small Business Practice LLM Program Developers and s Bios Daniel Bogart Daniel B. Bogart is the Donley and Marjorie Chair in Real Estate Law at the Chapman University School of Law and a specialist in the area of commercial leasing. He is the co-author of several text books, including Commercial Leasing, A Transactional Primer, the only law school text devoted to the subject. Bogart is also a contributing editor of Friedman on Leases (Randolph Edition), the leading treatise on commercial leasing practice. Bogart s scholarly articles have appeared in the UCLA Law Review, the American Bankruptcy Law Journal, and the Pittsburgh Law Review, among others. He is a Fellow of both the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. Professor Bogart is also an elected member of the American Law Institute. He received his B.A. (1982), J.D. (1986) and M.A. in Economics (1986) from Duke University. Education: B.A., Duke University; M.A., Duke University; J.D., Duke University School of Law State Bar Membership: Georgia Jared D. Correia Jared D. Correia, Esq., is Law Practice Management Advisor at LOMAP. Prior to joining LOMAP, he was the Publications Attorney for the Massachusetts Bar Association ( MBA ). He was the first Publications Attorney for the MBA, and established the continuing legal education publication protocols and standards. In addition to overseeing the MBA s CLE Publications, he also managed the MBA s version of Casemaker, an online legal research product provided free of charge to MBA members. Prior to joining the MBA, Mr. Correia was a private practice attorney, working in the areas of general practice and disability law, in small firms on the Southcoast, North of Boston and just outside of Boston. Mr. Correia s general practice encompassed a diverse range of legal subjects, including the handling of administrative hearings, personal injury law, family law, tax law and property law matters. Mr. Correia is active in raising funds for cancer research and has founded a charitable organization to benefit autistic children. Education: Suffolk University Law School, JD Saint Anselm College, Bachelor s Rodney S. Dowell Rodney S. Dowell is the Director of the Law Office Management Assistance Program ( LOMAP ) which assists Massachusetts attorneys to implement and institutionalize professional office practices and procedures to increase their ability to deliver high quality legal services, strengthen client relationships, and enhance their quality of life. LOMAP s free and confidential assistance is provided through its consulting services, reference materials, educational programs, and referrals. He is a frequent lecturer on law practice management issues including presentations on law office technology, starting a new law office, improving client selection, terminating client relationships, law office finance, data security, and time management. This year he has lectured at that ABA s TECHSHOW, the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, and the Women s Bar Association, among others. He has authored articles for ABA s Law Practice Magazine, the ABA LPM s e-zine Law Practice Today, the MBA and the BBA. This year he is the co-chair Massachusetts Bar Association s Law Practice Management Section and an active participant in the American Bar Associations Law Practice Management Section, where he is an editor of the Law Practice magazine. Prior to starting LOMAP, he was a founding partner at the litigation firm of Berman & Dowell, , where he focused on employment law, tort defense, including attorney malpractice, and insurance coverage. Since graduating from Cornell Law School in 1989, he has been a civil litigator in both Massachusetts and Colorado. His undergraduate degree is from his home state s flagship university, the University of Colorado, Boulder (1985). EJD Disclosure Page 18 of 23

19 Education: B.A., Duke University; M.A., Duke University; J.D., Duke University School of Law State Bar Membership: Colorado, Massachusetts David Epstein Program Developer David Epstein divides his time between practicing law and teaching law. He is currently of counsel to the Haynes and Boone law firm and the George E. Allen Chair of Law at the University of Richmond. Previously, he was a partner in the Atlanta based law firm, King & Spalding, dean of two different law schools, and professor or visiting professor at 12 other law schools. He has authored and coauthored books on bankruptcy, creditors rights and other subjects and regularly lectures on bankruptcy topics at continuing legal education programs and continuing judicial education programs around the country. Education: B.A., University of Texas; J.D., University of Texas; LL.M., Harvard Law School State Bar Membership: Texas Jon M. Garon Professor Garon joined Hamline in 2003, serving as the law school s ninth dean from In he also served Hamline as Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Management. He is a nationally recognized authority on intellectual property, particularly entertainment practice, copyright law, cyberspace, and intellectual property entrepreneurship. Garon is the author of Own It The Law & Business Guide to Launching a New Business through Innovation, Exclusivity and Relevance, a concise and readable overview of