Deans and Full-Time Faculty

Deans

  • Jace C. Gatewood

    Jace C. Gatewood

    Dean and CEO

    jgatewood@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2601

    Courses 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

    Judith Barger

    Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor of Law

    jbarger@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2653

    Courses 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

    M. Scott Boone

    Associate Dean of Assessment and Academic Performance and Associate Professor of Law

    sboone@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2638

    Courses 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

    Scot Goins

    Assistant Dean of Academic Achievement and Bar Success and Associate Professor of Legal Practice

    sgoins@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2652

    Education:

    B.S., University of Georgia, First Honor Graduate, summa cum laude, with highest honors

    J.D., New York University School of Law


  • Sheryl Harrison

    Sheryl Harrison

    Associate Dean of Student Affairs

    sharrison@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2681

    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


  • Rebecca Milter

    Rebecca Milter

    Assistant Dean of Admissions and Recruitment

    rmilter@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2620

    Education:

    B.A., University of Georgia


  • Erika Walker-Cash

    Erika Walker-Cash

    Associate Dean of Academic Administration and Associate Professor of Law

    ewalker-cash@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2659

    Courses 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

    K. Lee Adams

    Associate Professor

    ladams@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2647

    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 Coif


  • Joanna Apolinsky

    Joanna Apolinsky

    Associate Professor

    japolinsky@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2641

    Courses 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

    Judith Barger

    Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Professor of Law

    jbarger@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2653

    Courses 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

    M. Scott Boone

    Associate Dean of Assessment and Academic Performance and Associate Professor of Law

    sboone@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2638

    Courses 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

    Robert Brown

    Associate Professor

    rbrown@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2649

    Courses Taught:

    Contracts, Consumer Law


    Education:

    B.A., Morehouse College
    J.D., University of Pennsylvania


  • Kathleen M. Burch

    Kathleen M. Burch

    Professor

    kburch@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2631

    Courses 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

    Vickie Carlton

    Associate Professor

    vcarlton-sadler@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2600

    Education:

    B.S., University of Alabama

    J.D., Mercer University


  • Kari Mercer Dalton

    Kari Mercer Dalton

    Associate Professor

    kdalton@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2644

    Courses Taught:

    Legal Research, Writing & Analysis I & II; Pretrial Practice & Procedure; Negotiations


    Education:

    B.A., Boston College
    J.D., Loyola University School of Law, cum laude


  • Kristen Files

    Legal Writing Instructor

    kfiles@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-

    Courses Taught:

    Legal Writing


    Education:

    J.D., Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School

    B.A., Emory University


  • Jennifer Giles

    Legal Writing Instructor

    jgiles@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-

    Courses Taught:

    Legal Writing


    Education:

    J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law

    B.A., Heidelberg College, cum laude


  • Elizabeth M. Jaffe

    Elizabeth M. Jaffe

    Associate Professor

    ejaffe@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2637

    Courses 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

    Browning Jeffries

    Associate Professor

    bjeffries@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2636

    Courses 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

    Bruce Luna

    Associate Professor

    bluna@johnmarshall.edu

    Courses 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

    Michael Lynch

    Director of Law Library and Professor

    mlynch@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2661

    Courses Taught:

    Contracts


    Education:

    Ph.B., University of Detroit
    M.Libr., Emory University
    J.D., University of Michigan


  • Suparna Malempati

    Suparna Malempati

    Associate Professor

    smalempati@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2646

    Courses 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

    Lance McMillian

    Associate Professor

    lmcmillian@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2634

    Courses 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

    B. Michael Mears

    Associate Professor

    mmears@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2632

    Courses 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 Law


  • Jennifer Neal-Jones

    Legal Writing Instructor

    jnjones@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-

    Courses 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

    Sharon Phillips-Biondini

    Assistant Professor of Legal Practice

    sphillips@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2648

    Education:

    B.A., Georgia State University

    J.D., Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, magna cum laude


  • Jonathan Rapping

    Jonathan Rapping

    Professor of Law, Director of Criminal Justice Certificate Program

    jrapping@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2642

    Courses 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

    Nicholas Smith

    Assistant Professor of Legal Practice and Assistant Director of Academic Achievement and Bar Success

    nsmith@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2635

    Education:

    B.A., Carson-Newman University

    J.D., Western New England University School of Law


  • Jeffrey A. Van Detta

    Jeffrey A. Van Detta

    John E. Ryan Professor of International Business and Workplace Law, Professor of Law

    jvandetta@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2633

    Courses 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 laude


  • Erika Walker-Cash

    Erika Walker-Cash

    Associate Dean of Academic Administration and Associate Professor of Law

    ewalker-cash@johnmarshall.edu

    (678) 916-2659

    Courses 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