Full Time Faculty

Mary Garvey Algero Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Academic Affairs & Warren E. Mouledoux Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1989 B.A., University of New Orleans (with distinction), 1986

Andrea Armstrong Associate Professor of Law J.D., Yale Law School, 2007 M.P.A., Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 2001 B.A., New York University, 1996

John F. Blevins Associate Professor of Law J.D., University of Virginia M.A., University of Virginia B.A., Yale University

Brian C. Barnes Interim Law Library Director and Associate Professor J.D., Mississippi College School of Law M.L.I.S., University of Southern Mississippi B.A., Mississippi State University

Cheryl Prestenback Buchert Clinic Professor J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1993 M.ED., University of New Orleans, 1990 B.S., Loyola University New Orleans, 1971

Dane S. Ciolino Alvin R. Christovich Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Tulane University, 1988 B.A., Rhodes College, 1985

Mitchell F. Crusto Henry F. Bonura, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Yale Law School, 1981 M.A., Oxford University, 1985 B.A., Oxford University, 1980 B.A., Yale University, 1975

Nikolaos A. Davrados, Ph.D. Visiting Professor of Law Ph.D. in Law, LL.B., University of Athens School of Law M.Jur., University of Oxford Faculty of Law

Lloyd "Trey" Drury, III Associate Professor of Law J.D., University of Michigan B.A., University of Virginia

Ramona Fernandez Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Loyola Law Clinic J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1996 B.A.S., Loyola University New Orleans, 1988 A.A.S., Borough of Manhattan Community College, 1979

Davida Finger Clinic Professor M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1998 J.D., Seattle University, 2002

Robert A. Garda, Jr. Fanny Edith Winn Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Duke University

David W. Gruning William L. Crowe, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Tulane University, 1982 M.A., Middlebury College, 1975 B.A., Wesleyan University (Connecticut), 1973

Bobby Marzine Harges Adams & Reese Distinguished Professor of Law LL.M., Harvard University, 1990 J.D., University of Mississippi, 1986 B.S., Mississippi State University, 1982

Brian Huddleston Senior Reference Librarian and Professor M.L.S., University of Washington J.D., University of Alabama School B.A., Excelsior College

Patrick R. Hugg John J. McAulay Distinguished Professorship LL.M., Tulane University, 1981 J.D., University of Louisville, 1978 A.B., Spring Hill College, 1970

Johanna Kalb Associate Professor of Law J.D., Yale Law School, 2006 M.A., Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 2006 B.A., Stanford University, 2000

Hiroko Kusuda Assistant Clinical Professor J.D., Tulane University, 1993 B.A., Tsuda College, 1985

Blaine G. LeCesne Donna and John Fraiche Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Columbia University, 1980 B.A., Columbia University, 1977

Chunlin Leonhard Associate Professor of Law J.D., Boston University M.A., University of Nevada, Reno B.A., B.A., Shanghai International Studies University

Cynthia Lepow Professor of Law A.B., 1962, Hunter College J.D., 1967, Fordham University LL.M., Taxation, 1979, New York University

María Pabón López Professor of Law J.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Law B.A., Princeton University

Kathryn Venturatos Lorio Leon Sarpy Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1973 B.A., Newcomb College of Tulane University (magna cum laude), 1970

John A. Lovett De Van D. Daggett, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Tulane University, 1995 M.F.A., Indiana University, 1991 B.A., Haverford College, 1988

M. Isabel Medina Ferris Family Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Tulane University, 1987 M.F.A., University of New Orleans, 1980 B.A., Monash University (Australia), 1977

R. Judson Mitchell, Jr. Clinical Professor, Pro Bono Coordinator J.D., Louisiana State University, 1994 B.A., Louisiana State University, 1991 (Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

Luz M. Molina Jack Nelson Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Tulane University, 1979

Lawrence W. Moore, S.J. Interim Dean and ex officio Philip and Eugenie Brooks Distinguished Professor of Law L.M., New York University, 1982 J.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City (with distinction), 1981 M.Div., Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, 1977 M.A., Saint Louis University, 1972 A.B., (magna cum laude), 1970

William A. Neilson Associate Professor of Law LL.M., New York University (Taxation), 1980 J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1973 B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1969

Michele Pope Serials and Government Documents Librarian and Associate Professor MSLIS & Certificate in Archives & Records Management, Long Island University, 2001 B.F.A., Minneapolis College of Art & Design, 1986

