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Jayne Reardon, a former trial lawyer and counsel the ARDC Review Board, serves as Executive Director of the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Promoting the Commission’s mission to improve professionalism, civility, and inclusion in the …

Course Portfolio: International Business Negotiations Jay Gary Finkelstein, a partner at DLA Piper LLP (US), has practiced corporate and securities law for over 30 years, focusing on international and domestic negotiated transactions, mergers and …

Janice Rosa served for nearly 20 years in the New York Judiciary, on both the Family Court and the Supreme Court trial courts. While on the bench she was the Supervising Judge of the Family Courts for the 8th Judicial District’s eight counties (10 …

Chief Judge Janice Davidson was a Senior Advisor to the IAALS Honoring Families Initiative . Previously, she sat on the Colorado Court of Appeals for twenty-five years before retiring in 2013; she served as Chief Judge of the court since 2003. She …

Janet Drobinske is a senior executive legal assistant who supports our civil justice and family justice projects, as well as other special projects across our focus areas. She came to IAALS in March 2014 after working for many years at a Denver-area …

Studley was appointed as a deputy under secretary of education in the U.S. Department of Education in September 2013. She oversees the department's second-term higher education agenda. Studley focuses on issues such as accreditation and college pricing, …

James Gilbert is a Board certified Civil Trial Attorney (National Board of Trial Advocacy) and  Fellow of the American College of Trial Attorneys. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 1969, and after a hitch in the United …

Course Portfolio: Litigation and Transactional Immersions James E. Moliterno is the Vincent Bradford Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law. He has a leadership role in W&L’s third year curriculum reform. For 21 years prior to …

James M. Lyons is a senior partner at Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP. He is the senior trial lawyer in the firm focusing on complex business litigation and arbitration of all types, including corporate, securities, and competition law. He also has …

James (Jim) Sandman is Chair of IAALS’ Board of Advisors and Chair of IAALS’s Executive Committee, and President Emeritus of the Legal Services Corporation, the largest funder of civil legal aid in the United States. Sandman was President of LSC from 2011 …

Mr. Bender served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of WPX and as a member of the board of directors of WPX Energy, Inc. (WPX: NYSE) from December 2013 to May 2014. He also was Chairman of the Board of Directors of APCO Oil and Gas …

Judge Jack Zouhary is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He was nominated for the position by President George W. Bush in December 2005. Judge Zouhary was previously in private practice …

Isabella Banks is a Justice Sector Advisor at The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law (HiiL).  After graduating from Wesleyan University in 2015, she spent a year independently researching restorative justice practices outside of the U.S. as part of the …

Hunter Metcalf joined IAALS in February 2015 as an Intern and Online Contributor, working on projects for all initiatives. Metcalf is currently pursuing his J.D. and is a second-year law student at the University of Colorado Law School. IAALS …

Hugh Gottschalk has handled a myriad of cases in his 30-year litigation career, including contract disputes, franchise matters, environmental torts, professional and product liability cases, and trade secret, patent, copyright, and trademark infringement …

Howard J. Markman, Ph.D. is a John Evans Distinguished Professor of Psychology of the University of Denver and the Co-Director of the Center for Marital and Family Studies, one of the leading couples research center in the country. He is one of the most …

Course Portfolio: Property Professor Burgess joined the Charlotte School of Law from Hofstra University School of Law. Before joining the faculty of Hofstra University School of Law, Professor Burgess served as an Adjunct Faculty member and Research …

Heather Bock, PhD, is the Chief Professional Development Officer for Hogan Lovells US LLP and oversees associate and partner training and development. She facilitates learning and development initiatives across the firm and is responsible for enhancing …

H. Thomas Wells, Jr., is a partner and founding member at Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC, in Birmingham, Alabama. Wells served as president of the American Bar Association in 2008-09. He has served on numerous committees and in leadership roles in the Alabama …

Guillermo Mayer became President & CEO of Public Advocates Inc. in November 2013 after serving for more than 9 years on the organization’s legal team. There, he specialized in litigation and advocacy to improve public transportation services in low-income …