Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty

Michael P. Adams, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Deputy Legal Director, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund,
New York, N.Y.
Human Sexuality and the Law

Matthew Alpern, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Felony Trial Attorney, Albany County Division of the Alternate Defender,
Albany, N.Y.
Trial Practice I: Criminal Pretrial Skills, Trial Practice II

Matthew D. Babcock, Esq. '82
B.A., J.D., Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, St. Elizabeth Medical Center,
Utica, N.Y.
Managed Care Law

Rose Mary Bailly, Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D., Executive Director, New York State Law Revision Commission
Guardianship Practice, Elder Law
TWEN site

Robert C. Batson, Esq. '75
B.S., J.D., Government Lawyer in Residence, Government Law Center,
Albany Law School
Federal Indian Law I and II

Rebecca M. Bauscher, ADA '02
J.D., Albany County District Attorney's Office, Albany, N.Y.
Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit

Julia Smead Bielwaski, Esq. '95
B.A., J.D.
Appellate Practice 

Luke Bierman, Esq.
B.A., J.D., General Counsel, Office of the State Comptroller, Albany, N.Y.
Federal Jurisdiction and Practice

Jennifer Boll, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Principal, Tuczinski, Cavalier, Gilchrist & Collura P.C.
Federal Taxation/Corporations & Shareholders

Kenneth W. Bond, Esq.
B.A., J.D., LL.M, Partner, Squire, Sanders, & Dempsey, New York, N.Y.
State and Local Government Finance

Michael Boskin
B.S., M.B.A.
Marketing High Tech Products

Glen Bruening, Esq. '89
B.A., J.D., New York State Department of State
Public Service Field Placement

Alexander Bunin, Esq.
A.B., J.D., Federal Public Defender, Albany, N.Y.

Trial Practice I & II, Criminal

Gilbert L. Carey, C.P.A. '01
B.S., J.D., O'Connell and Aronowitz, P.C. Albany, N.Y.
Accounting for Lawyers

Hon. William A. Carter '91
B.S., J.D.,City Court of Albany, Albany, N.Y.
Judicial Placement

Gaspar Castillo, Esq. '80
B.A., J.D., Conflict Defender, Albany, N.Y.
Public Defender Placement

Alfred Chapleau, Esq. '78
B.A., LL.B., J.D., Schenectady County District Attorney, Schenectady, N.Y.
District Attorney Field Placement

Lisa M. Connelly, Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Appellate Practice

Stephen H. Cooper, Esq.
A.B., J.D.
Corporate Governance Seminar

Barbara D. Cottrell, Esq. '84
A.B., J.D., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Albany, N.Y. 
U.S. Attorney Placement

Mae A. D'Agostino, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Partner, D'Agostino, Krackeler, Baynes & Maguire, P.C.,
Menands, N.Y.
Trial Tactics and Methods, Malpractice in Health Care

Susan S. Dautel
Assistant Deputy Clerk, New York State Court of Appeals
Appellate Practice

Michael W. Deyo, Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Electronic Discovery

Hon. Ryan T. Donovan ‘01, Esq.
Trial Advocacy

Cynthia Feathers, Esq. 
B.S.J., J.D., Of Counsel, Arroyo Copland & Associates, PLLC 
Appellate Practice

Martin S. Finn, Esq. '83
Lavelle & Finn, LLP., Latham, N.Y.
Estate Planning II
TWEN site

Barry Fisher, Esq.
A.B., J.D., Deputy Capital Defender
Appellate Practice and Procedure, Law and Politics of Capital Punishment

John Fletcher, Esq.
State and Local Taxation

Richard A. Frankel, Esq.  '83
A.B., J.D., Partner, Iseman Cunningham Riester Hyde, LLP
Real Estate Transactions

Robert J. Freeman, Esq. 
B.S.F.S., J.D., Executive Director
New York State Committee on Open Government, Albany, N.Y.
Public Access to Government Information
TWEN site

Hon. Richard C. Giardino '84
B.A., J.D., Fulton County Court Judge and Surrogate
Trial Practice II

Peter S. Glassman, Esq.
Mediation

Thomas F. Gleason, Esq. '78
Principal, Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea, Albany, N.Y.
Insurance Law Simeon L. Goldman, Esq.

Keith M. Goldstein, Esq.
B.A., J.D.
Corporate Transactions - Leveraged Management Buy-Out

Barbara S. Hancock, Esq. '00
A.B., M.A.T., J.D., Associate Attorney, NYS Law Revision Commission;
Of Counsel, Jones & Wilcenski, PLLC, Clifton Park, N.Y.