the IP law issues related to starting a business and building it on IP. He began teaching full time in 1993 at Western State University College of Law in Orange County, California. There he taught all aspects of business law, entertainment, and intellectual property. He served as chairperson on the curriculum committee and served as founding president of the Western State Law Foundation. From 1996 to 1998, he served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. From 1999 to 2001, he was on the Dean's Advisory Board, and from 1998 to 2001, he was a member of the Entrepreneurial Law Center Advisory Board. In 2000, he joined the Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire, where he taught business law, entertainment law, and copyright. While in New Hampshire, he served as Chairperson of the New Hampshire Film Commission. Garon also has extensive practice experience. From 1988 to 1989, he worked at Shea & Gould and its successor firm Myerson & Kuhn in Los Angeles, California, specializing in entertainment law, film financing, recording agreements, business formation, and copyright and trademark licensing. From , he ran a solo practice in Laguna Beach, California, where he practiced a wide range of entertainment, corporate, and transactional law. From , he worked for Hawes & Fischer, in Newport Beach, California, facilitating growth of its entertainment law practice, and negotiating and drafting software development, multimedia, and music agreements. In 2000, he joined the law firm of Gallagher, Callahan, and Gartrell, where he remains an of counsel member of the firm. He has extensive practice experience in the areas of entertainment law, business planning, copyright, software licensing, data privacy and security, and trademark law. Professor Garon has written numerous books and articles, including The Independent Filmmaker s Law & Business Guide to Financing, Shooting, and Distributing Independent and Digital Films (A Cappella Books, 2d Ed. 2009); Own It The Law & Business Guide to Launching a New Business through Innovation, Exclusivity and Relevance (Carolina Academic Press 2007); Entertainment Law & Practice (Carolina Academic Press 2005) (supplement 2007); and Theater Law: Cases and Materials (Carolina Academic Press 2004) (co-author). Professor Garon s academic articles include Content, Control and the Socially Networked Film, for the Brandeis Law Journal, Reintermediation, for the International Journal of Private Law, Playing in the Virtual Arena: Avatars and Identity Reconceptualized through Virtual Worlds and Computer Games for Chapman Law Review, What if DRM Fails?: Seeking Patronage in the iwasteland and the Virtual O, for the Michigan State Law Review, Acquiring and Managing Identity Interests, for the new Entertainment Law Review at University of Florida, Normative Copyright: A Conceptual Framework for Copyright Philosophy & Ethics for Cornell Law Review, Entertainment Law, for the Tulane EJD Disclosure Page 19 of 23

20 Law Review. Education: B.A., University of Minnesota; J.D., Columbia University School of Law State Bar Membership: New Hampshire, California, Minnesota Stephanie Kimbro Program Developer Stephanie Kimbro, MA, JD, has operated a Web-based virtual law office in North Carolina since 2006 and delivers unbundled estate planning to clients online. She is the recipient of the 2009 ABA Keane Award for Excellence in elawyering and has won the Wilmington Parent Magazine Family Favorite Attorney Award five years in a row for her virtual law office. Her book, Virtual Law Practice: How to Deliver Legal Services Online, was published by the ABA/LPM in October, She is also the co-founder of Virtual Law Office Technology (VLOTech), which was acquired by Total Attorneys in the fall of Education: B.A., Centre College; J.D., University of Dayton School of Law; M.A., Miami University Courses: Virtual Law Practice State Bar Membership: North Carolina M. Ellen Murphy Program Developer Ellen Murphy is the Program Director for Concord s Small Business Practice LL.M., as well as the developer and professor for the law school s Cross Profession Ethics course. Prior to joining Concord Law School, Ellen served as the Executive Director for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers (LCL), a private, non-profit assistance program, serving the Massachusetts bar and bench. While at LCL, she helped develop and establish Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program, which assists solo and small firm lawyers in establishing and institutionalizing best office practices and procedures, including the use of emerging technologies. Ellen is a graduate of Wake Forest University School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Immediately after graduation, she served as a clerk to the Honorable Frank J. Magill, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Fargo, ND, followed by several years in private practice, where she represented public and private pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations in commercial business transactions. Education: B.S., North Carolina State University; J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law Courses: Comparative Professional Ethics State Bar Membership: North Carolina EJD Disclosure Page 20 of 23