FACULTY
Leaders in teaching, research, and service

The greatest resource at the School of Law is its faculty. In teaching, scholarship, and service to the profession and the public, the law faculty are leaders.

The wealth of experiences and expertise of the current faculty is evident in the classroom. From corporate counsel to public defenders, from U.S. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals clerks to consultants on constitutional rights, from leaders of the state bar association to leaders in law reform, all segments of law practice and the law profession are represented. The law faculty, individually and as a whole, have a commitment to excellence in the classroom and continued contribution to their respective fields of expertise.

Perhaps most unique at the Law School is the accessibility of the faculty. An open-door policy prevails throughout the school. Students get to know their professors, and professors get to know their students. Pervasive throughout the academic program is a dedication to the quality of the educational and learning experience of each of our students.

 

 
 


DONNA D. ADLER

Associate Professor of Law
   B.A., Harvard University; J.D.,    Boston College;LL.M.,University    of Florida; former counsel,    Massachusetts Department of    Revenue; visiting assistant    professor, University of Florida    and Boston College; author of    several articles on federal tax
   policy.
Subjects: Federal Income Taxation    of Individuals, Corporate
   Taxation, and International    Taxation

RICHARD L. BARNES
Leonard B. Melvin, Jr., Distinguished Lecturer and
Professor of Law
   B.A., J.D., University of Arizona;    LL.M., Northwestern; articles    editor, Arizona Law Review; law    clerk to Judge Lawrence Howard,    Arizona Court of Appeals; former    attorney, DeConcini, McDonald,    Brammer, Yetwin & Lacy,
   Tucson, Arizona; former associate    professor, University of South    Dakota; visiting associate
   professor, Brigham Young    University; author of numerous    articles on commercial law and    Native American law.
Subjects: Contracts, Secured    Transactions, Commercial Law,    Agricultural Law, and Native    American Law

DEBORAH H. BELL
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Lecturer in Law and Professor of Law
   B.A., Mississippi College; J.D.,
   The University of Mississippi;
   editor in chief, Mississippi Law    Journal; law clerk to Judge Elbert
   P. Tuttle, Sr., U.S. Court of
   Appeals for the 11th Circuit;
   former staff attorney, Atlanta    Legal Aid Society; visiting
   assistant professor, Emory    University; frequent lecturer on    family law and housing law.
Subjects: Poverty Law, Real    Property, Family Law, and    Lawyering Skills

JOHN R. BRADLEY, JR.
Professor of Law
   B.A., Mississippi College; J.D.,
   The University of Mississippi;
   editor in chief, Mississippi Law    Journal; Phi Kappa Phi; former    associate attorney, Wise, Smith,
   & Carter, Jackson, Mississippi;    visiting associate professor,
   Florida State University; former    chair, Mississippi Workers’    Compensation Advisory Council
   and the Mississippi Bar Section on    Administrative Law and Workers’    Compensation; author of
   numerous articles on workers’    compensation law.
Subjects: Contracts, Corporations,    and Workers’ Compensation

PHILLIP W. BROADHEAD
Director, Criminal Appeals Clinic, National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, and Clinical Professor
   B.A., Mississippi State University;    J.D., Mississippi College School
   of Law; staff attorney, Mississippi    Department of Human Services;
   solo practitioner, Columbia,    Mississippi; Marion County public    defender; assistant Hinds County    public defender; Board of
   Governors, Mississippi Trial    Lawyer’s Association; Board of    Directors and past president,    Mississippi Public Defenders    Association; adjunct professor,    Mississippi College; Mississippi    Supreme Court Advisory
   Committee on Rules; Technology    Committee, Mississippi Bar    Association.
Subjects: Criminal Appeals Clinic

