Faculty by Expertise
Delaware Law faculty members are experts on a wide range of topics, including corporate governance and business law, civil law, constitutional law, criminal law, environmental law, family and health law, legal education/ethics, property/wills and trusts, and tax law.
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Corporate and Business Law
Bruce Grohsgal, JD
Helen S. Balick Professor, Business Bankruptcy Law
Expertise
- bankruptcy
- secured financing
Former Chair, Bankruptcy Section – Delaware State Bar Association, Wilmington, DE; Former Senior Fellow, Americans for Financial Reform, Washington, D.C.; admitted to Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York State law bars.
Lawrence A. Hamermesh, JD
Emeritus Professor, Corporate and Business Law
Expertise
- Delaware corporate law
- securities law
- business law
- mergers and acquisitions
Admitted to the Delaware State Bar.
Paul Regan, JD
Associate Professor, Law
Expertise
- corporate/business law and litigation
- contract law and litigation
Admitted to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware State law bars.
Luke M. Scheuer, JD, MA
Assistant Professor, Law
Expertise
- corporate law
- contracts
- mergers and acquisitions
- bankruptcy
- corporate finance
Admitted to the Massachusetts and New York State law bars.
Civil Law
Jean Macchiaroli Eggen, JD
Emerita Professor, Law
Expertise
- toxic substances litigation
- neuroscience and tort law
- asbestos
- tobacco litigation
- hazardous waste sites/landfills
- toxic exposures in the workplace
- prescription drug and medical device litigation
- nanotechnology and the law
- mass tort litigation
Author, Toxic Torts in a Nutshell. Admitted to the New York State Bar.
Patrick J. Johnston, JD
Associate Professor, Law
Expertise
- professional ethics
- federal civil procedure
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Mary Brigid McManamon, JD
Professor, Law
Expertise
- federal courts
- state's rights
- Federalism
- separation of powers
- sanctions in litigation
- complex litigation
- civil litigation
Admitted to the Ohio State Bar.
Thomas J. Reed, JD
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- trial practice
- evidence
- criminal law and procedure
- land use
- historic preservation
- Civil War history (military and legal)
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Indiana State law bars.
Keeshea L Turner Roberts, JD
Assistant Professor, Law
Expertise
- Access to Justice
- Civil Procedure
- Civil Trial Practice
- Domestic Violence
- Family Law
- Poverty Law
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.
Serena M. Williams, JD, LLM
Professor, Law
Expertise
- landlord/tenant law
- property law
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Constitutional Law
Erin Daly, JD
Professor, Law
Expertise
- transitional justice
- constitutional law
- comparative constitutional law
- First Amendment
Co-author, Reconciliation: Finding Common Ground in Divided Societies. Admitted to the California State Bar.
Alan E. Garfield, JD
Professor, Law
Expertise
- copyright law
- free speech
- church and state issues
Author, Promises of Silence: Contract Law and Freedom of Speech. Admitted to the New York and California State law bars.
David R. Hodas, JD, LLM
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- environmental law
- constitutional law
- energy and natural resources
- international environmental law
- climate change
- administrative law
- sustainable development
Vice Chair, ABA Special Committee on Global Climate and Sustainable Development. Board of Editors, Natural Resources and Environment. Member, IUCN-World Conservation Union Environmental Law Commission. Admitted to the Delaware State Bar.
James R. May, JD, LLM
Distinguished Professor, Law
Expertise
- environmental law
- international environmental law
- constitutional law
- federal courts/judges
Admitted to the Kansas and Pennsylvania State bars.
Mary Brigid McManamon, JD
Professor, Law
Expertise
- federal courts
- state's rights
- Federalism
- separation of powers
- sanctions in litigation
- complex litigation
- civil litigation
Admitted to the Ohio State Bar.
Laura K. Ray, JD, PhD
Emerita Professor, Law
Expertise
- U.S. supreme court
- judicial appointment process
Admitted to the Connecticut State Bar.
Criminal Law
H. Geoffrey Moulton Jr., JD
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- criminal law and procedure
- legal ethics
- defamation and privacy
- white collar crime
- U.S. Supreme Court
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Thomas J. Reed, JD
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- trial practice
- evidence
- criminal law and procedure
- land use
- historic preservation
- Civil War history (military and legal)
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Indiana State law bars.
Judith L. Ritter, JD
Professor, Law
Expertise
- criminal procedure and criminal law
- death penalty
- post-conviction
- clinical legal education
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York State law bars.
Leonard N. Sosnov, JD
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- criminal procedure
- criminal law
- evidence
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Environmental Law
Jean Macchiaroli Eggen, JD
Emerita Professor, Law
Expertise
- toxic substances litigation
- neuroscience and tort law
- asbestos
- tobacco litigation
- hazardous waste sites/landfills
- toxic exposures in the workplace
- prescription drug and medical device litigation
- nanotechnology and the law
- mass tort litigation
Author, Toxic Torts in a Nutshell. Admitted to the New York State Bar.
