Faculty & Staff
Experts guide
The University of Florida Levin College of Law faculty is widely respected for its scholarship and broad range of interdisciplinary and international perspectives. A comprehensive list of faculty and their primary area of expertise is available below.
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Fredric G. Levin College of Law
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Angelo, Mary Jane
Associate Professor
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Areas of expertise: Administrative Law, Biotechnology, Dispute Resolution, Environmental Law, Pesticide Issues, Professional Responsibility, Water Law
Ankersen, Thomas T.
Director, Conservation Clinic and the Costa Rica Law Program, Center for Governmental Responsibility; Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Environmental Land Use, Environmental Law, Local Government - Environmental, Marine and Coastal, Protection of Biodiversity
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Baldwin, Fletcher N. Jr.
Professor Emeritus
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Areas of expertise: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Cyber Crime, Financial Crime - International, Money Laundering, Political Rights, Privacy Issues
Brauner, Yariv
Associate Professor
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Areas of expertise: International Law, International Trade, Tax, Taxation - International
Burke, Iris A.
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Family Law - Less Adversarial Approaches, Interviewing and Counseling, Mediation and Problem Solving
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Calfee, Dennis A.
Alumni Research Scholar; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Estates, State Gifts, Tax Law, Taxation - Generation Skipping Transfer, Taxation - Income, Trusts
Cohen, Jonathan R.
Associate Director, Institute of Dispute Resolution; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Apology, Evidence, Negotiation
Cohn, Stuart R.
Associate Dean, International Studies; Director, International & Comparative Law Certificate Program; Dasburg Professor
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Areas of expertise: Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Mergers, Securities
Collier, Charles W.
Professor; Affiliate Professor of Philosophy
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory
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Dale, Elizabeth
Affiliate Associate Professor; Associate Professor of History
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional History, Legal History
Davis, Jeffrey
Gerald A. Sohn Research Scholar; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor Relations
Davis, Robin K.
Director, Institute for Dispute Resolution; Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Problem Solving
Dawson, George L.
Professor
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Areas of expertise: Contracts, Estates, Legal Education Issues, Trusts
Dekle, George R.
Director, Criminal Law Clinic-Prosecution; Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Competency, Criminal Law, Death Penalty, Defense Attorneys, Ethics, Evidence, Insanity Defense, Interrogations, Mental Illness, Police - Search and Seizure, Prosecutors, Sexual Predators
Dilley, Patricia E.
Professor
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Areas of expertise: Advanced Employee Benefit Law, Deferred Compensation, Executive Compensation, IRAs in Bankruptcy, Pension Funds, Private Pension, Retirement Age Issues, Social Security, Social Security - Privatization Proposals, Taxation - Corporate, Taxation - Income, Taxation - Individual, Taxation - International, Taxation - Payroll and Self-Employment
Dowd, Nancy E.
Co-Director, Center on Children & Families; David H. Levin Chair in Family Law; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional Law, Family Law, Gender and Culture, Transgender
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Fenster, Mark A.
Sam T. Dell Research Scholar; UF Research Foundation Professor
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Areas of expertise: Federal Administrative Law, Freedom of Information Act, Land Use Planning, Property - Real, Sunshine Laws
Flocks, Joan D.
Director, Social Policy Division - Center for Governmental Responsibility; Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Assistant in Law; Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies and the School of Natural Resources and Environment
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Areas of expertise: Environmental Justice, Farm Workers, Housing, Migrant Labor, Pesticide Issues, Poverty Law Issues
Flournoy, Alyson C.
Director, Environmental & Land Use Law Program; Alumni Research Scholar; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Administrative Law, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Law, Property, Wetlands
Friel, Michael K.
Associate Dean and Director, Graduate Tax Program; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Taxation - Federal, Taxation - Income
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Gordon, Michael W.
Professor Emeritus
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Areas of expertise: Business - International, Central America, Civil Litigation - International, Corporate Law, Cuba, Mexico, NAFTA
Grater, Jeffrey T.
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Co-Director, Virgil Hawkins Civil Clinics; Senior Legal Skills Professor
Areas of expertise: Family Law and Practice, Mediation and Problem Solving
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Hamann, Richard
Research Associate, Center for Governmental Responsibility
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Areas of expertise: Environmental Law, Water Law, Wetlands, Wildlife
Hanson, Linda Calvert
Assistant Dean, Career Services
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Areas of expertise: Legal Employment and Career Issues
Harrison, Jeffrey L.
Stephen C. O'Connell Chair; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Antitrust Law, Contracts, Copyright, Law and Economics, Price Gouging
Haughton-Worrell, Monique
Supervising Attorney, Child Welfare Clinic; Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Criminal Defense, Family and Child Welfare, Family Law, Juvenile Justice
Hernandez-Truyol, Berta Esperanza
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Levin Mabie and Levin Professor
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Areas of expertise: Civil Rights, Dispute Resolution - International, Gender and Culture, Human Rights, Immigration Law, International Law, Race Relations
Hudson, David M.