CHARLES H. BROWER II
Jessie D. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer in Law and Croft Assistant Professor of International Law
   B.A., University of Vermont;J.D.,    University of Virginia; Virginia
   Law Review; Order of the Coif;
   Phi Beta Kappa; Academic
   Council, Institute for
   Transnational Arbitration;
   former advocate for the Republic
   of Costa Rica; co-chair, 97th
   Annual Meeting of the American    Society of International Law;    visiting professor, American    University, Washington College
   of Law; former assistant
   professor, University of Baltimore
   School of Law, and assistant    director, University of Baltimore    Center for International and    Comparative Law; former    associate, Dorsey & Whitney
   LLP, Minneapolis,Minnesota;
   law clerk to Judge Marianne D.
   Short, Minnesota Court of
   Appeals; research fellow,
   Moscow State University.
Subjects: Civil Procedure, Human    Rights, International Litigation
   and Arbitration, International    Trade, Introduction to
   International Law (Croft
   Institute), and Law of Armed    Conflict

MERCER E. BULLARD
Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., Yale University; M.A.,    Georgetown University; J.D.    University of Virginia; Order of
   the Coif; former articles editor,    Virginia Law Review; law clerk to    Judge Will Garwood, U.S. Court of    Appeals for the 5th Circuit;    associate with Wilmer, Cutler &    Pickering, Washington, DC;    assistant chief counsel, U.S.    Securities and Exchange    Commission, Washington, D.C.;    columnist for TheStreet.com;    founder and current president,
   Fund Democracy, Inc.; consumer    adviser, Financial Planning    Association’s Government
   Relations Committee; author of    dozens of articles on mutual fund    regulation.
Subjects: Corporations, Corporate    Finance, Securities Regulation,    Banking, and Contracts

THOMAS K. CLANCY
Director, National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, and Visiting Professor of Law
   B.A., University of Notre Dame;    J.D., Vermont Law School; chief
   of the Post Conviction Unit,
   State Attorney’s Office for
   Prince George’s County; assistant    attorney general for the state of    Maryland, Criminal Appeals    Division; adjunct or visiting    professor at the University of    Baltimore School of Law and the    University of Maryland School of    Law; author of several law review    articles mostly devoted to the    Fourth Amendment.
Subjects: Criminal Law, Criminal    Procedure, Fourth Amendment    Seminar, Criminal Justice, and    Constitutional Law

GEORGE C. COCHRAN

Professor of Law
   B.S., North Carolina State    University; J.D., University of    North Carolina; Order of the
   Coif; editor in chief, North
   Carolina Law Review; law clerk
   to Chief Justice Earl Warren and    Justice Stanley Reed, United
   States Supreme Court; attorney,    President’s Commission on the    Assassination of President
   Kennedy; former associate
   attorney, Steptoe & Johnson,    Washington, D.C.; former
   director, Center on Law and    Poverty, Duke University;
   visiting professor, Fordham    University; counsel, Center for    Constitutional Rights, New York;    frequent lecturer on civil rights.
Subjects: Constitutional Law, Federal    Jurisdiction, and Supreme Court    Practice

JOHN M. CZARNETZKY
Mitchell, McNutt, & Sams
Lecturer in Law and Associate Professor of Law
   B.S., Massachusetts Institute of    Technology; J.D., University of    Virginia; executive editor, Virginia    Law Review; former associate    attorney, Sidley & Austin,
   Chicago, Illinois; former
   associate attorney, McGuire
   Woods Battle & Boothe,
   Richmond, Virginia; delegate to    negotiations on the International    Criminal Court; frequent lecturer
   and author of several articles on    bankruptcy law and international    criminal law.
Subjects: Civil Procedure,    Bankruptcy, Patent Law,
   Corporate Reorganiza-tions, and    Commercial Law

SAMUEL M. DAVIS
Dean, Holder of the Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government and Professor of Law
   B.A., University of Southern    Mississippi; J.D., The University
   of Mississippi; LL.M., University
   of Virginia; editor in chief,    Mississippi Law Journal; former    associate vice president for
   academic affairs and Allen Post    Professor of Law, University of    Georgia; visiting professor,    Washington and Lee University;    member, American Law Institute;    Mississippi commissioner,
   National Conference of    Commissioners on Uniform State    Laws; fellow, Mississippi Bar    Foundation; author of Children in    the Legal System, 2d ed. (with
   Scott, Wadlington, and
   Whitebread), Children’s Rights
   and the Law (with Schwartz), and    Rights of Juveniles: The Juvenile    Justice System, 2d ed.
Subjects: Children in the Legal    System and Criminal Law

