School of Law - Faculty

All of Empire's professors are practicing attorneys or judges in the North Bay. Most of the faculty have been with Empire a minimum of four years. All of the instructors teach in their area of practice/specialty.


Faculty Member Subject(s) Taught
Barry Adams, Attorney at Law Elder Law Clinic
Tadd Aiona, Attorney at Law Contracts, Discovery
Shelly Averill, Attorney at Law Self-Help Access Center
Hon. Robert Boyd, Sonoma County Superior Court Contracts
Adam Brown, Attorney at Law Disability Law Clinic
Connie Burtnett, Attorney at Law Law Study and Exams
Heather Bussing, Attorney at Law Legal Research and Writing
David Carr, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice Torts, Juvenile Law, Administrative Law, Introduction to Law
Nancy Case, Attorney at Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Survey, Courtroom Mediation
Susan Daniel, Attorney at Law Employment Law
Hon. Elliot Daum, Sonoma County Superior Court Criminal Law
Brad DeMeo, Attorney at Law Wills and Trusts, Law Review
Patrick Emery, Attorney at Law Trial Practice
Mike Fallon, Attorney at Law Debtor/Creditor Law
Richard Gould, Attorney at Law Americans with Disabilities Act, Torts
Rex Grady, Attorney at Law Constitutional Law, History of Law
Hon. Daniel M. Hanlon, Retired Appellate Practice
Hon. Allan Hardcastle, Sonoma County Superior Court Evidence
Gary Hoenig, Attorney at Law Advanced Legal Research
Roger Illsley, Attorney at Law Contracts
Robert Jackson, Attorney at Law Professional Responsibility
John Jordan, Attorney at Law Introduction to Law
Kristen Frizzell Kerns, Attorney at Law Legal Research and Writing
Bruce Kinnison, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Sonoma County Criminal Law, Evidence
Dan Lanahan, Attorney at Law Notable Cases of the 21st Century
Keith Langan, Attorney at Law Insurance Law, Introduction to Law
Michael Maloney, Attorney at Law Wine Law
Bruce McCann, Attorney at Law Real Property
Edward McCutchan, Attorney at Law Wine Law
Bruce Mitteldorf, Attorney at Law Law Study and Exams
Lawrence Moskowitz, Attorney at Law Community Property, Family Law
Robert Murray, Attorney at Law Professional Responsibility
Rachel Nunes, Attorney at Law Moot Court
Hon. Lawrence E. Ornell, Superior Court Commissioner, Sonoma County Real Property
Kathleen Pozzi, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Sonoma County Criminal Law
Becky Rasmason, Attorney at Law Self-Help Access Center (SHAC)
Jill Ravitch, Attorney at Law Criminal Law
Holly Rickett, Attorney at Law Torts, Real Property, Clinical Education Supervisor
William (Terry) Robertson, Attorney at Law Moot Court
Peter Rubin, Attorney at Law Family Law
Hon. Lawrence Sawyer, Retired, Sonoma County Superior Court Evidence
Gregory E. Schrader, Attorney at Law Small Claims Clinic Advisor
G. Bartley Scott, Attorney at Law Criminal Procedure,
Appellate Procedure
Martin Seeger, Attorney at Law Civil Procedure
Lynne Stark-Slater, Deputy Public Defender, Sonoma County Legal Research and Writing, Criminal Procedure
Joseph Stogner, Attorney at Law Civil Rights Legislation, Torts
Joseph Tinney, Attorney at Law Remedies
Tina Wallis, Attorney at Law Legal Research and Writing
Ronald Wargo, Attorney at Law Business Organizations
Bart Weitzenberg, Attorney at Law Trial Practice
Anthony Wheeldin, Attorney at Law Civil Procedure
Joseph Wiseman, Attorney at Law Intellectual Property, Federal Indian Law

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