Hofstra Law

Administration and Staff Directory

Administration

Dean’s Office

Julian Ku Interim Dean, Faculty Director of International Programs, and Maurice A. Deane Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Law (516) 463-4237 Email
Tara-Marie Desruisseaux Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion (516) 463-4159 Email
Maria Filotti Administrative Assistant to the Dean (516) 463-6304 Email
Ashira Ostrow Peter S. Kalikow Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Land Use Law, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Executive Director of the Wilbur F. Breslin Center for Real Estate Studies (516) 463-7051 Email

Academic Records

Brian T. Kaspar* Senior Associate Dean for Academic Records and Registrar (516) 463-5917 Email

Academic Success Program

Cara Caporale Associate Director of Academic Support and Visiting Assistant Professor of Academic Success (516) 463-7014 Email
Nicole R. Lefton* Professor of Academic Support and Bar Preparation Programs (516) 463-4008 Email
C. Benjie Louis Visiting Assistant Professor of Academic Support and Bar Preparation (516) 463-5270 Email

Admissions and Financial Aid

Adonza S. Anderson Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management (516) 463-5243 Email
Carol Carter Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions (516) 463-5916 Email
Robert Harrison* Associate Dean for Enrollment Management (516) 463-5916 Email
Ryan Larson Director of Enrollment Management (516) 463-5916 Email
Maricia “Kathy” McCoy Recruiter/Counselor for Enrollment Management (516) 463-5916 Email
Megan Meighan Director of Enrollment Management (516) 463-5916 Email
Dana Vitale Associate Director of Financial Aid (516) 463-6706 Email

Career Services

Christopher Caruso* Senior Associate Dean for Career Services (516) 463-5861 Email
Kristen A. Clodfelter Director of Career and Professional Development (516) 463-5862 Email
LaToya Felton Director of Career Services and Diversity Initiatives (516) 463-5387 Email
Margaret Garte Director of Public Service Career Planning (516) 463-5385 Email
Carin Grassini Director of Career and Professional Development (516) 463-7036 Email
Desirée Kim Director of Career and Professional Development (516) 463-7315 Email
Daphne E. Telfeyan Senior Assistant Dean for Career Development and Employer Relations (516) 463-7053 Email

The Robert and Priscilla Livingston Center for Children, Families and the Law

Amy Brown, Esq. Program Director for the Center for Children, Families and the Law and Faculty Administrative Editor, Family Court Review (516) 463-2797 Email
Glorisbel Roman, Esq. Managing Attorney, Center for Children, Families and the Law (516) 463-4157 Email

Clinic Programs

Yvonne V. Atkinson Office Manager/Paralegal, Law School Clinical Program (516) 463-4734 Email
Ka Fei Wong Attorney-in-Charge, Pro Se Litigant Program (516) 463-5894 Email

Communications

Tobie-Lynn Accardi Senior Creative Director (516) 463-7061 Email
Andrew E. Berman* Associate Dean for Communications (516) 463-4142 Email
Michael G. Wagner Senior Web Developer (516) 463-0391 Email
Brooke Walker Assistant Director of Digital Communications (516) 463-7361 Email

Distance Education

Ronald J. Colombo* Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Distance Education (516) 463-5931 Email
John Tsiforas Director of Law & Technology, Director of Distance Education and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (516) 463-6414 Email

Events

Judith N. Black Senior Director of Event Management and CLE Director (516) 463-6889 Email

External Relations

Nadège Boisson Pardo* Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations (516) 463-4757 Email
Charmise P. Woodside-Desiré Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving (516) 463-4390 Email

Externships and Pro Bono Programs

Luciana DeCarlo* Director of Externships and Pro Bono Programs (516) 463-0386 Email

Finance and Personnel

Margaret Celano Administrative Assistant (516) 463-4480 Email
Laura Fetter Director of Administrative Operations (516) 463-4673 Email
Mary T. Ruggilo* Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration (516) 463-7285 Email
Franca Sachs Associate Director of Grants Management   Email

Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy

Janet L. Dolgin* Jack and Freda Dicker Distinguished Professor of Health Care Law and Director of the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy; Professor of Science Education, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine (516) 463-5873 Email
Kerlann Flowers Legal Director and Senior Attorney for the Northwell/Hofstra Medical Legal Partnership and Senior Fellow for the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (516) 463-9554 Email
Joel Roselin Assistant Director of the Gitenstein Institute for Health Law and Policy and Bioethics Center Coordinator (516) 463-4256 Email
Michelle C. Wallace Assistant Director of the Gitenstein Institute and Bioethics Center Coordinator (516) 463-6128 Email

