Full-Time Faculty
Deans
Richardson Lynn
Dean and Professor of Law
rlynn@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 102
Courses Taught: Appellate Advocacy; Civil Procedure; Intellectual Property
Education:
B.A., Abilene Christian University
J.D., Vanderbilt University
Kevin Cieply
Associate Dean of Academics and Associate Professor
kcieply@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 264
Courses Taught: International Criminal Law; Criminal Law; Contract Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Negotiations; Art of Advocacy; Trial Advocacy
Education:
B.S., Northern Kentucky University, magna cum laude
J.D., University of Notre Dame
LL.M., The Judge Advocate General’s School, United States Army, Honor Graduate
Fellowship, Senior Military College Fellow, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Sheryl E. Harrison
Associate Dean of Students and Assistant Professor
sharrison@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 112
Courses Taught: Business Organizations; Contracts; Legal Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II
Education:
B.S., North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University,summa cum laude
M.B.A., Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University
J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cum laude, Order of the Coif
Jeffrey A. Van Detta
Professor & Associate Dean for Scholarship
jvandetta@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 160
Courses Taught: International Business Transactions & Writing Seminar; International Civil Litigation; Conflict of Laws; Contracts; Jurisprudence & Writing Seminar; Employment Discrimination Law; LL.M. 475 (Investigating and Litigating Employment Law Cases); LL.M. 851 (International Civil Litigation in United States Courts)
Education:
B.A., Union College, summa cum laude
J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, cum laude
Full-Time Faculty
K. Lee Adams
Associate Professor
ladams@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 273
Courses Taught: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Education:
B.A., Georgia State University, magna cum laude
J.D. University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Colf
Joanna Apolinsky
Associate Professor
japolinsky@johnmarshall.edu(404) 872-3593 Ext. 156
Courses Taught: Business Organizations; Torts
Education:
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., Georgia State University of Law, cum laude
Anthony Baker
Professor of Law
abaker@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 253
Courses Taught: Criminal Law, American Legal History
Education:
A.B., Duke University
J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law
LL.M., University of Wisconsin Law School
M. Scott Boone
Associate Professor
Courses Taught: Property, Administrative Law, Professional Responsibility, and Appellate Advocacy
Education:
B.S., Texas Christian University
J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center
LL.M., Temple University School of LawAlea Brown
Associate Professor
abrown@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 296
Education:
B.A., University of Michigan
J.D., Northeastern University
Robert Brown
Associate Professor
rbrown@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 282
Courses Taught: Contracts; Consumer Law
Education:
B.A., Morehouse College
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen Burch
Associate Professor
kburch@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 105
Courses Taught: Civil Liberties Seminar; Constitutional Law; Legal Drafting; Micronesian Externship Program; Trial Advocacy
Education:
B.A., Rosary College, cum laude
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude
Stephen Camp
Associate Professor
scamp@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 246
Education:
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
J.D., University of Virginia
Beckett Cantley
Associate Professor
bcantley@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 279
Courses Taught: Real Property; Federal Income Taxation; Estate Planning; Corporate Taxation
Education:
B.S., University of California at Berkeley
J.D., Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California, cum laude
LL.M., University of Florida College of Law
Vickie Carlton-Sadler
Assistant Professor
vcarlton-sadler@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 191
Education:
B.A., University of Alabama
J.D., Mercer University School of LawKevin Cieply
Associate Dean of Academics and Associate Professor
kcieply@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 264
Courses Taught: International Criminal Law; Criminal Law; Contract Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Negotiations; Art of Advocacy; Trial Advocacy
Education:
B.S., Northern Kentucky University, magna cum laude
J.D., University of Notre Dame
LL.M., The Judge Advocate General’s School, United States Army, Honor Graduate
Fellowship, Senior Military College Fellow, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Kevin Conboy
Associate Professor
kconboy@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 295
