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Albany Law School Faculty and Staff
 

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Administration

Thomas F. Guernsey
President and Dean; Professor of Law
tguer@albanylaw.edu

Connie M. Mayer
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs; Clinical Professor of Law
cmaye@albanylaw.edu

Robert T. Begg
Associate Dean and Director, Schaffer Law Library; Professor of Law
rbegg@albanylaw.edu

Patricia E. Salkin
Associate Dean and Director, Government Law Center; The Raymond and Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law
psalk@albanylaw.edu

James Thuo Gathii
Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship; Governor George E. Pataki Professor of International Commercial Law
jgath@albanylaw.edu

Joseph M. Connors
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Law Clinic & Justice Center
jconn@albanylaw.edu

Helen Adams-Keane
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
hadam@albanylaw.edu

Victor E. Rauscher
Vice President for Finance and Business
vraus@albanylaw.edu


Faculty

Pamela J. Armstrong
Lawyering Professor; Director, Lawyering Program
parms@albanylaw.edu

Ira M. Bloom
Justice David Josiah Brewer Distinguished Professor of Law
ibloo@albanylaw.edu

Vincent M. Bonventre
Professor of Law
vbonv@albanylaw.edu

Melissa Breger
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Family Violence Litigation Clinic
mbreg@albanylaw.edu

Raymond H. Brescia
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
rbres@albanylaw.edu

Bridgit M. Burke
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Civil Rights and Disabilities Law Clinic
bburk@albanylaw.edu

Christine Scarlata Chung
Assistant Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Securities Arbitration Clinic
cchung@albanylaw.edu 

J. Stephen Clark
Professor of Law
sclar@albanylaw.edu

Beverly Cohen
Professor of Law
bcohe@albanylaw.edu

Patrick M. Connors
Professor of Law
pconn@albanylaw.edu

Norman T. Deutsch
Professor of Law
mdeut@albanylaw.edu

Anthony Paul Farley
The James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence
afarl@albanylaw.edu

Paul Finkelman
The President William McKinley Professor of Law and Public Policy;
Senior Fellow, Government Law Center
pfink@albanylaw.edu

Stephen E. Gottlieb
The Jay and Ruth Caplan Distinguished Professor
sgott@albanylaw.edu

Maria Grahn-Farley
Associate Professor of Law
mgrah@albanylaw.edu

Peter H. Halewood
Professor of Law
phale@albanylaw.edu

Sheldon W. Halpern
The Hon. Harold R. Tyler Jr. Chair in Law and Technology; Senior Scholar, Center for Law & Innovation
shalp@albanylaw.edu

Lenese C. Herbert
Professor of Law
lherb@albanylaw.edu

Dorothy E. Hill
Visiting Assistant Lawyering Professor
dhill@albanylaw.edu

Michael J. Hutter Jr.
Professor of Law
mhutt@albanylaw.edu

Annette I. Kahler
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law; Director, Center for Law & Innovation
akahl@albanylaw.edu

Deborah S. Kearns
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor; Director, Taxpayer Clinic
dkear@albanylaw.edu

Kathe A. Klare
Associate Professor of Academic Success
kklar@albanylaw.edu

C. Benjie Louis
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
bloui@albanylaw.edu

Mary Lynch
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Center for Excellence in Law Teaching
mlync@albanylaw.edu

Timothy D. Lytton
The Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor of Law
tlytt@albanylaw.edu

Deborah A. Mann
Lawyering Professor
dmann@albanylaw.edu

Nancy Maurer
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Field Placement Clinic
nmaue@albanylaw.edu

Dale L. Moore
Professor of Law
dmoor@albanylaw.edu

Daniel G. Moriarty
Professor of Law
dmori@albanylaw.edu

Nancy K. Ota
Professor of Law
nota@albanylaw.edu

Alicia Ouellette
Associate Professor of Law; Professor of Bioethics at Union Graduate College/Mount Sinai School of Medicine Program in Bioethics
aouel@albanylaw.edu