Hofstra Legal Hand Call-In Center

Ilana Beroff Post Graduate Fellow/Center Manager for the Hofstra Legal Hand Call-In Center    
Judge Fern A. Fisher* Executive Director for Legal Hand Call-In Center, Inc., and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (516) 463-5159 Email
Nicole Moss Center Attorney for the Hofstra Legal Hand Call-In Center   Email

Information Technology Services/Help Desk

Nicholas Mahan Assistant Director of Information Technology Services and Systems Administrator (516) 463-4432 Email
Jessica Schaefer Assistant Director of Information Technology Services (516) 463-4794 Email
Joshua Shnayer IT Support Manager (516) 463-7328          
Jackson Snellings* Senior Director of Information Technology Services (516) 463-4993 Email

Law & Technology

John Tsiforas* Director of Law & Technology, Director of Distance Education and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (516) 463-6414 Email

Law Library

Nancy Coradin Acquisitions and Electronic Resource Management Librarian (516) 463-­5912 Email
Carolyn Hasselmann Reference Librarian (516) 463-5905 Email
Jacob Nunnally Assistant Director of Access and Collection Services (516) 463-5904 Email
Isaac Samuels Reference Librarian (516) 463-7808 Email
Kevin Shelton Reference and Government Documents Librarian (516) 463-6150 Email
Lisa A. Spar Associate Director of the Law Library (516) 463-5392 Email
Hunter Whaley* Director of the Law Library, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and Assistant Dean for Information Services (516) 463-5901 Email

Law, Logic & Technology Research Laboratory

John Tsiforas* Director of Law & Technology, Director of Distance Education and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (516) 463-6414 Email

Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics

Judith N. Black Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics Coordinator (516) 463-6889 Email
Theo Liebmann* Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Monroe H. Freedman Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics (516) 463-4736 Email

Paralegal Studies Certificate Program

Celia Gordon* Executive Director, Paralegal Studies Certificate Program, Administrative Director of Foundational Lawyering Skills and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law (516) 463-5872 Email

Student Affairs

Michele LoFaso Senior Director of Student Affairs (516) 463-6067 Email
Lisa Monticciolo* Dean of Students and Diversity and Inclusion Officer (516) 463-5771 Email
Jessika Pineda Associate Director of International Programs and Student Affairs (516) 463-0417 Email

* Denotes Department Head


Staff

Amy Angrisani Senior Support Specialist, Dean of Students and Diversity and Inclusion Officer (516) 463-4368 Email
Frances Avnet Executive Secretary, Faculty Support Staff (516) 463-5877 Email
Jessie Beckett Senior Assistant to Library Tech Services (516) 463-5902 Email
Marjorie Butler Accounts Clerk Specialist, Law Library (516) 463-5898 Email
Jennifer Calautti Executive Secretary, Academic Support (516) 463-5878 Email
Donna Calderon Accounts Clerk Specialist, Law Library (516) 463-5898 Email
Jacqueline Cassar Senior Support Specialist, Law Library (516) 463-5900 Email
Joyce Amore Cox Executive Secretary, Faculty Support Staff (516) 463-6339 Email
Ahmed Chaudhry Senior Support Specialist, Enrollment Management (516) 463-5859 Email
Linda DiSanti Senior Executive Secretary, Communications and Faculty Support Staff (516) 463-7239 Email
Mary Fair Senior Assistant, Academic Records (516) 463-5919 Email
Marcela Fernandez Senior Executive Secretary, Faculty Support Staff (516) 463-4761 Email
Diane Gayer Senior Support Specialist, External Relations (516) 463-6340 Email
Joshua Handley Senior Assistant, Career Services (516) 463-5024 Email
Sheryl Johnson Senior Assistant, Law Library (516) 463-5902 Email
Cindy Kerrigan Senior Support Specialist, IT (516) 463-5860 Email
Betty Black Leonardo Executive Secretary, Faculty Support Staff (516) 463-5928 Email
Joanne Masci Senior Support Specialist, International Programs (516) 463-4547 Email
Kristin Radecker Senior Executive Secretary, Neighborhood Law Clinic (516) 463-5934 Email
E. Margot Rivera Senior Executive Secretary, Neighborhood Law Office (516) 463-5935 Email
Jordan Smalls Executive Secretary, Gitenstein Institute (516) 463-5044  
Richard Torrani Senior Assistant, Law Library (516) 463-5898 Email
Doris Urbach Senior Support Specialist, Career Services (516) 463-5871 Email
Tasmiyah Yaqub Senior Support Specialist (516) 463-7056 Email