Education:
B.A., LeMoyne College
J.D., University of Georgia
Rebecca Cummings
Associate Professor
Courses Taught: Estate Planning; Wills, Trusts & Estates; Transactional Drafting
Education:
B.A., Emory University
J.D., William & Mary School of Law,
Robert D’Agostino
Professor
rdagostino@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 101
Courses Taught: Agency; Business Organizations; Finance & Fraud; Payment Systems; Professional Responsibility; Sales & Secured Transactions
Education:
B.A., Columbia University
M.A., Columbia University
J.D., Emory University
Kimberly Williams D’Haene
Assistant Dean for Academic Achievement
kdhaene@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 123
Courses Taught: Academic Support Programming; Advanced Bar Studies
Education:
B.A., Spelman College, Atlanta GA, cum laude
J.D., University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor MI
Kari Mercer Dalton
Associate Professor
Courses Taught: Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure
Education:
B.A., Boston College
J.D., Loyola University School of Law, cum laude
Helen de Haven
Associate Professor
hdehaven@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 161
Courses Taught: Arbitration; Evidence; Labor Law; Public International Law; Public Sector Labor Law; Real Property; Remedies; Trial Advocacy
Education:
B.A., New College J.D., University of Tennessee College of Law, Order of the Coif
Brandy Domengeaux
Assistant Professor
bdomengeaux@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 284
Courses Taught: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis; Transactional Drafting
Education:
B.A., Winston-Salem State University, magna cum laude
J.D., Southern University Law Center, cum laude
Andrea Doneff
Associate Professor
adoneff@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 254
Courses Taught: ADR & Writing, Mediation, Civil Procedure, Legal Writing, Research, and Advocacy
Education:
B.A., Emory University, high honors
M.A., Emory University
J.D., Emory University School of Law, with distinction, Order of the Coif
LaTisha Faulks
Visiting Associate Professor
lfaulks@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 292
Courses Taught: J.D., Rutgers University School of Law
B.A., Columbia College, cum laude, cum honorea
Patrice Fulcher
Associate Professor
pfulcher@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 128
Courses Taught: Criminal Law; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I, II & III; Pretrial Practice & Procedure; Trial Advocacy; Criminal Procedure
Education:
B.A., Howard University
J.D., Emory University School of Law
Jace C. Gatewood
Associate Professor
jgatewood@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 268
Courses Taught: Business Organizations; Real Property
Education:
A.B., Georgetown University
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
James Alec Gelin
Associate Professor
jgelin@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 288
Courses Taught: Legal Writing, Research and Analysis; Trial Advocacy and Writing
Education:
B.A., Amherst College, magna cum laude
J.D., Duke University School of Law, With HonorsSheryl E. Harrison
Associate Dean of Students and Assistant Professor
sharrison@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 112
Courses Taught: Business Organizations; Contracts; Legal Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II
Education:
B.S., North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University,summa cum laude
M.B.A., Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University
J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cum laude, Order of the Coif
Elizabeth M. Jaffe
Associate Professor
ejaffe@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 266
Courses Taught: Client Interviewing & Counseling; Depositions; Legal Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure
Education:
B.A., Emory University, magna cum laude
J.D., Washington University School of Law
Neva Browning Jeffries
Assistant Professor
bjeffries@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 155
Courses Taught: Legal Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure; Business Organizations
Education:
A.B., Duke University, cum laude
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law
Lucille Jewel
Associate Professor
ljewel@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 126
Courses Taught: Advanced Appellate Advocacy; Client Interviewing & Counseling; Entertainment Law; Legal Drafting; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure; Trial Advocacy
Education:
B.A., Columbia University
J.D., Tulane University School of Law, cum laude
Liza Karsai
Associate Professor
lkarsai@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 256
Courses Taught: Advanced Evidence; Evidence; Torts
Education:
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, summa cum laude
Michael B. Kent, Jr
Associate Professor
mkent@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 269
Courses Taught: Local Government Law; Professional Responsibility; Real Property; Wills, Trusts & Estates; Scholarly Legal Writing & Editing
