Associate DeanProfessor of LawAreas of ExpertiseFamily Law, Juvenile Law, Negotiations and MediationEducationLL.M. Columbia University School of LawJ.D. Albany Law School of Union University Albany Law Review A.B. Vassar College, cum laude ExperienceDrake Professor since 1982Hancock, Estabrook, Ryan, Shove & Hust, Syracuse, NY Fellow, Columbia University School of Law Selected Publications"Taxation of Property Settlements Incident to Divorce: U.S. v. Davis: A Case of Confusion and a Time for Change", Hein's Legal Thesis and Dissertations"Alimony, Child Support, and Counsel Fees," Matthew Bender "Jurisdictional Gerrymandering & The Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act" 25 Family Law Quarterly 299 "Awarding Child Custody: The Best Interests of the Child and Other Fictions," 5 Yale Review of Law & Social Policy 261 "Race, Poverty, & Neglect," 28 William Mitchell Law Review 763 Significant AccomplishmentsInterviewed on National Public Radio "All Things Considered"Past Chair, Governor's Advisory Committee on Child Support Enforcement Member, Board of Directors, Iowa Legal Services Corporation Iowa Supreme Court Training and Education Task Force Frequent presentations on issues of family law |
 On Legal Theory and (Sometimes Grim) Reality"Legal theories - like the rule that courts should do what is in the best interests of the child - are not just empty abstractions. They have very real consequences. |
