Ask any current student or alumnus what makes Cumberland School of Law different from other institutions, and answers will always include the quality and strength of relationships that students build with the faculty and staff.
The Cumberland School of Law faculty possess a wealth of expertise, with advanced degrees from top-tier law schools and vast experiences as prosecutors, public defenders, civil litigators, corporate transaction negotiators, judicial clerks and more. They bring their knowledge, real-world experience and academic interests to class every day—to help prepare students to pass the bar exam and launch careers of high-quality service to their clients and communities.
Not only are our faculty nationally known experts in their specialty areas, they promote student interaction beyond the classroom with an open-door policy to encourage students to seek advice, counsel and conversation.
Additionally, the professional staff at Cumberland School of Law, many of whom have law degrees themselves, will help ensure your law school experience is welcoming and enjoyable.
To find a faculty member based on expertise, type in a keyword in the search field below (i.e."Intellectual Property", "Criminal Law", etc.).
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Ramona Carroll Albin
Associate Professor of Law
239H Robinson Hall
April Allen
Director of Operations
Robinson Hall
Jeff Anderson
Professor of Law and Director of the Legal Research and Writing Program
Robinson Hall
Robin W. Andrews
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233D Robinson Hall
Nancy Battles
Assistant Director of Admission Operations
Office of Law Admission
132 Robinson Hall
Morgan Black
Director of University Marketing, Marketing and Communication Lead, Cumberland School of Law
201 D Cooney Hall
Angela Blocker
Administrative Assistant
222 Robinson Hall
Deborah Clayton
Administrative Assistant to the Dean
102 Robinson Hall
Carlissa Carson
Assistant Professor of Law
201C Robinson Hall
Chris Chrisenberry
Administrative Assistant
Office of the Associate Dean and Student Services
231C Robinson Hall
Charlie Coleman
Law Library Assistant
155A Law Library
Leslie Coyne
Clinical Instructor in Residence
Emily Bonds Davey
Director of Clinics, Externships and Public Interest
224A Robinson Hall
LaJuana S. Davis
Judge J. Russell McElroy Professor of Law and Director of the Innocence Law Clinic
239G Robinson Hall
Michael E. DeBow
Stephen Everett Wells Professor of Municipal Law
220 Robinson Hall
Brannon P. Denning
Starnes Professor of Law
214 Robinson Hall
Chinelo Diké-Minor
Associate Professor of Law
239E Robinson Hall
Alyssa DiRusso
Whelan W. and Rosalie T. Palmer Professor of Law
239D Robinson Hall
Will Dorton
Assistant Professor of Law
Robinson Hall
Jill Elysa Evans
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Law
231B Robinson Hall
Charmayne Fillmore
Director of Continuing Legal Education
Robinson Hall
Eric Getty
Clinical Instructor in Residence
Alicia Gilbert
Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Robinson Hall
Keta Harmon
Acquisitions Librarian
126C Law Library
Tona Hitson
Director, Law Student Services
124 Robinson Hall
Lynn Hogewood
Assistant Dean of Academic and Bar Success
M10 Robinson Hall
Erica Holloway
Program Coordinator
Continuing Legal Education
322 Robinson Hall
William Grady Holt
Associate Director
Land Use and Natural Resources Law Center
202 Robinson Hall
Blake Hudson
Dean and Professor of Law
Robinson Hall
Leigh Jones
Evening and Weekend Reference Librarian
155B Law Library
Layne Keele
Associate Professor of Law
239C Robinson Hall
Paul Kuruk
Lucille Stewart Beeson Professor of Law
231A Robinson Hall
Gregory K. Laughlin
Law Library Director and Associate Professor of Law
150B Law Library
Gracie Lloyd
Law Library Department Assistant
Law Library
Law Library
Jennifer Lovelady
Assistant Director of Graduate and International Programs
215 Robinson Hall
Robert Maddox
Instructor in Residence
Anne L. Marovich
Development Officer
Cumberland School of Law
130F Robinson Hall
Edward C. Martin
Professor of Law and Director of Law School Technology
212 Robinson Hall
Rachel Stewart Martin
Director of Career and Professional Development
222A Robinson Hall
Skye McCammon
Program Assistant
224 Robinson Hall
Tim McFarlin
Professor of Law
206 Robinson Hall
Kerry P. McInerney
Instructor and Director of Graduate and International Programs
213 Robinson Hall
Kimberly Merritt
Trial Advocacy Program Coordinator
301 Robinson Hall
Cat Miaoulis
Director of Admission
Office of Law Admission
132 Robinson Hall
Davina Mitchell
Program Assistant
239 Robinson Hall
Brooke Nixon
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233C Robinson Hall
Cameron Pannell
Administrative Assistant to the Registrar
Office of the Registrar
106 Robinson Hall
Kevin Patton
Assistant Professor of Legal Clinics
Emily Price
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233B Robinson Hall
Lynda Reynolds
Program Assistant, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Cumberland Law Review and Samford University's Institutional Review Board
325 Robinson Hall
Honorable James H. (Jim) Roberts, Jr.