David R. Hodas, JD, LLM
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- environmental law
- constitutional law
- energy and natural resources
- international environmental law
- climate change
- administrative law
- sustainable development
Vice Chair, ABA Special Committee on Global Climate and Sustainable Development. Board of Editors, Natural Resources and Environment. Member, IUCN-World Conservation Union Environmental Law Commission. Admitted to the Delaware State Bar.
Kenneth T. Kristl, JD
Professor, Law; Director, Environmental and Natural Resources Law Clinic
Expertise
- environmental law
- clean water legal issues
- solid waste legal issues
- environmental litigation
- siting of liquefied natural gas terminals
- federal environmental policies, practices, procedures
- use of scientific data in the law
- legal issues of environmental science and data
- environmental aspects of land use (including zoning and planning)
- environmental issues of Marcellus Shale development
Admitted to the Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Illinois State bars.
James R. May, JD, LLM
Distinguished Professor, Law
Expertise
- environmental law
- international environmental law
- constitutional law
- federal courts/judges
Admitted to the Kansas and Pennsylvania State bars.
Family and Health Law
Francis J. Catania, Jr., JD
Associate Professor, Law
Expertise
- family law (marriage, divorce, child custody, child support, spousal abuse, adoption, etc.)
- professional responsibility/legal ethics
- clinical legal education
- judicial clerkships
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
John G. Culhane, JD
Professor, Law
Expertise
- civil liability
- torts and tort reform
- product liability
- HIV and the law
- public health issues
- the law of sexual orientation
- family law
Admitted to the New York State Bar.
Susan L. Goldberg, JD, LLM
Associate Professor, Law; Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Expertise
- bioethic
- assisted reproductive technology including in vitro fertilization
- genetic testing
- cloning
- organ transplantation
- informed consent
- end-of-life issues including advanced directives, assisted suicide, living wills, substituted decision-making
Author, Medical Choices During Pregnancy: Whose Decision is it Anyway? and Of Gametes and Guardians: The Impropriety of Appointing Guardians Ad Litem for Fetuses and Embryos. Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Dana Harrington Conner, JD
Director, Delaware Civil Clinic; Associate Professor, Law
Expertise
- violence against women
- domestic violence
- domestic violence homicides
- family law
- student practice
- professional responsibility
- ethical issues and the representation of battered women
- access to justice
Admitted to the Delaware State Bar.
Alicia B. Kelly, JD, LLM
Dean and Professor, Law
Expertise
- property law
- family law: economic rights between spouses, gendered nature of family work, impact of family law on women, tension between work and family law
Admitted to Pennsylvania and Colorado State law bars.
Keeshea L Turner Roberts, JD
Assistant Professor, Law
Expertise
- Access to Justice
- Civil Procedure
- Civil Trial Practice
- Domestic Violence
- Family Law
- Poverty Law
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.
Legal Education/Ethics
Dana Harrington Conner, JD
Director, Delaware Civil Clinic; Associate Professor, Law
Expertise
- violence against women
- domestic violence
- domestic violence homicides
- family law
- student practice
- professional responsibility
- ethical issues and the representation of battered women
- access to justice
Admitted to the Delaware State Bar.
Louise L. Hill, JD
Emerita Professor, Law
Expertise
- legal ethics
- legal profession
- marketing of legal services
- professional responsibility of lawyers
Author, Lawyer Advertising. Admitted to the Massachusetts, Ohio, and Pennsylvania State law bars.
Patrick J. Johnston, JD
Associate Professor, Law
Expertise
- professional ethics
- federal civil procedure
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Susan A. King, JD, MLS
Legal Methods Professor
Expertise
- legal research
- legal writing
Admitted to Pennsylvania State Bar.
Thomas J. Reed, JD
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- trial practice
- evidence
- criminal law and procedure
- land use
- historic preservation
- Civil War history (military and legal)
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Indiana State law bars.
Judith L. Ritter, JD
Professor, Law
Expertise
- criminal procedure and criminal law
- death penalty
- post-conviction
- clinical legal education
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York State law bars.
Property/Wills and Trusts
Leslie A. Johnson, JD
Associate Professor, Law
Expertise
- wills and estates
- property
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Alicia B. Kelly, JD, LLM
Professor, Law
Expertise
- property law
- family law: economic rights between spouses, gendered nature of family work, impact of family law on women, tension between work and family law
Admitted to Pennsylvania and Colorado State law bars.
Thomas J. Reed, JD
Emeritus Professor, Law
Expertise
- trial practice
- evidence
- criminal law and procedure
- land use
- historic preservation
- Civil War history (military and legal)
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Indiana State law bars.
Serena M. Williams, JD, LLM
Professor, Law
Expertise
- landlord/tenant law
- property law
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.