Hofstra Law Faculty Experts
Adoption
Adoption, same-sex marriage and adoption, family law, marriage, divorce
Animal Rights
Animal rights, cruelty to animals, lab treatment of animals, product testing on animals, animal control issues
Appeals and Appellate Practice
Business, Corporate and Securities Law
- Miriam R. Albert
Corporate and securities law, contract law, business organizations, business planning, business drafting, mergers and acquisitions
- J. Scott Colesanti
Financial markets, Dow Jones, New York Stock Exchange, securities laws
- Ronald J. Colombo
Federal Reserve, subprime mortgage crisis, monopolies, competition, free trade, cartels, mergers and acquisitions, price gouging, business organizations, securities laws, contracts
- Linda Galler
Corporate taxation
- Daniel J.H. Greenwood
Economic crisis, recession, depression, financial markets, monopolies, competition, free trade, cartels, mergers and acquisitions, price gouging, CEO corruption, brokerage houses, banks, mortgages, foreclosures, corporate free speech, securities laws
- Alan N. Resnick
Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 bankruptcy, debt restructuring, contracts, corporate reorganization, business law
Children
Children’s rights, children’s advocacy, custody issues, juvenile justice, immigrant children matters, child welfare system, children involved in sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect
Collaborative Law, Mediation and Arbitration
Constitutional Law
Constitutional law, governmental authority, presidential power, foreign policy, federalism, state’s rights, civil rights/liberties.
Consumer Rights
Consumer rights, consumer protection, consumer laws, consumer risks
Copyright; Intellectual Property
Copyright, intellectual property, library issues, Internet issues
Criminal Justice; Forensic Evidence; DNA Evidence
- Alafair S. Burke
Criminal law and sentencing, criminal procedure, prosecutorial policies, community policing, non-punitive responses to crime, domestic violence
- Robin Charlow
Criminal law
- J. Herbie DiFonzo
DNA evidence, forensics, “CSI” effect, criminal law, criminal defense, criminal justice
- Lawrence W. Kessler
Criminal procedure
- Stefan Krieger
Evidence, evidence at trial, admissibility of evidence, applied evidence
- Vern R. Walker
“CSI” effect, scientific evidence at trial, expert witnesses
Death Penalty
Defamation
Defamation, false claims, libel, slander
Disability Rights
Disability rights, Americans with Disabilities Act, employment discrimination
Domestic Violence
Domestic violence, prosecution of batterers, defense of battered women, criminal law and sentencing, criminal procedure, prosecutorial policies, community policing, non-punitive responses to crime
Employment
Employment discrimination, labor issues
Environmental Law
Global warming, environment, energy, “green” issues, governmental response to climate change
Ethics
First Amendment
First Amendment issues, civil rights/liberties, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion
Gender and Law
Health Care
- Janet L. Dolgin
Health Care, health care plans, health insurance, health care disparities, uninsured, under-insured
Housing Rights
Landlord-tenant issues, renter’s rights, low-income housing
Human Rights
Human rights, international human rights, international law, foreign policy
Immigration
- Theo Liebmann
Immigrant youth and unaccompanied minors
- Lauris Wren
Asylum cases, refugees, human rights, immigration laws post 9/11
International Law
International law, foreign policy, conflict of laws, international family law
Internet
- Akilah N. Folami
Internet, technology, ownership, e-commerce, online contracting, online privacy
Judges
Judges, judicial power, Supreme Court judges, Supreme Court history, Supreme Court power
Legal History
LGBT Issues; Same-sex Marriage
LGBT issues, same-sex marriage, same-sex adoption, gender issues, discrimination, employment discrimination
Marriage and Divorce
Marriage, divorce, domestic partnerships, children’s rights, custody, alimony, parental responsibility
Nonprofit Organizations
Politics; Government; Elections
- Eric Lane
Government, municipal law, term limits, legislative processes, constitutional law, New York City governments/politics, New York City charter revision
- Grant M. Hayden
- Stefan Krieger
Election laws, voting rights, voters turned away
- Serge Martinez
Election laws, voting rights, voters turned away, disenfranchised voters
- James Sample
Voting rights, campaign finance, government
Presidential Power
Presidential power, terrorism, homeland security, torture laws, Guantanamo Bay
Real Estate and Land Use Policy
Religion; Separation of Church and State
Reproductive Rights
Sexual Harassment
Supreme Court
Supreme Court, Supreme Court justices, judges, judicial power, presidential power, Supreme Court history, Supreme Court power, constitutional law
Tax
Taxes, income tax, tax on wealthy, capital gains, inheritance taxes, tax on gifts, taxation of corporations
Terrorism; Homeland Security
Terrorism, homeland security, torture laws, Guantanamo Bay, presidential power
Trial Strategy and Policing
Wills, Trusts and Estates
Wills, trusts, estates, distribution of property and assets
