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    "content": "<h1>Expertise</h1>\r\n<h4>The members of Widener Law Commonwealth&rsquo;s faculty are experts on a broad range of legal subjects and welcome inquiries from members of the news media seeking insight and commentary.</h4>\r\n<p><strong>Guidelines on the Use of this Content</strong></p>\r\n<p>The information on this page is intended ONLY for the use of the Media seeking comments for informational purposes from members of faculty of Widener University Commonwealth Law School. This guide is not to be used for any other purpose and does not constitute advertisement or solicitation. Potential clients of either Widener clinics or individual professors should not interpret this information as a claim of specialized knowledge, expertise, or experience that would impact any representation. All information contained herein is subject to change or removal at the discretion of Widener University Commonwealth Law School.</p>\r\n<p><strong>You can search the topics below for faculty members.</strong></p>\r\n<p><strong>Jump to:&nbsp;<a href=\"#business\">Business and Labor Issues</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#civil\">Civil Law</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#constitutional\">Constitutional Law</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#criminal\">Criminal Law</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#environmental\">Environmental Law</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#family\">Family Law</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#legal\">Legal Education/Ethics</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#property\">Property/Wills and Trusts</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"#tax\">Tax Law</a>&nbsp;</strong></p>\r\n<hr />\r\n<p>&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"business\"></a>Business and Labor Issues</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyOSJd////\">John L. Gedid, JD, LLM</a></h5>\r\n<p>Emeritus Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>administrative law/regulation</li>\r\n<li>contract law</li>\r\n<li>commercial law</li>\r\n<li>conflict of laws</li>\r\n<li>separation of powers</li>\r\n<li>state constitutional law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxMTIiXQ==////\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian A. Johnson, JD</a></h5>\r\n<p>Inaugural Dean (2015-2020)<br />Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Over-the-Counter Derivatives</li>\r\n<li>Repo Transactions</li>\r\n<li>Lending</li>\r\n<li>Capital Markets</li>\r\n<li>Federal Reserve</li>\r\n<li>International Development Banks</li>\r\n<li>Derivatives and Repo</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the New York, Illinois (inactive) and Nevada (inactive) bars.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyMSJd////\">Robyn L. Meadows, JD, LLM&nbsp;</a></h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>commercial law</li>\r\n<li>insurance</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Florida Bar.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyMiJd////\">Juliet M. Moringiello, JD, LLM</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Associate Dean for Academic Affairs<br />Professor of Business Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>secured financing</li>\r\n<li>payment systems: checks and notes</li>\r\n<li>bankruptcy/creditors' rights</li>\r\n<li>cyberspace law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania and New York bars.</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"civil\"></a>Civil Law</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxNSJd////\">Jill Family, JD, MS</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>immigration</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania and New Jersey bars</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxOSJd////\">Greg Randall Lee, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>tort or personal injury law</li>\r\n<li>lawyer professional responsibility</li>\r\n<li>defamation law</li>\r\n<li>disability law</li>\r\n<li>home schooling law</li>\r\n<li>law and religion</li>\r\n<li>constitutional law&nbsp;</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyNSJd////\">Susan Raeker-Jordan, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>torts</li>\r\n<li>products liability</li>\r\n<li>federal civil procedure</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Illinois Bar.</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"constitutional\"></a>Constitutional Law</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxMyJd////\">Michael R. Dimino, Sr. , JD&nbsp;</a></h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>constitutional law</li>\r\n<li>Supreme Court personnel and procedure</li>\r\n<li>judicial selection</li>\r\n<li>first amendment</li>\r\n<li>election law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to practice in New York, Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyOSJd////\">John L. Gedid, JD, LLM</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Emeritus Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>administrative law/regulation</li>\r\n<li>contract law</li>\r\n<li>commercial law</li>\r\n<li>conflict of laws</li>\r\n<li>separation of powers</li>\r\n<li>state constitutional law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxOSJd////\">Greg Randall Lee, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>tort or personal injury law</li>\r\n<li>lawyer professional responsibility</li>\r\n<li>defamation law</li>\r\n<li>disability law</li>\r\n<li>home schooling law</li>\r\n<li>law and religion</li>\r\n<li>constitutional law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyMyJd////\">Robert C. Power, JD&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Emeritus Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>American legal history</li>\r\n<li>criminal law and procedure</li>\r\n<li>federal agencies/regulating policy</li>\r\n<li>First Amendment</li>\r\n<li>War on Terror</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island bars.