Deans
Jace C. Gatewood
Dean and CEO
jgatewood@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Business Organizations; Real Property; Wills, Trusts and Estates; Sales and Secured Transactions; Negotiations
Education:
A.B., Georgetown University
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Judith Barger
Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor of Law
jbarger@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Criminal Law, Seminar: Death Penalty and Writing
Education:
B.S., Wright State University, magna cum laude
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
M. Scott Boone
Associate Dean of Assessment and Academic Performance and Associate Professor of Law
sboone@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Property, Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, Copyright Law, Trademark Law, and Internet Law
Education:
B.S., Texas Christian University
J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center
LL.M., Temple University School of Law
Scot Goins
Assistant Dean of Academic Achievement and Bar Success and Associate Professor of Legal Practice
sgoins@johnmarshall.eduEducation:
B.S., University of Georgia, First Honor Graduate, summa cum laude, with highest honors
J.D., New York University School of Law
Sheryl Harrison
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
sharrison@johnmarshall.eduCourses 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
Rebecca Milter
Assistant Dean of Admissions and Recruitment
rmilter@johnmarshall.eduEducation:
B.A., University of Georgia
Erika Walker-Cash
Associate Dean of Academic Administration and Associate Professor of Law
ewalker-cash@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
LRWA I, LRWA II, Evidence, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Education:
B.A., Spelman College, cum laude
M.S.W., Clark Atlanta University, magna cum laude
J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law
Full-Time Faculty
K. Lee Adams
Associate Professor
ladams@johnmarshall.eduCourses 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 Coif
Joanna Apolinsky
Associate Professor
japolinsky@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Business Organizations; Torts; Agency; Conflicts of Law
Education:
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
J.D., Georgia State University of Law, cum laude
Judith Barger
Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor of Law
jbarger@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Criminal Law, Seminar: Death Penalty and Writing
Education:
B.S., Wright State University, magna cum laude
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
M. Scott Boone
Associate Dean of Assessment and Academic Performance and Associate Professor of Law
sboone@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Property, Professional Responsibility, Intellectual Property Law, Patent Law, Copyright Law, Trademark Law, and Internet Law
Education:
B.S., Texas Christian University
J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center
LL.M., Temple University School of Law
Robert Brown
Associate Professor
rbrown@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Contracts, Consumer Law
Education:
B.A., Morehouse College
J.D., University of Pennsylvania
Kathleen M. Burch
Professor
kburch@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Civil Liberties Seminar; Civil Procedure I and II; Constitutional Law I and II; Education Law; Legal Drafting; Legislation; Micronesian Externship Program; Trial Advocacy; Art of Advocacy; The Making of the Constitution; Law and Religion
Education:
B.A., Rosary College, cum laude
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, magna cum laude
Vickie Carlton
Associate Professor
vcarlton-sadler@johnmarshall.eduEducation:
B.S., University of Alabama
J.D., Mercer University
Kari Mercer Dalton
Associate Professor
kdalton@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure; Negotiations
Education:
B.A., Boston College
J.D., Loyola University School of Law, cum laudeKristen Files
Legal Writing Instructor
kfiles@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Legal Writing
Education:
J.D., Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
B.A., Emory University
Jennifer Giles
Legal Writing Instructor
jgiles@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Legal Writing
Education:
J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law
B.A., Heidelberg College, cum laude
Elizabeth M. Jaffe
Associate Professor
ejaffe@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Domestic Relations; Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure; Depositions
Education:
B.A., Emory University, magna cum laude
J.D., Washington University School of Law
Browning Jeffries
Associate Professor
bjeffries@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Transactional Drafting; Advanced Transactional Drafting; Contracts I & II; 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
Bruce Luna
Associate Professor
bluna@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Legal Writing, Research, Analysis I, Legal Writing, Research, Analysis II, Transactional Drafting, Sales and Secured Transactions, Securities Regulation, Professional Responsibility
Education:
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law
Michael Lynch
Director of Law Library and Professor
mlynch@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Contracts
Education:
Ph.B., University of Detroit
M.Libr., Emory University
J.D., University of Michigan
Suparna Malempati
Associate Professor
smalempati@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Trial Advocacy, Criminal Pretrial Advocacy, Legal Writing, Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Juvenile Law
Education:
A.B., Dartmouth College
J.D., George Washington University
Lance McMillian
Associate Professor
lmcmillian@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Torts, Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Constitutional Law Seminar, First Amendment Seminar, White Collar Crime, Domestic Relations, Depositions, Law Office Management, Remedies in Context, Scholarly Writing
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
B. Michael Mears
Associate Professor
mmears@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Evidence; Advanced Evidence; Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Criminal Law Ethics
Education:
B.S., Mississippi State University
M.A.T., Mississippi State University
J.D., University of Georgia School of LawJennifer Neal-Jones
Legal Writing Instructor
jnjones@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Legal Writing
Education:
J.D., Saint Louis University Law School
B.A., Saint Louis University
A.A., Florissant Valley Community College
Sharon Phillips-Biondini
Assistant Professor of Legal Practice
sphillips@johnmarshall.eduEducation:
B.A., Georgia State University
J.D., Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, magna cum laude
Jonathan Rapping
Professor of Law, Director of Criminal Justice Certificate Program
jrapping@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; Advanced Criminal Procedure; and Criminal Justice Lawyering
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
Nicholas Smith
Assistant Professor of Legal Practice and Assistant Director of Academic Achievement and Bar Success
nsmith@johnmarshall.eduEducation:
B.A., Carson-Newman University
J.D., Western New England University School of Law
Jeffrey A. Van Detta
John E. Ryan Professor of International Business and Workplace Law, Professor of Law
jvandetta@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
Required Courses Currently Taught: Contracts I & II (Day Division); Torts I & II (Evening Division); Scholarly Writing For Law Journal
Required Courses Recently Taught: Wills, Trusts, & Estates; Remedies In Context; Professional Responsibility; Civil Procedure
Elective Courses: Conflict of Laws; Employment Discrimination Law; International Business Transactions (IBT); International Civil Litigation In United States Courts; Jurisprudence; Labor Law; Payment Systems; The Art Of Advocacy Experiential Learning Seminar; Scholarly Writing (Law Journal)
Education:
B.A., Union College, summa cum laude
J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, cum laudeErika Walker-Cash
Associate Dean of Academic Administration and Associate Professor of Law
ewalker-cash@johnmarshall.eduCourses Taught:
LRWA I, LRWA II, Evidence, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Education:
B.A., Spelman College, cum laude
M.S.W., Clark Atlanta University, magna cum laude
J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law