W. JASON DERRICK
Legal Writing Specialist and Acting Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., Mississippi College; J.D.,
   The University of Mississippi;    intern with U.S. Attorney’s
   Office, Northern District of    Mississippi.
Subjects: Legal Research and Writing

 
MOLLY E. FERGUSSON

Legal Writing Specialist and Acting Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s    College; J.D., The University of    Mississippi; associate editor of    Mississippi Cases, Mississippi Law    Journal; chair of the Trial    Competition, Moot Court Board;    staff editor, Journal of National    Security Law; member, American    Bar Association, Mississippi Bar    Association.
Subjects: Legal Research and    Writing, Advanced Legal Writing

JOANNE IRENE GABRYNOWICZ
Director, National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center; Research Professor of Law; and Editor in Chief, Journal of Space Law
   B.A., Hunter College, City    University of NY; J.D., Cardozo    School of Law, Yeshiva
   University; former professor,    University of North Dakota;
   2001 Women in Aerospace    Outstanding International Award;    chair, the Federal Advisory    Committee for the National
   Satellite Land Remote Sensing
   Data Archive; member,
   Department of Commerce
   Advisory Committee on    Commercial Remote Sensing;    official observer, UN Legal    Subcommittee on the Peaceful
   Uses of Outer Space; author of    numerous articles on space law.
Subjects: International Space Law,    U.S. Domestic Space Law, and    Remote Sensing Law

KRIS GILLILAND
Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Law Library
   B.A., Vanderbilt University; J.D.,    University of Alabama; MLS,    University of Washington;    executive editor, Journal of the    Legal Profession; intern with
   Chief Judge George S. Wright, U.S.    Bankruptcy Court, Northern
   District of Alabama; former    associate law librarian for public    services, Georgetown University    Law Library; former head of    reference, Columbia University
   Law Library; former adjunct
   faculty, Fordham Law School,    Georgetown University Law
   Center.
Subjects: Legal Research and    Writing, and Advanced Legal    Research

KAREN O. GREEN
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Lecturer in Law and Professor of Law
   B.S., J.D., The University of    Mississippi; LL.M., New York    University; Mississippi Law
   Journal; Phi Kappa Phi; visiting    assistant professor, New York    University; former associate dean,    The University of Mississippi;
    frequent lecturer at estate
   planning and federal taxation    institutes.
Subjects: Partnership Taxation,    Federal Wealth Transfer
   Taxation, Federal Taxation of    Individuals, and Estate Planning

MATTHEW R. HALL
Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., Harvard University; J.D.,    University of Kentucky; Order of    the Coif; editor in chief,Kentucky    Law Journal; law clerk to Judge
   John G. Heyburn, U.S. District
   Court for the Western District of    Kentucky; law clerk to Judge    Terence T. Evans, U.S. Court of    Appeals for the 7th Circuit;
   former attorney, U.S. Department    of Justice, Washington, D.C.
Subjects: Administrative Law,    Immigration Law, Legislation,    National Security Law, and
   Property

TIMOTHY L. HALL
Jessie D. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer in Law, Professor of Law, and Interim Associate Provost
   B.A., University of Houston; J.D.,    University of Texas; articles
   editor, Texas Law Review; law
   clerk to Judge Will Garwood, U.S.    Court of Appeals for the 5th
   Circuit; former associate attorney,    Hughes & Luce, Austin, Texas;    author of Separating Church and    State: Roger Williams and
   Religious Liberty, Supreme Court    Justices: A Biographical
   Dictionary, American Religious    Leaders, Entering the University,    and numerous articles on the First    Amendment’s religion clauses and    legal ethics; editor, Magill’s Legal    Reference Guide, U.S. Laws and    Acts; consulting editor, Ready    Reference: Censorship.
Subjects: Constitutional Law, Legal    Profession, Law and Literature,
   and Trial Practice