Education:
B.A., University of Alabama, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, magna cum laude, Order of the Coif
Allison Kort
Associate Professor
Education:
B.A., University of Wisconsin
J.D., University of Texas School of Law
Bruce Luna
Assistant Professor
Courses Taught: Legal Writing, Research & Advocacy I and II, Transactional Drafting, Professional Responsibility and Sales and Secured Transactions
Michael Lynch
Director of Law Library and Professor
mlynch@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 108
Courses Taught: Contracts
Education:
Ph.B., University of Detroit
M.Libr., Emory University
J.D., University of MichiganRichardson Lynn
Dean and Professor of Law
rlynn@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 102
Courses Taught: Appellate Advocacy; Civil Procedure; Intellectual Property
Education:
B.A., Abilene Christian University
J.D., Vanderbilt University
Suparna Malempati
Associate Professor
smalempati@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 134
Courses Taught: Legal Writing, Research & Analysis I & II, Trial Advocacy
Education:
A.B., Dartmouth College
J.D., George Washington University
Lance McMillian
Associate Professor
lmcmillian@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 124
Courses Taught: Constitutional Law; Law Office Management; Torts; Depositions
Education:
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Phi Beta Kappa J.D., University of Georgia, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif
Michael Mears
Associate Professor
mmears@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 272
Courses Taught: Advanced Criminal Procedure; Advanced Evidence; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Evidence
Education:
B.S., Mississippi State University
M.A.T., Mississippi State University
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law
Rodney Miller
Assistant Professor
rmiller@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 271
Education:
B.A., University of Michigan
J.D., University of Pittsburgh
Kelly Casey Mullally
Associate Professor
kmullally@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 133
Courses Taught: Intellectual Property; Patent Law; Torts
Education:
B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, with highest honors
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, summa cum laude
Michael D. Oeser
Associate Professor
moeser@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 115
Courses Taught: Legal Writing I & II; Transactional Drafting; Business Organizations
Education:
B.A., University of Houston
J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School
LL.M., University of Wisconsin Law School
Jonathan Rapping
Associate Professor
jrapping@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 159
Courses Taught: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure
Education:
B.A., University of Chicago, cum laude
M.P.A., Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
J.D., George Washington University National Law Center
Timothy Saviello
Associate Professor
tsaviello@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 110
Courses Taught: Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; and Evidence
Education:
B.S., University of Florida
J.D., University of Notre Dame
Stephanie Stephens
Associate Professor
sstephens@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 299
Education:
B.S., United States Military Academy
J.D., University of Virginia
Lovita Tandy
Associate Professor
Itandy@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 258
Courses Taught: Contracts; Remedies; Transactional Drafting
Education:
A.B., Harvard/Radcliff College
J.D., Duke University School of Law
Lisa Durham Taylor
Associate Professor
Itaylor@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 142
Courses Taught: Civil Procedure; Employment Law; Contracts; Cutting Edge Issues in Employment Law
Education:
B.A., Cornell University
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif
Lisa Tripp
Associate Professor
ltripp@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 275
Courses Taught: Health Care Law; Remedies; Torts
Education:
B.S., East Carolina University, magna cum laude
J.D., George Washington University Law School, cum laude
Renata Turner
Director of Pro Bono and Experiential Learning and Associate Professor
rturner@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 251
Courses Taught: Domestic Violence; Externships
Education:
B.A., University of Georgia
J.D., University of Southern California Law CenterJeffrey A. Van Detta
Professor & Associate Dean for Scholarship
jvandetta@johnmarshall.edu404-872-3593 Ext. 160
Courses Taught: International Business Transactions & Writing Seminar; International Civil Litigation; Conflict of Laws; Contracts; Jurisprudence & Writing Seminar; Employment Discrimination Law; LL.M. 475 (Investigating and Litigating Employment Law Cases); LL.M. 851 (International Civil Litigation in United States Courts)
Education:
B.A., Union College, summa cum laude
J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, cum laude