Financial Planning for the Elderly
TWEN site 

Matthew P. Hoff, Esq. '99
B.A., J.D.
Copyright Law

Hon. Lawrence Kahn
B.A., J.D., LL.M., U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of New York,
Albany, N.Y.
Judicial Placement

Bennett Liebman, Esq.
Government and Gambling

Karleen Karlson, Esq.
B.Ed., M.Ed., J.D., Attorney, Hannacroix, N.Y.
Mediation

Linda S. Kingsley, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Private Practice Attorney, Rochester, N.Y.
State and Local Government

Amelia Klein, Esq.
B.S., J.D., Bond, Schoeneck and King, Albany, N.Y.
Retirement Plans/ Employee Benefits

Steven M. Klein, Esq. '88
B.A., J.D., Associate Counsel, Office of General Counsel,
Public Employees Federation, Latham, N.Y.
Labor Arbitration Seminar

Pamela Ko, Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D., Staff Attorney, Albany Law School
Law of Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property Licensing

Michael Koenig, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, Albany, N.Y.
Trial Practice I: Criminal

Steve Krantz, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Counsel to the Office of Tax Enforcement and the
Director of Operations of the Criminal Investigations Division,
New York State Dept. of Taxation and Finance

Criminal Process Applied to Corporations and Other Entities

Seth R. Leech, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Partner,  Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna, Albany, N.Y.
Asylum and Refugee Law

Edward T. Lentz, Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D., Senior Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa.
Comparative U.S.-European Patent Law, Patents and Technology Licensing

Renee Merges, Esq. '83
B.A., J.D., Assistant District Attorney
Albany County District Attorney's Office, Albany, N.Y.
District Attorney Placement

Paul V. Morgan Jr., Esq. '90
B.A., J.D., Chief Clerk, Rensselaer County Surrogate's Court, Troy, N.Y.
Surrogate's Court Procedure

Mark S. Mishler
Law Office of Mark S. Mishler, P.C.
Issues in Law and Society

Lillian Moy, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Executive Director,
Legal Aid Society of
Northeastern New York, Albany, N.Y.
Public Interest and Advocacy Placement 

Darren S. O'Connor
Public Health Law

Troy J. Oechsner, Esq. 
B.A., J.D., Deputy Superintendent of Insurance for Health,
New York State Department of Insurance, Albany, N.Y.
Health Law Field Placement

Jeong H. Oh, Esq. '98
B.A., B.S., M.B.A., J.D., Registered Patent Attorney, Business Development Manager, Canusia
IP Licensing 

Arlen Olsen, Esq. 
B.S., M.S., J.D., Managing Partner, Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP,
Latham, N.Y.

Patent Prosecution
TWEN site

Colleen Ostiguy '03
B.A., M.L.S., J.D., Electronic Services Librarian, Albany Law School
Advanced Legal Research

Daniel J. Persing, Esq. '81
B.A., J.D., The Law Offices of Daniel J. Persing, Albany, N.Y.
Trial Practice I & II (Civil) 

Tara Anne Pleat, Esq. '02
J.D., Wilcenski & Pleat PLLC, Clifton Park, N.Y.
Financial Planning for Elderly

Lucy Prashker, Esq. '81
B.S., J.D., Partner, Cain Hibbard Myers & Cook, P.C., Pittsfield, Mass.
Patent and Technology Licensing

David P. Quinn ‘82, Esq.
Labor Law in the Public Sector

Paul Rapp, Esq. '88
B.A., J.D., Practicing in Housatonic, Mass., and Albany, N.Y.
Art and Entertainment Law, Copyright Law

Richard Rifkin, Esq.
B.A., LL.B., Special Counsel, New York State Bar Association
Government Ethics

Greg T. Rinckey, Esq.
B.B.A., J.D., Managing Partner, Tully Rinckey PLLC
Law Practice Management 

Hon. Joseph M. Sise '88
B.A., J.D., NYS Supreme Court-4th District, Fonda, N.Y.
Judicial Field Placement Clinic

Hon. Richard E. Sise '82
B.A., J.D., Presiding Judge of the New YorkState Court of Claims, Albany, N.Y.
Trial Advocacy
TWEN site 

Kent Sprotbery, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General,
New York State Office of the Attorney General, Albany, N.Y.

Trial Practice II

Hon. Eleanor Stein
Administrative Law Judge, Albany, N.Y.
Law of Climate Change

Daniel J. Stewart, Esq. '88
B.A., J.D., Brennan and White, Queensbury, N.Y.
Civil Rights Liability Litigation

Jill Swingruber-Sprotbery, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Law Clerk, NYS Court of Claims, Albany, N.Y.
Negotiating for Lawyers

Steven G. Thomas, Esq. '95
B.S., J.D., LL.M.; Lavelle and Finn, Latham, N.Y.
Corporate Transactions- Leveraged Management Buy-Out

Timothy M. Tippins, Esq. '74
B.S., J.D., Private Practice, Matrimonial Law and Practice

Mathew B. Tully, Esq.
B.A., J.D., Founding Partner, Tully Rinckey PLLC
Law Practice Management 

Jack Trachtenberg, Esq.
B.A., M.A., J.D.
State and Local Taxation

Timothy Vinciguerra
A.B., M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician, Albany Medical College
Legal Issues in Medicine

James S. Walsh ‘96, Esq.
Science & Technology Field Placement

Ann M. Willey, Esq. '00
B.S., Ph.D., J.D., Former Director, Laboratory Policy, The Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health, Albany, N.Y.
Genetics in the Law and Public Health Law 

Michael Zappen, Esq. '03
B.A., M.A, J.D., Assistant Circuit Executive for Legal Affairs, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Circuit Executive’s Office, New York, NY; Albany, NY
Judicial Opinion Writing

Howard L. Zwickel, Esq.
Public Health Law