MICHAEL H. HOFFHEIMER
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Lecturer in Law and Professor of Law
   B.A., Johns Hopkins University;    M.A., Ph.D., University of
   Chicago; J.D., University of    Michigan; articles editor,
   University of Michigan Journal of
   Law Reform; associate attorney,    Frost & Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio;    former appointed trial attorney
   for indigent criminal defendants,    Cincinnati; author of Justice
   Holmes and the Natural Law,
   Edward Gans and the Hegelian    Philosophy of Law, and more
   than 50 articles and book reviews
   on legal, philosophical, and    historical topics.
Subjects: Civil Procedure, Conflict
   of Laws, Criminal Law, and Legal    History

WENDY KEITH
Visiting Professor of Law
   B.A., J.D., The University of    Mississippi; LL.M., New York    University; Mississippi Law
   Journal; former assistant professor    of clinical studies, Chicago-Kent    College of Law; former associate    attorney, Sonnenschein Nath &    Rosenthal, Chicago, Illinois;
   former associate attorney,
   Reinhart Boerner Vandeuren
   Norris & Rieselback, Milwaukee,    Wisconsin.
Subjects: Income Tax of Individuals,    Federal Tax Procedure, Income
   Tax of Corporations/
   Shareholders, Corporations, Real    Estate Transactions, Legal    Profession, and Business Planning

ROBERT C. KHAYAT
Chancellor and Professor of Law
   BAE, J.D., The University of    Mississippi; LL.M., Yale
   University; articles editor,    Mississippi Law Journal; former    partner, Megehee, Brown,
   Williams & Khayat, Pascagoula,    Mississippi; former associate dean    and vice chancellor for university    affairs, The University of    Mississippi; former president,    National Collegiate Athletic    Association Foundation.

SUSAN KRESTON
Counsel for National Programs, National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law, and Visiting Professor of Law
   B.A., University of Michigan;
   J.D., The University of
   Mississippi; LL.M., Notre Dame;    former assistant district attorney    with the New Orleans District    Attorney’s Office, Appellate    Division; Baton Rouge District    Attorney’s Office, Sex Crimes    Division; Crown Prosecution    Service, England; head of    Investigation and Prosecution of    Child Abduction and Sexual    Exploitation program at the    National Center for Prosecution
   of Child Abuse (NCPCA); speaker    both nationally and inter-
   nationally regarding trafficked
   and prostituted children,
   computer-facilitated child sexual    exploitation, crime scene    management, child abduction, and    forensic, medical, and scientific    evidence in child abuse cases;
   author of law review articles,
   book chapters, and other articles
   on prostituted and trafficked    children, search and seizure issues
   in computer-facilitated child
   sexual exploitation, child
   abduction, and the death penalty.
Subjects: Crimes Against Children    and Cybercrimes

PATRICIA A. KRUEGER
Director of the Academic Excellence Program, Legal Writing Specialist and Acting Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., Western Washington    University; J.D., Willamette    University College of Law; law
   clerk to Judge William A.
   Beckett, Lane County, Oregon    Circuit Court; former staff
   attorney, North Mississippi Rural    Legal Services; member,
   Mississippi Bar Association Fee    Dispute Resolution Committee;    former partner, Krueger and Eads,    Oxford, Mississippi.

THOMAS R. MASON
Director of Trial Advocacy, Director of Public Service Internship, and Professor of Law
   B.S., J.D., University of
   Oklahoma; Order of the Coif;
   editor, Oklahoma Law Review;    former partner, Bonds, Matthews
   & Mason, Muskogee, Oklahoma;    former project director,
   Foundation for Neighborhood
   and Urban Development, Inc.,    Denver, Colorado; former
   associate dean, The University of    Mississippi; frequent lecturer at    continuing legal and judicial    education seminars.
Subjects: Evidence, Torts, Oil and    Gas Law, and Trial Practice
 