Director of LL.M. in Comparative Law Program; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Immigration Law, Taxation - Local, Taxation - State
Hurst, Thomas R.
Sam T. Dell Research Scholar; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Contracts, Corporate Law, Energy Law, International Commercial Arbitration, Securities, Sports/Athletic Law
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Israel, Jerold H.
Professor Emeritus
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Areas of expertise: Crime - White Collar, Criminal Procedure, Grand Juries
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Jackson, Joseph S.
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Equal Protection of the Laws, Gay Rights, Homelessness
Jacobs, Michelle S.
Professor
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Areas of expertise: Criminal Justice System - Women, Criminal Law, Criminal Law - International, Critical Race Theory, Law of Virtual Worlds
Jerry, Robert H. II
Dean; Levin Mabie and Levin Professor
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Areas of expertise: Contracts, Health Care Finance and Access, Insurance Law
Johnston, E. Lea
Assistant Professor
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Areas of expertise: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Immigration Law
Jones, Clifford A.
Associate in Law Research/Lecturer, Center for Governmental Responsibility
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Areas of expertise: Campaign Finance Law, European Union Law
Jourdan, Dawn
Affiliate Professor of Law; Assistant Professor, UF College of Design, Construction and Planning
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Areas of expertise: Affordable Housing, Growth Management, Land Use
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King, Shani M.
Co-Director, Center on Children & Families; Assistant Professor
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Areas of expertise: Children's Rights, Family Law
Klein, Christine A.
Associate Dean, Faculty Development; Chesterfield Smith Professor
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Areas of expertise: Natural Resources, Property, Water Law
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Lear, Elizabeth T.
Professor
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Areas of expertise: Conflict of Laws, Federal Jurisdiction, Litigation - International
Lidsky, Lyrissa B.
Stephen C. O'Connell Chair; Professor of Law
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Areas of expertise: First Amendment, Free Press/Speech, Internet Law, Mass Media, Torts
Little, Joseph W.
Professor Emeritus
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Areas of expertise: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law - Florida, Government, Judiciary, Local Government Law, Privacy Issues, Punitive Damages, Torts, Workers' Compensation
Lokken, Lawrence
Hugh F. Culverhouse Eminent Scholar in Taxation; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Financial Instruments, Tax, Taxation - Business, Taxation - International
Luke, Charlene
Assistant Professor
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Areas of expertise: Corporations, Partnerships, Tax, Tax Shelters
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Malavet, Pedro A.
Professor; Affiliate Professor of Latin American Studies
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Areas of expertise: Civil Law, Civil Procedure, Comparative Law, Critical Race Theory, Evidence, U.S./Puerto Rico Relationship, U.S. Territorial Possessions
Mashburn, Amy R.
Professor
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Areas of expertise: Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility
Mazur, Diane H.
Gerald A. Sohn Research Scholar; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional Law, Evidence, Military/Civilian Relations, Military Draft and Selective Service, Military Law, Professional Responsibility
McDaniel, Paul R.
James J. Freeland Eminent Scholar in Taxation; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Tax Law, Tax Law - International
McLendon, Tim E.
Staff Attorney
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional History, Constitutional Law - Florida, Historical Preservation
McMahon, Martin Jr.
Stephen C. O'Connell Chair; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Tax Policy, Taxation - Corporate, Taxation - Federal, Taxation - Income, Taxation - Partnerships
Miller, C. Douglas
Professor
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Areas of expertise: Advanced Directives, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Right to Die, Sports/Athletic Law, Taxation - Federal, Trusts, Wills
Mills, Jon L.
Director, Center for Governmental Responsibility; Professor; Dean Emeritus
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional Law - Florida, Environmental Law, Free Press/Speech, Latin American Legal Studies, Legislative Drafting, Privacy Issues
Moffat, Robert C.L.
Professor; Affiliate Professor of Philosophy; Affiliate Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Law
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Areas of expertise: Cloning, Criminal Law, Immigration Reform, Law and Morality, Law and Public Policy, Legal Theory, Right to Die, Stem Cell Research, Tax and Fiscal Policy, Urban Problems
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Nagan, Winston P.
Director, Institute of Human Rights & Peace Development; Samuel T. Dell Research Scholar; Professor; Founding Director, Institute for Human Rights and Peace Development; Affiliate Professor of Anthropology
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Areas of expertise: Africa/South Africa, Biodiversity, Current Affairs, Ethnic Conflict, Global Warming, Human Rights, International/Foreign Relations, International Law, Legal Theory
Nunn, Kenneth B.
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Civil Rights, Criminal Justice System, Criminal Justice System - Racial Impact, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Studies, Legal Semiotics, Public Interest Law, Race Relations, Sociology of Law
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Page, William H.