</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"criminal\"></a>Criminal Law</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxNzIiXQ==////\">Michal Buchhandler-Raphael, SJD, LLM</a></h5>\r\n<p>Assistant Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>criminal law and procedure</li>\r\n<li>gender-based violence</li>\r\n<li>sexual assault law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxMiJd////\">James W. Diehm, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Emeritus Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>criminal law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania, District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Island bars</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyMyJd////\">Robert C. Power, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Emeritus Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>criminal law and procedure</li>\r\n<li>federal agencies/regulating policy</li>\r\n<li>U.S. supreme court</li>\r\n<li>federal agencies/regulating policy</li>\r\n<li>First Amendment</li>\r\n<li>War on Terror</li>\r\n<li>American legal history</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New York and Rhode Island bars.</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"environmental\"></a>Environmental Law</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxMCJd////\">Donald A. Brown, JD, MA</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Scholar-in-Residence</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>environmental law</li>\r\n<li>climate change</li>\r\n<li>ethics</li>\r\n<li>sustainability</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania bars, the United States District &nbsp;Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western districts of Pennsylvania bars , the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals bar, and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia bar.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxMSJd////\">John C. Dernbach, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability<br />Director, Environmental Law and Sustainability Center</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>environmental law</li>\r\n<li>global warming</li>\r\n<li>international environmental law</li>\r\n<li>sustainable development</li>\r\n<li>administrative law</li>\r\n<li>property law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"family\"></a>Family Law</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxOCJd////\">Mary Kate Kearney, JD, LLM</a></h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>family law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Illinois Bar.&nbsp;</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"legal\"></a>Legal Education/Ethics&nbsp;</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyOSJd////\">John L. Gedid, JD, LLM</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Emeritus Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>administrative law/regulation</li>\r\n<li>contract law</li>\r\n<li>commercial law</li>\r\n<li>conflict of laws</li>\r\n<li>separation of powers</li>\r\n<li>state constitutional law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxNiJd////\">Anna P. Hemingway, JD</a></h5>\r\n<p>Director of Legal Methods<br />Associate Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>academic skills</li>\r\n<li>ethics</li>\r\n<li>legal methods</li>\r\n<li>property</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Bar.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxOSJd////\">Greg Randall Lee, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>tort or personal injury law</li>\r\n<li>lawyer professional responsibility</li>\r\n<li>defamation law</li>\r\n<li>disability law</li>\r\n<li>home schooling law</li>\r\n<li>law and religion</li>\r\n<li>constitutional law</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyNCJd////\">David A. Raeker &ndash;Jordan, JD</a></h5>\r\n<p>Associate Legal Methods Professor</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>team-based teaching</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Maine Bar.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIyNyJd////\">Amanda L. Sholtis, JD</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Director, Academic Success Program<br />Professor of Legal Methods</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>academic skills</li>\r\n<li>legal methods</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar.</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"property\"></a>Property/Wills and Trusts</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxNyJd////\">Michael J. Hussey, JD, LLM</a>&nbsp;</h5>\r\n<p>Dean<br />Associate Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>federal income tax</li>\r\n<li>wills and trusts</li>\r\n<li>estate and gift tax</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania bars.</p>\r\n<h4><a id=\"tax\"></a>Tax Law</h4>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxNyJd////\">Michael J. Hussey, JD, LLM&nbsp;</a></h5>\r\n<p>Dean<br />Associate Professor of Law</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>federal individual income tax</li>\r\n<li>wills and trusts</li>\r\n<li>estate and gift tax</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the Illinois, Missouri, and Pennsylvania bars.</p>\r\n<h5><a href=\"ipl://35//WyIxMTIiXQ==////\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian A. Johnson, JD</a></h5>\r\n<p>Inaugural Dean (2015-2020)<br />Professor of Law<br />Director, Business Advising Program</p>\r\n<h6>Expertise:</h6>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Over-the-Counter Derivatives</li>\r\n<li>Repo Transactions</li>\r\n<li>Lending</li>\r\n<li>Capital Markets</li>\r\n<li>Federal Reserve</li>\r\n<li>International Development Banks</li>\r\n<li>Derivatives and Repo</li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<p>Admitted to the New York, Illinois (inactive) and Nevada (inactive) bars.</p>\r\n<p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p>",
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