RICHARD J. McLAUGHLIN

Director of the Hawaii Summer Session; Ray and Louise Stewart Lecturer in Law and Professor of Law; and Co-principal Investigator, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program
   A.B., Humboldt State University;    J.D., Tulane University; LL.M.,    University of Washington; JSD,    University of California-Berkeley;    former associate attorney, Jonson,    Hurley, Olson & Olson, Seattle,    Washington; former director,    Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant
   Legal Program; former national    chairman, Sea Grant Legal
   Network; Long-range Planning
   and Advisory Panel, Mississippi-    Alabama Sea Grant Consortium;    director and national co-chair,    Marine Affairs and Policy    Association; former Fulbright    Scholar to Japan; visiting
   professor, Florida State Summer    Program in Barbados; author of
   more than 50 articles and    publications on marine resources    policy and international    environmental law.
Subjects: Real Property,    International Law, Admiralty,    International Trade, International    Environmental Law, Land Use    Planning, and Coastal Law

GARY MYERS
Professor of Law
   B.A., New York University; M.A.,    J.D., Duke University; Phi Beta    Kappa; articles editor, Duke Law    Journal; law clerk to Judge Gerald
   B. Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals
   for the 11th Circuit; former    associate attorney, Powell,    Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy,    Atlanta, Georgia; author of    Intellectual Property: Cases and    Materials, 2d ed., (with Lange and    LaFrance) and several articles on    intellectual property and torts law;    visiting professor, William and    Mary, and Tulane; member,    American Bar Association    committees on antitrust, business    torts, and media law issues.
Subjects: Antitrust, Intellectual    Property, Law and Economics,    Communications Law, and Torts

JACK WADE NOWLIN
Jessie D. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer in Law and Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., Angelo State University;
   J.D., University of Texas; M.A.,    Ph.D., Princeton University;
   Order of the Coif; articles and
   notes editor, Texas International    Law Journal; former lecturer in    constitutional law, Princeton    University; former visiting
   assistant professor of law,
   University of Arkansas; author
   of a number of publications on
   legal and constitutional theory.
Subjects: Constitutional Law,    Jurisprudence, Criminal Procedure,    and Criminal Law

E. FARISH PERCY
Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., University of North
   Carolina; J.D., University of    Virginia; Order of the Coif;
   Virginia Law Review; law clerk to    Judge E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of    Appeals for the 5th Circuit;
   former partner, Tollison Law
   Firm, P.A., Oxford, Mississippi;    former attorney, Latham &    Watkins, Washington, D.C.
Subjects: Torts, Civil Procedure II,    Appellate Advocacy, and
   Insurance

LARRY J. PITTMAN

Jessie D. Puckett, Jr., Lecturer in Law and Associate Professor of Law
   BBA, J.D., The University of    Mississippi; LL.M., Harvard    University; Phi Kappa Phi; former    associate attorney, Kitch, Saurbier,    Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney,
   P.C., Detroit, Michigan; former    associate attorney, Harvey, Kruse,    Westen & Milan, P.C., Detroit;    visiting assistant professor of law,    University of Richmond; author of    several articles on health care law    and dispute resolution.
Subjects: Torts, Law and Medicine,    Pretrial Practice, Alternative    Dispute Resolution, and Civil    Procedure

LISA SHAW ROY
Assistant Professor of Law
   B.A., University of California,    Riverside; J.D., University of    Southern California; law clerk to    Judge Henry Lee Adams, Jr., U.S.    District Court and U.S. Court of    Appeals for the 11th Circuit by    designation; former associate    attorney, Knapp, Marsh, Jones &    Doran, LLP, Los Angeles,    California.
Subjects: Contracts, Legal    Profession, and Law and Religion

