In January, Cumberland School of Law welcomed Chinelo Diké-Minor to its faculty. As an assistant professor, she teaches health law and a variety of criminal law courses.

"I am so honored to join the Cumberland faculty," she said. "I look forward to working with other outstanding faculty members to help to expand the health law program."

Prior to joining Cumberland, she served as an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Alabama where she worked for eight years. There, she was the criminal division’s health care fraud coordinator. In that role, she successfully prosecuted multiple health care fraud and opioid prescribing cases.

Before her most recent role, Diké-Minor practiced civil and criminal litigation at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York City. Prior to that she clerked for the late Honorable Judge Mark Kravitz in the District of Connecticut and for the Honorable Rosemary Pooler on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Diké-Minor graduated from Wesleyan University and Yale Law School.

“We are excited to have Chinelo join our faculty,” said Jill Evans, associate dean and director of international programs. “Her addition to the faculty enables us to expand our health law curriculum under the direction of an experienced and formidable health law attorney. Birmingham is home to a top-ranked health care system and building a strong program in health law is a natural fit, allowing students to take advantage of a myriad of opportunities in the area.”