David A. Pratt
Professor of Law
dprat@albanylaw.edu

Peter Preiser
Professor of Law
pprei@albanylaw.edu

Rosemary Queenan
Visting Assistant Lawyering Professor
rquee@albanylaw.edu

James D. Redwood
Professor of Law
jredw@albanylaw.edu                                                                                                                                                       

Alex Y. Seita
Professor of Law
aseit@albanylaw.edu

Laurie F. Shanks
Clinical Professor of Law
lshan@albanylaw.edu

Christian B. Sundquist
Assistant Professor of Law
csund@albanylaw.edu

Jenean M. Taranto
Lawyering Professor
jtara@albanylaw.edu

Evelyn Tenenbaum
Lawyering Professor
etene@albanylaw.edu

Kathleen Whelan
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law
kwhel@albanylaw.edu

Donna E. Young
Professor of Law
dyoun@albanylaw.edu


Institute for Legal Studies

Lisa M. Rivage
Coordinator
lriva@albanylaw.edu


Academic Support Services

Fredd Brewer
Legal Assistant for Faculty
fbrew@albanylaw.edu

Kathleen Caroll
Legal Assistant for Faculty
kcaro@albanylaw.edu

Theresa R. Colbert
Legal Assistant for Faculty
tcolb@albanylaw.edu

Laurie Dayter
Legal Assistant for Faculty
ldayt@albanylaw.edu

Evette DeJesus
Legal Assistant for Faculty & Student Publications
edeje@albanylaw.edu

Sherri Meyer
Legal Assistant for Faculty
smeye@albanylaw.edu


Library

Robert T. Begg
Associate Dean and Director, Schaffer Law Library
rbegg@albanylaw.edu

Robert Cederberg
Technical Assistant-Legal Supplementation Services Specialist
rcede@albanylaw.edu

Elizabeth Conniff-Dineen
Government Documents Specialist
edine@albanylaw.edu

Leslie W. Cunningham
Catalog Librarian
lcunn@albanylaw.edu

Robert A. Emery
Associate Director and Head of Reference
bemer@albanylaw.edu

Raurri Jennings
Technical Assistant - Continuations Specialist
rjenn@albanylaw.edu

John Kenny
Weekend Reference Librarian
jkenn@albanylaw.edu

Beverly Kenton
Administrative Assistant
bkent@albanylaw.edu

Rebecca Z. Murphy
Technical Services Librarian
rmurp@albanylaw.edu

Jean M. O'Donnell Goldsmith
Serials Specialist
jgold@albanylaw.edu

Colleen Ostiguy
Electronic Services Librarian
costi@albanylaw.edu

Lauren Puzier
Technical Assistant - Public Services Specialist
lpuzi@albanylaw.edu

Constance P. Rohloff
Acquisitions Specialist
crohl@albanylaw.edu

Megan Shove
Catalogling Specialist
mshov@albanylaw.edu

Colleen E. Smith
Head of Technical Services
csmit@albanylaw.edu

Lisa A. Suto
Collections Maintenance
lsuto@albanylaw.edu

Mary M. Wood
Head of Public Services
mwood@albanylaw.edu


Government Law Center

Rose Mary K. Bailly
Special Consultant on Aging Law Issues
rbail@albanylaw.edu

Robert C. Batson
Government Lawyer in Residence
rbats@albanylaw.edu

Trish Blanco
Administrative Assistant
tblan@albanylaw.edu

Paul Finkelman
The President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy;
Senior Fellow
pfink@albanylaw.edu

Amy Lavine
Staff Attorney
alavi@albanylaw.edu

Bennett Liebman
Executive Director, Government Law Center
blieb@albanylaw.edu

Barbara A. Mabel
Administrative Director, Government Law Center
bmabe@albanylaw.edu

Michele A. Monforte
Publications Editor
mmonf@albanylaw.edu

Paul Moore
Clarence Rappleyea Government Scholar in Residence
pmoor@albanylaw.edu

Sharmaine Moseley
Coordinator, Albany Citizens' Police Review Board
smose@albanylaw.edu

Louise Owens
Executive Assistant
lowen@albanylaw.edu

Katherine Rosenberg 
Administrative Assistant
krose@albanylaw.edu

Patricia E. Salkin
Associate Dean and Director, Government Law Center; The Raymond and Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law
psalk@albanylaw.edu


