Teaching responsibilities include courses on Agency, Partnership and Limited Liability Entity Law, Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, and White Collar Crime; and seminars on Congressional Investigations Law and Legal Ethics for Business Lawyers; faculty advisor to the corporate securities law national moot court team. Director, Center for Government Law and Public Policy Studies (2008 to present). Founded the Center for Government Law and Public Policy Studies and created two semester-long… Show more Teaching responsibilities include courses on Agency, Partnership and Limited Liability Entity Law, Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, and White Collar Crime; and seminars on Congressional Investigations Law and Legal Ethics for Business Lawyers; faculty advisor to the corporate securities law national moot court team. Director, Center for Government Law and Public Policy Studies (2008 to present). Founded the Center for Government Law and Public Policy Studies and created two semester-long internship programs for third-year law students to receive academic credit for work in federal agencies and nonprofit organizations in Washington, D.C., and for state government agencies and nonprofit organizations in Harrisburg, PA; developed public policy speaker series to bring nationally prominent practitioners and policy makers to speak to law students, faculty, and the university community. Show less

Taught Corporate Law, Lawyering Skills, and White Collar Crime

Served as a member of the 9/11 Commission staff team responsible for investigating counterterrorism intelligence collection and law enforcement inside the United States and assisted with preparation of the 9/11 Commission staff statements, final report, and recommendations.

Deposed witnesses, questioned witnesses at televised public hearings, counseled United States Senators on legal issues, and drafted substantial portions of the Democratic Minority Report of the Committee.

Attorney in Securities Enforcement Practice Group headed by former Securities and Exchange Commission General Counsel Ralph C. Ferrara; practiced corporate and securities law and white collar criminal defense law, including representation of clients in trials, congressional investigations, corporate internal investigations, shareholder derivative actions, and private civil litigation.