Legal Studies Program Faculty and Advisory Committee
Full-Time Faculty
Matthew Cornick, J.D.
- Assistant Professor/Program Coordinator. Professor Cornick is
a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A.
cum laude, 1979) and Emory University School of Law (J.D. 1982).
From 1982 through 1989, Mr. Cornick maintained an active law
practice with an emphasis on tort litigation, bankruptcy, and
family law. He was a panel member on “The Law Show” (WGST-AM,
Atlanta) from 1987-1989 and served as the show’s host from 1990
through 1993. Mr. Cornick began his career in paralegal
education in 1987 as an adjunct instructor at The National
Center for Paralegal Training (“NCPT”). From 1989 through 1995,
Mr. Cornick served as NCPT’s Director of Education, leading a
faculty of more than thirty members of the metro Atlanta bar.
From 1995 through 2002, Mr. Cornick was a full time faculty
member at NCPT, teaching classes in Legal Research, Civil
Litigation, Bankruptcy and Family Law, among others. Mr. Cornick
is the author of A Practical Guide to Family Law, West
Publishing, 1995, and has served as a speaker at numerous
Continuing Legal Education seminars. Mr. Cornick served as a
member of the Approval Commission for the Standing Committee on
Legal Assistants of the American Bar Association from 1996-1999.
Office: Clayton Hall, Room T109-C. Phone: (678) 466-4639.
email:
mattcornick@clayton.edu.
Mara Mooney, J.D.
- Assistant Professor of Paralegal Studies. Professor Mooney is
a graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, PA (B.A. cum laude;
Phi Beta Kappa) and Emory University School of Law (Emory Law
Review; Dean's Fellow in Legal Research and Writing). She has
been involved in paralegal education since 1996. She has taught
at paralegal programs in Pennsylvania and Georgia. She acted as
Coordinator of the CSU Paralegal Studies Program from
2000-2003, and from 2003-present is a full-time teacher in
the program who also academically advises students. Prior to
joining the faculty at
CSU, she was an associate with
Alston & Bird, LLP in Atlanta, GA. Her law practice focused on
representing commercial real estate clients. At CSU, Ms. Mooney
teaches Introduction to Law & Ethics, Legal Research & Writing,
Real Estate Law, Computers in the Law, and Law Office Skills.
Office: Clayton Hall, Room T109-D. Phone: (678) 466-4642;
email:
maramooney@clayton.edu.
Sherry Richardson,
J.D. - Assistant Professor of Paralegal Studies. Professor
Richardson is a full-time Assistant Professor at Clayton State
University with extensive legal, business and teaching
experience. She teaches in the CSU Paralegal Studies and the
Bachelor of Applied Science programs. Professor
Richardson earned her Juris Doctor from Arizona State
University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business
Management from the University of Nevada. As the senior
and managing associate with Forrest B. Johnson &
Associates for six years, she worked as a trial attorney. Her
areas of concentration were medical malpractice, catastrophic
personal injury, tort and general litigation. In this
position, she successfully argued Service Merchandise, Inc. v.
Jackson, 221 Ga. App. 897, 473 S.E.2d 209 (1996) before the
Georgia Court of Appeals. After leaving that position in
1999, she worked as a sole practitioner. This transition gave
her the independence to integrate her legal and business
skills and share her knowledge. She has been engaged in
numerous business ventures, including the co-ownership of a
women’s consignment clothing boutique that sold couture
designer merchandise in downtown Atlanta. Professor Richardson
served as an adjunct instructor at Herzing College and in the
Atlanta Public School System Law Magnet Program before she
accepted a full-time teaching position at CSU. She has taught
courses in business law, introduction to the law, contracts
and torts, business organizations, legal issues for managers,
legal research and writing, advanced writing, technical
writing, leadership skills, speech and technology and the
law. In order to further her professional skills while
teaching, she served as a legal consultant for various local
corporations and an arbitrator for the Atlanta Better Business
Bureau. She also served as an Advisory Board Member to the
Legal Aid Society, an organization that provides quality legal
services to low-income individuals. Office: Clayton Hall, Room T109-D. Phone: (678)
466-4644; email:
sheryneking@clayton.edu.
Jeffrey Bodimer
Accreditation Specialist
Kaplan University
The Honorable Geronda Carter
Judge, Clayton County Superior Court
J.D., University of Miami, 1996
B.A., Spelman College, 1993
The Honorable Albert J. Collier
Judge, Clayton County Superior Court
L.L.M. in Litigation, Woodrow Wilson College of Law, 1987
J.D., Woodrow Wilson College of Law, 1982
B.S., Criminal Justice, Valdosta State University, 1976
Charles Cromwell
Public Sector Paralegal, U.S. Attorney's Office
Jane Glaze-Kimberly
Paralegal and Firm Administrator
Glaze, Harris, Arnold & Mack, P.C.
B.A.S., Administrative Management, Clayton College & State University
A.A.S., Paralegal Studies, Clayton College & State University
Paralegal Certificate, Clayton College & State University
Angelyn Hayes
Director, Career Services
Clayton State University
M.Ed., Georgia State University, 1982
ABD, Georgia State University
Donna Kinney
Paralegal, Law Offices of Steve Mixon
Paralegal Certificate, Clayton State University, 1997
A.A.S., Paralegal Studies, Clayton State University,
1998
B.A.S. Administrative Management, Clayton State
University, 2000
Meral Lewellyn Clarke
Career Counselor
John E. Parkerson, Jr.
Senior Attorney, Delta Airlines
Sharon Y. Williams
Human Resources Supervisor
A.A.S., Paralegal Studies, Clayton College & State University
Paralegal Certificate, Clayton College & State University, 2003