Duquesne Kline Law Faculty
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At the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University, we provide our faculty with a rich environment for teaching, research, scholarship, and service. You will benefit from their expertise from day one.
Duquesne Kline Leadership Team
April M. Barton
Dean and Professor of Law

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Katherine Norton
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law

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Ella A. Kwisnek
Associate Dean for Students and Associate Professor of Legal Skills

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Richard Heppner
Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship and Associate Professor of Law

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Full-Time Faculty

Steven Baicker McKee
Joseph A. Katarincic Chair of Legal Process and Civil Procedure and Associate Professor of Law

April M. Barton
Dean and Professor of Law

Dan Brean
Intellectual Property Expert in Residence

Hon. Thomas Corbett
Distinguished Executive in Residence

Kara Dempsey
Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education, Director of the Youth Advocacy Clinic, Tribone Center for Clinical Legal Education

Richard C. Gaffney
Associate Professor of Legal Skills

Lauren Gailey
Assistant Professor of Law

Ken Gormley
Chancellor and Professor of Law

Richard Heppner
Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship and Associate Professor of Law

Maryann Herman
Assistant Professor of Law

Wilson Huhn
Professor of Law

Rona Kaufman
Associate Professor of Law

Stephen Kaufman
Distinguished Faculty Fellow

Julie Graves Krishnaswami
Director of the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University’s Gormley Law Library and Assistant Professor of Law

Ella A. Kwisnek
Associate Dean for Students and Associate Professor of Legal Skills

Hon. Conor Lamb
Distinguished Lecturer of Law

Jan Levine
Professor of Law

Jacqueline Lipton
Associate Professor of Law

Ashley M. London
Director of Bar Studies and Associate Professor of Law

Gene Mazo
Associate Professor of Law, Associate Professor of Political Science

W. Thomas McGough
Distinguished Faculty Fellow of Law and Medicine

Martin McKown
Assistant Professor of Law

Marissa Meredith
Assistant Professor of Law

April Milburn-Knizner
Associate Director of Bar Studies and Assistant Professor of Legal Skills

Brian Miller
Assistant Professor of Law

Joseph Sabino Mistick
Associate Professor of Law

Megan E.K. Montcalm
Director of Academic Excellence and Assistant Professor of Legal Skills

Katherine Norton
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law

David Nows
Director of the JD/MBA Program and Assistant Professor of Law

Wesley M. Oliver
Law and Computing Program Director, Marie-Clement Rodier, C.Sp. Endowed Chair and Professor of Law

John Rago
Associate Professor of Law

Hon. Thomas Saylor
Chief Justice Emeritus and Kline Center Jurist-in-Residence

Hannah Schaffer
Clinical Fellow

Ann Marie L. Schiavone
Associate Professor of Law

Soo C. Song
Distinguished Faculty Fellow

Allison Ware
Clinical Director of Clinical Legal Education and Assistant Professor

Ryan Williams
Associate Professor of Law

Tara L. Willke
Director, Legal Research & Writing Program, Faculty Liaison & Advisor, Paralegal Institute, Associate Professor of Law
Emeritus Faculty

Robert Barker
Professor Emeritus

Nicholas Cafardi
Dean Emeritus

Martha Jordan
Professor Emerita

Hon. Maureen Lally-Green
Professor Emerita

Bruce Ledewitz
Professor Emeritus

Frank Yining Liu
Professor Emeritus

Jane Campbell Moriarty
Professor Emerita, Carol Los Mansmann Chair in Faculty Scholarship Emerita

Alfred Pelaez (In Memoriam)
Professor Emeritus

Nancy Perkins
Professor Emerita

Raymond Sekula
Professor Emeritus

Mark Yochum
Professor Emeritus
Adjunct Faculty

Joseph Alfe
Adjunct Faculty

Susan Barrett
Adjunct Faculty

Katie Butler
Adjunct Faculty

Thomas Cocchi
Adjunct Faculty

Robert Daley
Adjunct Faculty

Maria Ines De San Martin
Adjunct Faculty

Matthew Debbis
Adjunct Faculty

Hon. Jeffery Deller
Adjunct Faculty

Liz DeLosa
Adjunct Faculty

Jennifer DiGiovanni
Adjunct Faculty

Monsignor Lawrence A. DiNardo
Adjunct Faculty

Rebecca Edmiston
Externship and Pro Bono Supervising Attorney, Adjunct Faculty

Jeffrey Friedrich
Adjunct Faculty

William Generett, Jr., J.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Senior Vice President of Civic Engagement and External Relations

Pete Giglione
Adjunct Faculty

John Goetz
Adjunct Faculty

Alan Gordon
Adjunct Faculty

Rosalyn Guy-McCorkle
Adjunct Faculty

Hon. Thomas Hardiman
Adjunct Faculty

Elisabeth Healey, Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Provost for Regulatory Affairs and Applied Innovation, Adjunct Faculty

David Horrigan
Adjunct Faculty

Hon. Elliot Howsie
Adjunct Faculty

Jalila Jefferson-Bullock
Adjunct Faculty

Turahn Jenkins
Adjunct Faculty

Erin Karsman
Adjunct Faculty, Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University; Director, Thomas R. Kline Center for Judicial Education and Director, Appellate Moot Court Program

Kenneth Kilbert
Adjunct Faculty

Lauren Catalano Kochersperger
Adjunct Faculty

Carl Krasik
Adjunct Faculty

Robert Kravetz
Adjunct Faculty

Robert Krebs
Adjunct Faculty

Daniel Kunz
Adjunct Faculty

Gregory Landgraf
Adjunct Faculty

Jaime Latronica
Adjunct Faculty

Quinntarra Morant
Adjunct Faculty, Wills and Healthcare Decisions Clinic

Julian Neiser
Adjunct Faculty

Jacqulyn Obara
Adjunct Faculty

Stacie Patterson
Adjunct Faculty

Brazitte Poole
Adjunct Faculty

J. Matthew Pritchard IV
Adjunct Faculty

Sophie Robin-Olivier
Visiting Professor

Carmen Robinson
Adjunct Faculty

Adrian Roe
Adjunct Faculty

David Schramm
Adjunct Faculty

Samuel Simon
Adjunct Faculty

Marcy Smorey-Giger
Adjunct Faculty

Henry Sneath
Adjunct Faculty

Hon. David Spurgeon
Adjunct Faculty

Stacey Steiner
Adjunct Faculty

LeeAnn Syme
Adjunct Faculty

Samantha Tamburro
Adjunct Faculty

Hon. David Wecht
Adjunct Faculty

Randal Whitlatch
Adjunct Faculty