Markus G. Puder, Ph.D. The Honorable Herbert W. Christenberry Distinguished Professor of Law Ph.D. in Law, Ludwig-Maximilians University LL.M. (Common Law Studies), Georgetown University Second Legal State Examination, Munich Upper Court of Appeals First Legal State Examination, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

William P. Quigley Professor of Law and Director of the Loyola Law Clinic & the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1977 B.A., Purdue University, 1971

Raphael "Ray" J. Rabalais, Jr. Eleanor Legier Sarpy Distinguished Professorship M.A., Michigan State University, 1974 J.D., Harvard Law School, 1971 A.B., Princeton University, 1968

Craig Senn Janet Mary Riley Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law

Leslie A. Shoebotham Victor H. Schiro Distinguished Professor of Law LL.M., Tulane University J.D., University of Houston B.S.N., University of Texas Medical Branch

Stephen Singer Assistant Clinical Professor J.D., Harvard Law School; B.A., B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

D. Majeeda Snead Clinical Professor of Law

Karen C. Sokol Associate Professor of Law J.D. 2000, Yale Law School B.A. 1997, University of Texas at Austin (with highest honors)

Imre Szalai Judge John D. Wessel Distinguished Professor of Social Justice J.D., Columbia University, 1999 B.A., Yale University, 1996

Dian Tooley-Knoblett Jones Walker Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Louisiana State University, 1980 B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University, 1977

Sandi S. Varnado Associate Professor of Law J.D., Louisiana State University B.A., Louisiana State University

Robert R. M. Verchick Gauthier-St. Martin Eminent Scholar and Chair in Environmental Law J.D., Harvard Law School (cum laude), 1989 A.B., Stanford University (with honors and distinction), 1986

James Etienne Viator Adams & Reese Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Louisiana State University, 1985 B.A., University of New Orleans, 1971

Catherine Wagar Catalog Librarian and Associate Professor M.L.I.S., Louisiana State University B.F.A., University of Michigan

Monica Hof Wallace Dean Marcel Garsaud, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law J.D., Loyola University (summa cum laude), 1998 B.S., Louisiana State University (cum laude), 1993

Jeanne M. Woods Ted and Louana Frois Distinguished Professor in International Law Studies J.D., 1981, Temple University B.A., 1974, Antioch College

Emeritus Faculty

Nona Beisenherz Emeritus Law Librarian and Associate Professor M.A. Library Science, University of Washington B.A., University of Minnesota

George L. Bilbe Professor of Law J.D., Louisiana State University, 1970 B.A., Louisiana State University, 1970

Dominique M. Custos Professor Emerita Ph.D., Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Summa Cum Laude Anthropology of Law LLM, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Magna Cum Laude; Public Law LLM, Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Cum Laude

Marcel Garsaud, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Law LL.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 2004 LL.M., Yale University, 1967 LL.B., Loyola University New Orleans, 1959

James Marshall Klebba Emeritus Professor of Law J.D., Harvard Law School, 1967 B.A., St. John's University, 1964

Gerard A. Rault, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Law J.D., Louisiana State University, 1968

Dennis L. Rousseau Professor Emeritus of Law B.B.A., Loyola University New Orleans, 1960 LL.M., Harvard Law School, 1958 J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1957 A.B., Loyola University New Orleans, 1957

Bernard Keith Vetter Professor Emeritus of Law LL.M., George Washington University Graduate School of Public Law, 1965 LL.B., Louisiana State University, 1964 B.A., Louisiana State University, 1962

P. Michael Whipple Emeritus Professor of Law M.LL., University of Denver; 1980 J.D., University of Iowa, 1974 M.A., Johns Hopkins University (with honors), 1971 B.A., Arizona State University (summa cum laude), 1969

Westerfield Fellows

Emily Bishop Westerfield Fellow J.D., cum laude, New York University School of Law

Academic Success

David R. Normann Academic Success Instructor and Professor Emeritus of Law J.D., Tulane University, 1950 B.A., Tulane University, 1948

Denise M. Pilié Academic Success Instructor J.D., Loyola University College of Law B.A., Loyola University New Orleans

Marie D. Tufts Academic Success Director and Instructor J.D., Loyola University New Orleans, 1989 B.S., Louisiana State University, 1986