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Mitchell Hamline’s public relations office will help connect you with our expert faculty members. Professors are frequently away from their desks, so we encourage you to contact us. Use this guide to find experts in your area of interest or need.

Click a professor’s name to view his or her profile page with phone and email address. Contact information for non-faculty experts appear after their names. In some cases, areas of particular focus are noted after the professor’s name.

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Doug Belden
Assistant Director, Marketing
651-290-6360 (office)
651-270-8074 (mobile)
doug.belden@mitchellhamline.edu

 

Administrative Law/Government Agencies

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg

R. Carl Moy, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution),
Arbitration, Mediation, Negotiation

H. Allen Blair, arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and state-investor arbitration

Jim Coben

Joseph Daly, national and international arbitration

Roger Haydock

Jim Hilbert

David Larson

Sharon Press, court ADR, mediation ethics

Admiralty

H. Allen Blair

Amish

Joseph Daly

Antitrust

Sharon K. Sandeen

Bioethics/Medical Ethics

Phebe Saunders Haugen, end-of-life and palliative care

Jonathan Kahn

Laura Hermer, reproductive rights, informed consent, end-of-life issues

Thaddeus Pope, end-of-life law

Business Law

Louis L. Ainsworth, closely held businesses, corporations, corporate finance, governance, compliance, corporate wrongdoing

Z. Jill Barclift, ethics, corporate finance, governance, corporations

H. Allen Blair, software licensing, commercial and international business transactions

Joseph Daly, international business transactions

Gregory Duhl, commercial

Leanne Fuith, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, closely held businesses

Daniel S. Kleinberger, limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, closely held businesses, corporations; investigations into alleged corporate misconduct

Business of Law Practices/Legal Profession

Leanne Fuith

Carolyn Grose

Ann Juergens

Daniel S. Kleinberger

Child Protection

Joanna Woolman

Church and State

Joseph Daly

Marie Failinger

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Michael K. Steenson

Anthony S. Winer

Civil Litigation (Civil Lawsuits)

H. Allen Blair

Jim Coben

Peter B. Knapp, Minnesota

Civil Procedure

H. Allen Blair

Jim Coben

Roger Haydock

Eric S. Janus

Peter B. Knapp, civil state, civil federal

R. Carl Moy, federal circuit court

John O. Sonsteng

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Ed Butterfoss

Bradford W. Colbert

Mark Edwards

Marie Failinger, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, equal protection and due process

Jim Hilbert, negotiation and settlement, education

Eric S. Janus

Mehmet Konar-Steenberg

David Larson

Raleigh Hannah Levine, First Amendment

Dean Anthony Niedwiecki, LGBTQ+ rights

John O. Sonsteng, right to an attorney

Michael K. Steenson

Conciliation Court

Ann Juergens

Daniel S. Kleinberger

Constitutional Law

Bradford W. Colbert

Marie Failinger

Eric S. Janus

Michael Jordan

Jonathan Kahn

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Michael K. Steenson

Anthony S. Winer, GLBT Issues, gay marriage, international law/issues, sexuality and the law

Consumer Law

H. Allen Blair

Gregory Duhl, predatory lending

Ann Juergens

Contract Law

H. Allen Blair

Ed Butterfoss

Gregory Duhl

Daniel S. Kleinberger

Deborah A. Schmedemann

Copyright

Sharon K. Sandeen, copyright, rights of publicity, plagiarism

Kenneth L. Port

Court Procedure

H. Allen Blair

Jim Coben, civil

Bradford W. Colbert

Roger Haydock

Eric S. Janus

Peter B. Knapp, civil state, civil federal

Jim Morrow

R. Carl Moy, federal circuit court

John O. Sonsteng, criminal

Criminal Law

Ed Butterfoss, confessions, interrogations, Miranda rights, police practices, 4th Amendment, right to counsel

Bradford W. Colbert

Joseph Daly

Mark Edwards

Eric S. Janus, sex offenders, insanity defense

Julie Jonas, 651-523-2845, wrongful convictions, habeas relief

Ted Sampsell-Jones

John O. Sonsteng

Cybersecurity and Information Protection

Sharon K. Sandeen, information privacy, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Defamation/Libel/Slander

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Michael K. Steenson

Disability Law/ADA

Gregory Duhl

Michael Jordan

David Larson

Domestic Violence

Nancy Ver Steegh

Election Law

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Employment Law

Joseph Daly, employment discrimination, labor law, labor relations

Leanne Fuith, employee’s rights, employment discrimination, wage and hour laws, unemployment compensation

Michael Jordan

Ann Juergens, employee’s rights, unemployment

Peter B. Knapp, unemployment compensation

David Larson, employment discrimination, labor law, labor unions, drug and alcohol testing, workplace disputes, wage and hour laws

Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law

Mark Edwards

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg

Colette Routel

Evidence

Peter B. Knapp

Jim Morrow

Ted Sampsell-Jones

John O. Sonsteng, criminal law

Family Law

Carolyn Grose

John O. Sonsteng, juvenile justice

Nancy Ver Steegh, domestic violence, child custody, family court reform

Federal Jurisdiction/Practice

H. Allen Blair

Jim Coben

Eric S. Janus

R. Carl Moy, U.S. Court of Appeals, federal circuit

First Amendment/Freedom of Speech

Mark Edwards

Marie Failinger

Michael Jordan

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Michael K. Steenson

Anthony S. Winer

Health Law

Barbara Colombo, federal False Claims Act (also adjunct Seth Whitelaw for FDA false claims)

Laura Hermer, private health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Affordable Care Act, EMTALA, health care safety net

Eric S. Janus, mental health, sex offenders

Jonathan Kahn

Thaddeus Pope

Medical device approval: Adjunct Mark Gardner

Insurance

Joseph Daly

Intellectual Property

Jay Erstling, patents, international patents, public health

R. Carl Moy, patent law

Kenneth L. Port, general issues, trademark law, copyright

Susan Prohofsky

Sharon K. Sandeen, Bayh-Dole Act, ownership of government-funded inventions and creations, trade secrets, trademark

International, Foreign, and Comparative Law

H. Allen Blair, international trade, public international law, international business transactions, and international dispute resolution

Jim Coben, international legal programs

Joseph Daly, international human rights

Jay Erstling, trade, economic rights, human rights, developing countries, China, India

Marcia Gelpe, Israel

Eric S. Janus, international human rights, preventive detention, Turkey

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg, Turkey

Kenneth L. Port, Japanese law, intellectual property

Sharon Press, Israel, international study abroad programs

Sharon K. Sandeen, international intellectual property, World Trade Organization/TRIPS Agreement

Anthony S. Winer, public international law, European Union law, international human rights

Internet

David Larson, social media and technology

Sharon K. Sandeen, online privacy, federal law, FTC oversight

Judicial Elections

Marie Failinger, judicial selection

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Ted Sampsell-Jones

Landlord/Tenant

Mark Edwards

Ann Juergens

Daniel S. Kleinberger

Lawyer Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Joseph Daly

Douglas R. Heidenreich

Ann Juergens

Lawyer Skills/Practice

Jim Coben

Carolyn Grose

Ann Juergens

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg

Peter B. Knapp, trial

Jim Morrow

Dean E. Raths

John O. Sonsteng, trial

Legal Education

Ed Butterfoss

Joseph Daly, philosophical law concepts

Mark Edwards, new technology

Carolyn Grose, clinical education

Eric S. Janus

Ann Juergens

John O. Sonsteng

Legislative Actions/Legislation

Eric S. Janus

Daniel S. Kleinberger

LGBTQ+ Issues, Gay Marriage

Carolyn Grose

Dean Anthony Niedwiecki

Anthony S. Winer

Litigation/Pretrial Litigation

H. Allen Blair

Carolyn Grose

Roger Haydock

Media Law

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Michael K. Steenson

Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury

Mark Hallberg (adjunct and trustee)

Laura Hermer

David Larson

Thaddeus Pope, medical liability

Mental Health

Eric S. Janus

Minnesota Supreme Court

Peter B. Knapp

Ted Sampsell-Jones

Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Anthony Niedwiecki, president and dean

Mortgage Crisis/Foreclosure/Predatory Lending

Gregory Duhl

Mark Edwards

Municipal Government

Larry Bakken, Professor Emeritus

Native American/Indian Law

John Jacobson

Colette Routel

Nonprofit Organizations

Denise Roy

Patent Law

Jay Erstling

R. Carl Moy

Sharon K. Sandeen

Poverty Law

Marie Failinger

Privacy Law

Laura Hermer

Sharon K. Sandeen

Michael K. Steenson, torts

Product Liability

Michael K. Steenson

Property/Real Estate Law

Gregory Duhl

Mark Edwards

Ann Juergens, landlord/tenant issues

Daniel S. Kleinberger, landlord/tenant issues

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg

Second Amendment, Right to Bear Arms

Michael K. Steenson

Sex Offender Law

Eric S. Janus

Sexual Assault

Eric S. Janus, sexual violence on campus

Sexuality and the Law

Carolyn Grose

Anthony S. Winer

Social Norms and Law

Mark Edwards

Space Law

H. Allen Blair

Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg

Tax Law

Denise Roy

Tobacco Law, Smoking

Douglas Blanke

Laura Hermer

Torts

Laura Hermer

Peter B. Knapp

David Larson

Raleigh Hannah Levine

Michael K. Steenson

Trade Secret Law

Sharon K. Sandeen, noncompete agreements, confidentiality

Trademark Law

Kenneth L. Port

Sharon K. Sandeen

Trial/Trial Advocacy

Joseph Daly

Carolyn Grose

Roger Haydock

Women and the U.S. Constitution

Marie Failinger



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