Law Clinic & Justice Center

Jennifer Balak
Receptionist

Barbara Chandler
Administrative Assistant/Paralegal

Chad Denton
Civil Rights & Disabilities Clinic Fellow

Kerry Gecewicz
Administrative Assistant/Paralegal

Leslie Granger
Securities Arbitration Clinic Fellow

Jennifer Kim
Family Violence Litigation Clinic Graduate Fellow

Mary A. Lynch
Clinical Professor of Law

Nancy M. Maurer
Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Field Placement Clinic

Suzi Nohai
Administrative Assistant/Paralegal

Rosetta Rawlins
Administrative Assistant/Paralegal

Eileen Roepe
Administrative Assistant/Paralegal

Alejandro Taylor
Barry A. Gold '70 Health Law Clinical Fellow

Susan Terwilliger
Administrative Director

Jennifer M. Tromblee, CLA
Administrative Assistant/Paralegal


Dean's Office

Thomas F. Guernsey
President & Dean

Barbara Jordan-Smith 
Executive Assistant

Kevin Ramakrishna
Special Assistant for Academic Instruction and Research


Admissions

Gail S. Bensen
Director of Admissions

Ashley Fluster
Admissions Assistant

Kimberly Hawley
Office Assistant

Lisa Swartwood
Admissions Secretary


Diversity Office

Lisa Potter
Executive Assistant

Pershia Wilkins
Director of Diversity


Financial Aid

Lisa Lessard
Administrative Assistant

Andrea Wedler
Director of Financial Aid


Registrar's Office

Sandra Cortes
Student Services Specialist

Joann Fitzsimmons
Registrar

Lindy Gage
Assistant Registrar


Administrative Services

Michael R. Cournoyer
Print Shop Operator

Brian E. LaPlante
Facilities Manager

John C. Springsteen
Facilities/Administrative Services Assistant

Laurie A. Stevens
Coordinator of Administrative Services


Human Resources

Sherri L. Donnelly
Director of Human Resources
sdonn@albanylaw.edu

Stacy Gregory
Office Assistant
sgreg@albanylaw.edu

Nilsa Velilla
Human Resources Representative
nveli@albanylaw.edu


Finance Office/Business Office

Nicole Bezona
Accounts Payable Bookkeeper 

Samara A. Dorward
Staff Accountant

Gina Hoefer
Bookkeeper/Cashier

Pamela J. Kleppel
Accounting Manager

Paula Mandigo
Staff Accountant

Victor E. Rauscher
Vice President for Finance and Business

Patricia Van Guysling
Staff Accountant


Information Technology Services

Audrey Bell
Technical Assistant, A/V Services

Mark E. Bryan
Computer Programmer

Darlene S. Cardillo
Instructional Technologist

Christopher Casey
Director of Enterprise Information Systems
ccase@albanylaw.edu

Robert K. Eaton
Media Tech, A/V Services

Geraldine A. Lasher
Associate Director of Informational Technology Services

Benjamin Schwartz 
Associate Director User Services & Network Infrastructure
bschw@albanylaw.edu

Samuel Sullivan
Assistant UNIX/Network Administrator


Career Center

Joanne M. Casey
Director, Career Center

Sandra L. Mans
Assistant Dean, Career Center

Emily Simmons
Assistant Director, Student and Recent Graduate Relations

Meg Wager
Assistant Director, Employer Relations


Institutional Advancement

Helen Adams-Keane
Vice President for Institutional Advancement

John M. Collins
Development Technical Assistant

Nick Crounse
Assistant Director of Communications

Ariane Garwood
Alumni Affairs Associate

Lynn Holland
Executive Assistant

Rachael Hunsinger
Director of the Albany Law School Fund

James Kellerhouse
Director of Development

Jennifer Kroez
Development Researcher

Laura Liebman
Advancement Officer

Karen Minahan
Coordinator of Donor Stewardship

Morgan Morrissey
Coordinator of Annual Giving

Kris Ross
Web Editor & Graphic Design Specialist

Christina A. Sebastian
Director of Alumni Affairs

David Singer
Director of Communications & Marketing

Tammy L. Weinman
Director of Special Events & Conferences


Student Affairs

Susan Feathers 
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Andrea Irizarry-Brown
Student and Academic Affairs Coordinator

Lisa Potter
Executive Assistant


Physical Plant

Edward P. Snyder
Maintenance Superintendent

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