RONALD J. RYCHLAK
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Lecturer in Law, Professor of Law, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
   B.A., Wabash College; J.D.,    Vanderbilt University; Order of
   the Coif; law clerk to Judge
   Harry W. Wellford, U.S. Court of    Appeals for the 6th Circuit;
   former associate attorney, Jenner
   & Block, Chicago; consultant
   to the Holy See’s delegation to the    United Nations; member, Supreme    Court Committee to revise    Mississippi Criminal Code;
   editorial board, The Gaming Law    Review; advisory board, Federalist    Society of Mississippi; adjunct    fellow, Heritage Foundation’s    Salvatori Center for Academic    Leadership; listed in Who’s Who
   in American Law; author of Hitler,    the War, and the Pope, Real and    Demonstrative Evidence:    Applications and Theory, and    numerous articles on criminal and    environmental law.
Subjects: Criminal Law, Criminal    Procedure, Constitutional Law,
   and Environmental Law

PAUL M. SECUNDA
Assistant Professor of Law
   A.B., Harvard College; J.D.,    Georgetown University Law
   Center; Order of the Coif; articles    and selection editor, American    Criminal Law Review; law clerk to    Judge Murray M. Schwartz, U.S.    District Court for District of    Delaware; former associate
   attorney, Morgan, Lewis &
   Bockius LLP, Philadelphia,    Pennsylvania; former associate    attorney, Montgomery,
   McCracken, Walker & Rhoades    LLP.
Subjects: Labor Law, Employment    Discrimination, Employer-
   Employee Relations, and
   School Law

JACQUELINE E. SERRAO
Associate Director, National Remote Sensing and Space Law Center, and Lecturer
   B.A., University of California-Los    Angeles; J.D., Golden Gate    University School of Law; LL.M.,    McGill University; former
   associate professor, University of    North Dakota; International    Aviation Operations Specialist,    Federal Aviation Administration;    former associate attorney,
   Chevalier, Allen & Lichman,
   LL.P.; aviation law adviser to the    government of Mongolia; former    accredited representative of the    International Law Association at
   the United Nations ICAO;
   frequent lecturer and author of    articles on aerospace
   environmental law and aerospace    Unidroit finance.
Subjects: Space Law and Aviation    Law

MARY CAROLYN
ELLIS STATON

Provost and Professor of Law
   B.A., Tulane University; M.A.,    Columbia University; J.D., Yale    University; former assistant U.S.    attorney, Department of Justice,    New Jersey; former associate    attorney, Rosenman, Colin, et al.,    New York; former staff attorney,    State Commission on Judicial    Conduct, New York; former acting    dean, The University of
   Mississippi; visiting Fulbright    Professor, University of Frankfurt    and University of Munich; visiting    professor, University of Colorado;    vice chair, Secretary of Defense’s    Advisory Committee on Women
   in the Service; author of
   Mississippi Evidence, 3d ed.

HANS P. SINHA
Director, Prosecutorial Externship Program, National Center for
Justice and the Rule of Law, and Clinical Professor
   B.A., University of Pennsylvania;    J.D., LL.M. (with distinction),    Tulane University; former
   instructor and deputy director
   of the Tulane Law School
   Criminal Clinic; more than 12
   years of criminal trial experience,    serving as both a prosecutor and
   a public defender.
Subjects: Prosecutorial Externship    Program

ROBERT A. WEEMS
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada Lecturer in Law and Professor of Law
   B.S., Millsaps College; J.D., The    University of Mississippi;
   assistant editor, Mississippi Law    Journal; former partner, Brunini,    Everett, Beanland & Wheeless,    Vicksburg, Mississippi; author of    Mississippi Wills and Estates:
   Cases, Statutes and Materials,
   2d ed., and Wills and
   Administration of Estates in    Mississippi; and co-author,    Mississippi Law of Torts.
Subjects: Wills and Estates,
   Evidence, Torts, and Trial
   Practice

C. JACKSON WILLIAMS
Director, Legal Research and Writing
   BBA, University of Texas; J.D.,
   The University of Mississippi;
   editor in chief, Mississippi Law    Journal; former partner, Alston    Rutherford Tardy & Van Slyke,    Jackson, Mississippi; former
   director, Mississippi Office of    Capital Post-Conviction Counsel.
Subjects: Legal Research and
   Writing, Death Penalty, and the    Judicial Process