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Cooley Faculty at Grand Rapids
May 2009
Visiting Professor Sherry Batzer
Public Sector Law Clinic, Access to Justice Clinic, Interviewing & Counseling
batzers@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Curt Benson
Evidence, Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, General Practice Externship
bensonc@cooley.edu
Assistant Dean and Assistant Professor Tracey Brame
Moot Court, Access to Justice Clinic
bramet@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Paul Carrier
Property I, Property II, European Union Law, Advanced Practice Skills – International Law, Modern International Contract Law and Practice, Jessup International Moot Court Competition Team, Co-Director Foreign Study in Toronto Program
carrierp@cooley.edu
Assistant Professor Bradley Charles
Research and Writing, Introduction to Law, General Practice Externship, ARC Faculty Advisor
charleb@cooley.edu
Associate Professor and Clinic Director Cindy E. Faulkner
Access to Justice Clinic, Public Sector Law Clinic
faulknec@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Heather Garretson
Contracts I, Contracts II, Sales & Negotiable Instruments
garretsh@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Marjorie Gell
Taxation, Tax Research & Argument Technique (LL.M.)
gellm@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Christopher G. Hastings
Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Comparative Procedure (Michigan)
hastingc@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Tonya Krause-Phelan
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Defending Battered Women
krausept@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Paul K. Marineau
Wills, Estates & Trusts, International Tax – Outbound, Taxation
marineap@cooley.edu
Professor Dena M. Marks
Contracts I, Contracts II, Sales & Negotiable Instruments, Research & Writing, Advanced Research & Writing, Scholarly Writing
marksd@cooley.edu
Professor John H. Marks
Torts I, Torts II, Equity & Remedies, Workplace & Employment Discrimination, Legal Research & Writing, Advanced Legal Research & Writing, Intraschool Moot Court, National Moot Court
marksj@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Jeffrey Martlew
Pretrial Skills, Trial Skills
martlewj@cooley.edu
Associate Dean and Professor Nelson P. Miller
Torts I, Torts II, Professional Responsibility, No-Fault Insurance, Tax-Exempt Organizations, Health Law, Advanced Professional Ethics, Workplace & Employment Discrimination Law
millern@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Michael Molitor
Business Organizations, Securities Regulation, Wills, Estates and Trusts
molitorm@cooley.edu
Professor James M. Peden
Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Terrorism and the Law, International Criminal Law
pedenj@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Donald K.S. Petersen
Property II, Secured Transactions, Sports and Entertainment Law
petersed@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Devin S. Schindler
Constitutional Law I, Constitutional Law II, Terrorism and the Law
schindld@cooley.edu
Visiting Professor Paul Shagen
Constitutional Law I
shagenp@cooley.edu
Assistant Professor Jane M. Siegel
Research & Writing
siegelj@cooley.edu
Associate Professor Paul T. Sorensen
Torts I, Torts II, Contracts I, Equity & Remedies, General Practice Externship
sorensep@cooley.edu
Assistant Professor Victoria Vuletich
Professional Responsibility
vuleticv@cooley.edu
Assistant Professor Derek Witte
Contracts I
witted@cooley.edu
Faculty News
March 2009 - April 2009
Sherry Batzer
Professor Batzer started a pro-bono mini-clinic at the Ferguson Apartments for mentally challenged adults residents.
Curt Benson
During the month of March 2009, Professor Benson was cited in the Detroit News on perjury charges against a retired judge, prosecutor, and two police officers, and featured on WOOD-TV speaking about drug charges against a Grand Rapids Press columnist.
Tracey Brame
Assistant Dean Brame was elected to the Grand Rapids Bar Association Board of Trustees.
Paul Carrier
On March 5, 2009, students from the Grand Rapids International Law Society joined Professor Carrier for a Rotary luncheon with speaker and former Grand Rapids native Gillian Martin Sorensen, Senior Advisor/National Advocate at the United Nations Foundation.
Brad Charles
Professor Charles had a co-authored article 'Meeting the Carnegie Report's Challenge to Make Legal Analysis Explicit' accepted for publication by the prestigious Journal of Legal Education.
Paul Marineau
Professor Paul Marineau was appointed to the Board of Review in Douglas, Michigan, by the Douglas City Council for a term expiring on Jan. 1, 2010.
John Marks
Professor Marks made a presentation at a premises liability forum sponsored by the Michigan Association for Justice, and wrote a paper on the subject that was included in the MAJ publication for the event.
Nelson Miller
Associate Dean Miller has two articles published in May's edition of the Michigan Bar Journal, one on anticipated changes in tort law, 'Now What? Steadying Tort Law's Pendulum," and one on legal education, 'Preserving Law School's Signature Pedagogy and Great Subjects.' He is also a co-author of 'Meeting the Carnegie Report's Challenge to Make Legal Analysis Explicit' just accepted for publication by the prestigious Journal of Legal Education."
Don Petersen
Professor Petersen is having published chapters on “Understanding Intangible Assets” and “Valuation of Intangible Assets” in Cyber Liability & Insurance: Managing the Risks of Intangible Assets. Prof. Petersen is
Devin Schindler
Professor Schindler's article, "Never Events, Quality of Care and the Continued Federalization of Malpractice" was accepted for publication by the Quinnipac Health Law Journal.
Victoria Vuletich
Professor Vuletich spoke at the State Bar of Michigan's Representative Assembly on April 18, 2009, regarding a proposed court rule that would amend an attorney's ability to solicit prospective clients by mail.
Derek Witte
Professor Witte presented oral argument before the Kansas Court of Appeals on April 7, on the issue of whether an arbitration contract had been validly formed and whether it was enforceable under Kansas and federal law. On April 13, Prof. Witte provided expert commentary to WOOD-TV 8 Evening News regarding the possible effects of a GM bankruptcy. On April 16, Prof. Witte provided expert commentary for WZZM 13 News relating to the news story, “GM Retirees Worry about Possible Bankruptcy,” for Channel 13's print and broadcast editions.
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