The 2013-2014 academic year will be an exciting one as we welcome a host of new faculty members and courses. Chapman Law will be offering a broader array of new classes in areas such as international trade law, healthcare law, patent law, mergers and acquisitions, practice transactions, in-house corporate practice, video game law, patent litigation and sports law among others. Join us in welcoming the following the professors to Chapman University School of Law!

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Lan Cao


Lan Cao, Professor of Law

Professor Cao is currently teaching at William & Mary Law School where she is the Boyd Fellow and Professor of Law. She earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and clerked for Judge Constance Baker Motley of the U.S District Court for the Southern District of New York. She practiced with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison in New York City. Additionally, Professor Cao was a Ford Foundation Scholar in 1991. She will be teaching Corporations, International Business Transactions and International Trade Law.

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Samuel Ernst


Samuel Ernst, Assistant Professor of Law

Professor Ernst was formerly a partner at the national firm of Covington & Burling LLP. He earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law School and clerked for Judge Timothy Dyk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is an intellectual property and appellate litigation attorney working in all fields of technology, including semiconductor fabrication, circuit design, biomedical devices, software, and pharmaceuticals. He will be teaching Contracts, Pre-trial Civil Litigation, Patent Law and related intellectual property subjects.

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David Gibbs


David H. Gibbs, Associate Professor of Practice

Professor Gibbs is currently a partner at Bowditch & Dewey LLP in Boston and is a Practitioner in Residence at Suffolk University Law School. He earned his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a business and trial lawyer with a national practice in dispute resolution and he is the founder of the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. Professor Gibbs is listed in Best Lawyers in America in Dispute Resolution and Massachusetts Super Lawyers in Businesses Litigation. He will be teaching Practice Foundation Transactions and other practice-oriented topics.

Leigh Steinberg
is a special adjunct professor who will teach a course in Sports Law in fall 2013. As one of the nation’s most prominent sports agents, Professor Steinberg attended Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law where he intended to become a public defender. He has represented a “who’s who” of professional athletes and is credited as the real life inspiration of the sports agent from the film Jerry Maguire.

Eric Roeder
is a special adjunct professor who will teach a course in Video Game Law in fall 2013. Professor Roeder is the General Counsel of Blizzard Entertainment Inc., the producer of the World of Warcraft series of video games.

Other new & returning faculty

William Black
Attorney at Law
Adjunct Professor
Course: Fundamentals
of In-House Corporate Practice

Gabriel Bowne
Attorney, Office of County Counsel
Adjunct Professor
Course: Arbitration

William Caplan
Of Counsel, Rutan & Tucker
Adjunct Professor
Course: Mediation

Tom Crane
Partner, Rutan & Tucker
Adjunct Professor
Course: Mergers & Acquisitions

Tom Curtis
Partner, Nossaman
Adjunct Professor
Course: Healthcare Law

Joan Donnellan
Of Counsel, Parker Milliken
Adjunct Professor
Course: Real Estate Finance and
Transactions

Mark Edwards
Partner, Edwards & Hayden
Adjunct Professor
Course: Arbitration

Martin Florman
Partner, Buchalter Nemer
Adjunct Professor
Course: Business Planning

Albert Garcia
Senior Counsel, SoCalGas
Adjunct Professor
Course: California Environmental Law

Joe Jennings
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Adjunct Professor
Course: Patent Litigation

Anne Lanphar
Senior Operations Counsel, First American Title Insurance Company
Adjunct Professor
Course: Commercial Leasing

Paul Marchegiani
Director of Business Affairs, NBC Universal
Adjunct Professor
Course: Television Law

Julie Marzouk
Supervising attorney at the Public Law Center
Assistant Clinical Professor
Course: Family Violence
Clinic; Immigration

Kenneth Miller
Partner, Bienert, Miller & Katzman
Adjunct Professor
Course: Pre-trial Civil Practice

Glen Pfeiffer
Professor and Associate Dean, Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University
Adjunct Professor
Course: Financial Accounting

Barrie Roberts
Director of ADR Program, Superior Court of California, County of Riverside
Adjunct Professor
Course: Negotiations (LL.M.)

John Rosenthal
Assistant General Counsel, L.A. Care Health Plan
Adjunct Professor
Course: Healthcare Law

Mark Rothenberg
Senior Attorney, Southern California Edison
Adjunct Professor
Course: California Environmental Law; Municipal Ordinances; Land Use Dispute

John Sganga
Partner, Knobbe Martens
Adjunct Professor
Course: Patent Litigation

Margaret Thomas
Community Liaison/Analyst, Center of Innovation and Research, USC
Adjunct Professor
Course: Selected Topics

Bryan Yacker
Founder/Partner, YH Advisors Inc.
Adjunct Professor
Course: Tax Exempt Organizations (J.D./LL.M.)