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs; Marshall M. Criser Eminent Scholar in Electronic Communications and Administrative Law; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Administrative Law, Antitrust Law, Electronic Communications, Law and Economics, Microsoft Litigation, Procedure
Perea, Juan F.
Cone Wagner Nugent Johnson & Roth Professor
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Areas of expertise: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination, Employment Law, Immigration History, Legal History - Race and Race Relations, Professional Responsibility
Peters, Don C.
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Trustee Research Fellow; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Civil Litigation, Civil Procedure, Interviewing and Counseling, Mediation and Problem Solving, Negotiation
Powell, Stephen J.
Director, Center for International Trade Law Program; Lecturer in Law; Affilate Lecturer, UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics; Faculty, International Agricultural Trade & Policy Center; Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies
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Areas of expertise: Agriculture, Dispute Resolution, Free Trade Agreements, Human Rights, International Trade, NAFTA, Trade and the Environment
Price, Mary Kathleen
Associate Dean, Library & Technology; Clarence J. TeSelle Professor
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Areas of expertise: Art Law, Legal Research, Legal Writing
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Rawls, Meshon
Director, Juvenile Clinic Gator TeamChild Program; Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Children's Rights, Criminal Defense, Juvenile Law
Riskin, Leonard L.
Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law
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Areas of expertise: Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Problem Solving, Negotiation, Self-Awareness and Stress Relief for Attorneys
Rowe, Elizabeth A.
Associate Professor
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Areas of expertise: Intellectual Property Disputes, Patent Litigation, Trade Secret Litigation, Trademark Litigation
Ruff, Betsy
Assistant Director, Research Writing and Appellate Advocacy; Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Legal Research, Legal Writing
Ruppert, Thomas
Assistant in Environmental Law
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Areas of expertise: Energy Efficiencies, Environmental Law, Landscape, Marine and Coastal, Stormwater
Rush, Sharon E.
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Irving Cypen Professor
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Fourteenth Amendment, Race Relations
Russell-Brown, Katheryn
Director, Center for Study of Race & Race Relations; Chesterfield Smith Professor
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Areas of expertise: Criminal Law, Race and Crime, Sociology of Law
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Schrieber, Peggy F.
Co-Director, Virgil Hawkins Civil Clinics; Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Domestic Violence, Family Law, Family Law - Florida, Pro Se Litigants in Family Courts, Unbundled Legal Services
Seigel, Michael L.
Alumni Research Scholar; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Crime - Organized, Crime - White Collar, Criminal Investigation, Criminal Law, Criminal Law - Federal, Evidence, Juries
Siebecker, Michael R.
Associate Professor
Areas of expertise: Acquisitions, Commercial Speech, Corporate Law, Internet Law, Mergers, Securities
Sokol, D. Daniel
Assistant Professor
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Areas of expertise: Antitrust Law, Corporate Law, Law and Development, Law and Economics, Law and Entrepreneurship
Stinneford, John
Assistant Professor
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Areas of expertise: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Eighth Amendment, Evidence, Sentencing Law and Policy
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Temple-Smith, Margaret
Senior Legal Skills Professor
Areas of expertise: Contracts and Document Writing, Meaning of Language
Thomson, Patricia A.
Senior Legal Skills Professor
Areas of expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Legal Research, Legal Writing
Tomlinson, Diane A.
Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Legal Research, Legal Writing
Tritt, Lee-ford
Director, The Center for Estate Planning; Director, Estates & Trusts Practice Certificate Program; Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Associate Professor
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Areas of expertise: Charitable Giving, Charities, Descendents' Estates, Estate Planning, Estates and Trusts Administration, Exempt Organizations, Fiduciary Duties and Liabilities, Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, Transfer Taxes - Estate and Gift Taxation, Trusts, Wealth Management, Wills
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Wade, Jeffry S.
Director, Environmental Division - Center for Governmental Responsibility
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Areas of expertise: Environmental Law, Land Use, Water Law
Wihnyk, Henry T.
Director, Research, Writing and Appellate Advocacy; Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Appellate Advocacy, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Torts
Willis, Steven J.
Associate Director, Center on Children & Families; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Accounting, Charitable Giving, Charities, Exempt Organizations, Family Law, Finance, Tax Accounting, Tax Law, Tax Timing, Taxation, Taxation - Exempt Organizations, Time Value of Money
Wolf, Michael Allan
Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law; Professor
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, Eminent Domain, Enterprise Zones, Environmental Law, Green Building, Land Use Planning, Local Government Law, Property, Urban Revitalization, Zoning
Wright, Danaya C.
Clarence J. TeSelle Professor
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Areas of expertise: Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law - Property, Estates, Florida Homestead Protection, Jurisprudence, Legal History, Property, Railroads and Trails, Trusts
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Zedalis, Jennifer
Director, Trial Practice; Coordinator, Prosecution/Public Defender CLE Course; Senior Legal Skills Professor
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Areas of expertise: Capital Cases, Criminal Trial Practice, Evidence, Litigation, Mental Health Law, Procedure