Director of National Trial Teams
Tracey M. Roberts
Professor of Law
239B Robinson Hall
William G. Ross
Albert P. Brewer Professor of Law and Ethics
210B Robinson Hall
Allie Saunders
Admission Counselor
Office of Law Admission
132 Robinson Hall
Grace L. Simms
Information Technology Librarian
251A Law Library
David M. Smolin
Harwell G. Davis Professor of Constitutional Law and Director, Center for Children, Law and Ethics
239F Robinson Hall
Maryam T. Stevenson
Assistant Professor of Law
216 Robinson Hall
Becky Stroud
Director of Alumni Engagement
130 Robinson Hall
Laura Domm Taaffe
Assistant Professor of Legal Research and Writing
233A Robinson Hall
Jeff Whitcomb
Technology Services Manager
Sara L. Williams
Visiting Director of Advocacy Programs
302 Robinson Hall
Matt Woodham
Associate Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Advocacy Programs
301G Robinson Hall
Lane Woodke
Assistant Professor of Law
201B Robinson Hall
Paige Yarbrough
Career Counselor
Career Development Office
222B Robinson Hall
Tami Zenker
Law Registrar
106 Robinson Hall
Adjunct Faculty
Michael Billingsley U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Alabama
Hon. Nicholas Danella U.S. Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Alabama
Annesley H. DeGaris DeGaris Law
Leslie S. Ennis Samford University Orlean Beeson School of Education
Alana C. Frederick Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Donald M. Jackson The Sports Group
Raymond L. Johnson Jr. The Johnson Law Firm LLC
Nicholas J. Landau Maynard Nexsen
Gary Lee Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC
Barbara Luckett Retired
Robert L. McCurley Jr. Author
Hon. Kevin C. Newsom U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Setara Ozan-Foster Kullman Law Firm
Jim Phillips Retired
Cynthia Ransburg-Brown UAB Office of Counsel
Jay D. St. Clair Littler Mendelson PC
Craig M. Stephens Arlington Family Offices
J.B. Ward U.S. Attorney's Office
Kimberly R. West Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC
Ashleigh Woodham Redemption Earned
Advocacy Program Adjunct Faculty
Rip Andrews Marsh, Rickard & Bryan PC
Heidi DiLorenzo Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Michael Eldridge Hollis Wright & Clay PC
Ron Gault Gaines Gault Hendrix
Brian Hoven Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Alan Kirk U.S. Attorney’s Office
Julie McMakin Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office
Blake Milner U.S. Attorney’s Office, Tenth Judicial Circuit
Hon. Kandice Pickett Tenth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama
Craig Shirley Hollis Wright & Clay PC
Brian Turner Gregory Fann Turner
Emeriti Faculty
Carolyn B. Featheringill , 2004
Alexander J. Bolla , 2011
Laurel Rebecca Clapp , 2010
Charles D. Cole , 2011
Leonard J. “Jack” Nelson , 2014
Joseph A. Snoe , 2017
LaVone Warren , 2017
Brenda Jones , 2017
Bob Goodwin , 2018
Michael Floyd , 2020
Mark Baggett , 2022
Tom Stone , 2022
Howard Walthall , 2022
Deborah Young , 2022
Brad Bishop , 2023
Henry C. “Corky” Strickland , 2024