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I am an Associate Professor of Law and member of the Health Law Institute at Widener University School of Law. I came to Widener in 2007, after teaching at the University of Memphis since 2005. Before entering academia, I worked seven years for Arnold & Porter LLP (in Los Angeles and Washington, DC), and clerked for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. I earned both my J.D. and Ph.D. (in philosophy & bioethics) from Georgetown University.
My current research focuses on:
Medical Futility and other legal obstacles to good end-of-life care
Internal Dispute Resolution mechanisms in healthcare, particularly ethics committees
Tort Law, particularly consent and the assumption of risk doctrine
Public Health Law, particularly the legitimacy of restricting voluntary self-regarding conduct
Normative Jurisprudence, particularly the justifiability of hard paternalism
I teach the following courses:
Health Law I (Patient Care & Liability) End-of-Life Decisions Law
Health Law II (Finance & Regulation) Bioethics
Torts Public Health Law
Business Organizations Health Law Thesis
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