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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.

Part-Time Faculty

• Robert Romeo, Esq. - Family Law
• Lee Peterson, Esq. - Wills, Trusts and Probate Law; Legal Research and Writing
• Judge Daphne Walker - Criminal Litigation
• Jason Campbell, Esq. - Real Estate Law
• Kaveh Rashidi-Yazd, Esq. - Intellectual Property Law
• Laura Rashidi-Yazd, Esq. - Intellectual Property Law
• Jerry McCumber, Esq. - Healthcare Law

Advisory Committee

• Brad J. Baber
  Paralegal Manager
  Troutman Sanders LLP
  A.A., Paralegal Studies (ABA approved program), Midlands Technical College, 1987
  B.A., Wabash College, 1982
• 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