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The Honorable Paul J. De Muniz was elected to the Oregon Supreme Court in 2000 and served as the court’s chief justice and administrative head of the Oregon Judicial Department from January 2006 to May 2012, retiring from the court at the end of 2012. …

Paul C. Saunders retired from his position as Of Counsel in Cravath’s Litigation Department in December 2014. He retired from his former position of Partner of the Firm on August 27, 2010, and was named Of Counsel in the same year. Mr. Saunders is a …

Pamela Gagel worked with IAALS beginning in January 2006, and worked on projects within each of the initiative areas. Gagel served as a Denver District Court magistrate from June 1995 to December 1998 and as an Arapahoe County District Court magistrate …

Nick Catanzarite earned his JD, along with an MA in International Studies, from the University of Denver in November 2011. He was admitted to the Colorado Bar in May of 2012 and soon after joined Peters Mair Wilcox. In January 2015, Catanzarite was …

Nathaniel Baca works as a manager at IAALS, supporting its mission to forge innovative and practical solutions to problems within the legal system. Additionally, his work focuses on creating bridges across content and project areas for the benefit of the …

Natalie Anne Knowlton was an advisor on regulatory innovation at IAALS and is Co-Founder of Access to Justice Ventures, LLC. She formerly served as the Director of Special Projects at IAALS, leading the organization’s work in family justice and regulatory …

Nancy Ver Steegh, J.D., M.S.W., is a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she teaches courses on family law, domestic violence, family law residency, and family mediation. Her publications include articles exploring …

Professor Myra Berman is the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning and the Director of the Collaborative Court Programs at the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. Professor Berman is a relative newcomer to legal education, having attended …

Course Portfolio: Louisiana Civil Law of Persons (Family Law) Monica Hof Wallace is the Dean Marcel Garsaud, Jr., Distinguished Profess of Law at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Professor Wallace joined the law faculty in 2002 after …

Mitch Morrissey was elected District Attorney of Denver, Colorado in November 2004 and was sworn into office on January 11, 2005. Mr. Morrissey is internationally recognized for his expertise in DNA technology, applying that technology in criminal …

Michelle Morley serves as a Circuit Court Judge in the Fifth Circuit, Sumter County, assigned to family, dependency, delinquency, probate, guardianship, and mental health matters as well as other civil matters. She graduated from Stetson University …

Professor Michele Pistone is a Professor of Law and directs and teaches the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES). She founded the Law School’s in-house Clinical Program, which she built and directed for nine years. …

Michael W. Smith is a partner and serves as chairman of the firm and its Executive Committee, and is head of the Litigation section. He joined the firm following a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Robert R. Merhige, Jr., Judge, United States District …

Michael O'Donnell is a founder and the chairman of Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell. His national litigation practice focuses on complex civil litigation involving product liability, professional liability, torts, class actions and mass actions, commercial …

Course Portfolio: Copyright Law Professor Madison writes and teaches about intellectual property law and policy, and about questions concerning the production and distribution of knowledge and innovation. He is the author of more than 30 journal articles …

Course Portfolio: Contracts I and II Dean Schwartz can tie his interest in legal education reform to a moment, years ago, when his wife mocked him. She came to visit his contracts class and, after offering mostly positive feedback, made a statement that …

Michael Houlberg is the Director of Special Projects at IAALS, focusing on family justice and regulatory reform work, and promoting greater accessibility, efficiency, and fairness to everyone involved in the legal system. Michael leads our Allied Legal …

Meryl Justin Chertoff is Executive Director of SALPAL, the Georgetown Program on State and Local Government Policy and Law. Formerly, she was Executive Director of The Aspen Institute’s Justice and Society Program. From 2006-2009, Ms. Chertoff was …

Course Portfolio:  Health Rights Clinic Medical Legal Partnership Melissa Swain earned a B.A. in 1998 from College of the Holy Cross and a J.D. in 2006 from the University of Miami School of Law. Prior to returning to the University of Miami School of Law …

Melinda Taylor serves as Clerk of Court of the Denver Juvenile Court. Previously, she was Training Coordinator for the Colorado Office of the Child’s Representative after having served as executive director of the Resource Center for Separating and …