About the Center
The Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance
Purpose and Mission
To be recognized as the preeminent resource for corporate law and governance issues for New Jersey’s legal, business and nonprofit communities.
To serve as a home and base of operations for faculty teaching corporate law, business law and corporate governance subjects.
To develop a practical approach to corporate law and governance issues, focusing on both common themes and industry-specific issues in promoting best corporate practices and law reform.
To build bridges among:
- the Law School, the business and nonprofit communities, and the greater Newark and Camden communities;
- the Law School and other academic units within Rutgers University that conduct business-related research or have a general interest in corporate law and governance, ethics and compliance: Bring business-oriented faculty, particularly in the Rutgers Business School, into the Law School; develop synergies in research and teaching with those in the Law School and Business School, as well as collaborative programming; provide exposure of law students to business faculty and highlight the benefits and opportunities of interdisciplinary work for both faculty and students; foster development of internships for law students in the business community.
- the Law School and New Jersey government: Create opportunities for the New Jersey governmental business departments, members of the legislature, and members of the judiciary, to share and exchange information and perspectives with members of the faculty; serve as a locus for business law and corporate governance reform; create opportunities for students to learn about the government work in the regulation of business.
Newsletter
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Program Faculty and Fellows
Co-Directors
Douglas S. Eakeley
Alan V. Lowenstein Professor of Corporate and Business Law and Distinguished Practice Professor
Arthur B. Laby
Professor of Law
Center Fellows
Hui Chen
Distinguished Research Fellow
Doug Chia
Senior Fellow
Affiliated Faculty
Charles Auffant
Clinical Professor of Law
Jean-Marc Coicaud
Distinguished Professor of Law and Global Affairs
Sarah Dadush
Professor of Law
Donna Dennis
Professor of Law and Justice Frederick W. Hall Scholar
Katie Eyer
Professor of Law
Jay Feinman
Distinguished Professor of Law
Matteo Gatti
Professor of Law
Yuliya Guseva
Professor of Law
Philip Harvey
Professor of Law
Stacy Hawkins
Professor of Law
Robert Holmes
Clinical Professor of Law, Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. Scholar, Deputy Director of the Community and Transactional Lawyering Clinic
Richard Hyland
Distinguished Professor of Law
Pam Jenoff
Clinical Professor of Law
John Kettle
Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic
Donald Korobkin
Professor of Law
Michael Livingston
Professor of Law
Heloule Mohallim
Professor of Law
David Noll
Professor of Law
Chrystin Ondersma
Professor of Law
Andrew Rossner
Associate Dean of Professional and Skills Education, Distinguished Professor and Director of the Institute for Professional Education
Jacob Russell
Associate Professor of Law
Sabrina Safrin
Professor of Law and Arthur L. Dickinson Scholar
Adam Scales
Professor of Law
Fadi Shaheen
Professor of Law, and Professor Charles Davenport Scholar
Rick Swedloff
Vice Dean, and Professor of Law
David Troutt
Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar
Reid Weisbord
Professor of Law, and Judge Norma L. Shapiro Scholar
Advisory Board
Stuart A. Alderoty
Advisory Board Chair
General Counsel, Ripple
James P. Berg
Parker, Ibrahim & Berg
Stephen L. Brown
Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
Paul G. Cellupica
Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, PIMCO
Alan M. Cohen
Former Senior Policy Advisor to the Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Mark R. Decker
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The Connell Company
Thomas S. DiLeonardo
Chief Compliance Officer/Principal, KPMG LLP
Erin T. Elko
Deputy General Counsel, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Margaret M. Foran
Chief Governance Officer, VP and Corporate Secretary, Prudential Financial, Inc.
Andrew S. Levine
Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, EVP, SL Green Realty Corp.
Courtney McCormick
Vice President, Internal Auditing Services, PSEG
David A. Mebane
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, RWJBarnabas Health
Patricia Nachtigal
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Ingersoll-Rand plc.
Bruce A. Ortwine
General Counsel, Americas, Adviser, Global Legal and Compliance and Senior Executive Vice President, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Dean J. Paranicas
Former Vice President, Corporate Secretary, and Public Policy, BD (Becton Dickinson and Company); President and Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Institute of New Jersey (HINJ)
Timothy Peterson
Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Tod K. Reichert
General Counsel/Chief Operating Officer, OFS Capital Management, LLC
Patti E. Russell
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer; Associate General Counsel, BD (Becton Dickinson and Company)
Jordan B. Savitch
General Counsel, Glenmede Trust Company
Jeffrey M. Shapiro
Partner, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
Michael H. Ullmann
Vice President, General Counsel, Executive Committee Member, Johnson & Johnson
Brian Victor
Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Social Finance, Inc.
David Yawman
Partner Cresco Partners; (Ret.) EVP, General Counsel PepsiCo
Alumni Steering Committee
Debra M. Aaron NLAW ’76
Jarryd Anderson NLAW ’11
Christopher J. Andrew RC ’95, NLAW ’02
Giuliano Apadula CLAW’13
Sarah M. Bachner CLAW ’09
Amy Beth Bard NLAW ’82
Paula Block Bralow NLAW ’90
Rachael B. Brekke CLAW ’11
Raina Bretan CLAW ’13
Taurien Buffaloe CLAW’18
Naomi Burris CLAW ’16
Neil A. Campbell CLAW ’18
Alan B. Cardenas RC ’98, NLAW ’02
Wan Cha NLAW ’15
Renée Dudek CLAW’17
Michael Eleneski CLAW ’16
Susan C. Ervin NLAW ’76
Steven S. Flores NLAW ’99
Kerry E. Flynn RBSG ’03, NLAW ’03
David S. Garber NLAW ’88
Alexander D. Gonzalez RC ’04, CLAW ’07
James Goodall NLAW ’15
Sarah D. Gore NLAW ’14
Sheryl Mintz Goski NLAW ’85
Sara Gray CLAW ’19
Michael J. Hampson RC ’02, NLAW ’06
Eric Jacobs NLAW ’98
Amanda Johnson NLAW ’11
Lisa J. Jurick NLAW ’03
Patrick H. Kilcullen CLAW ’12
Marcela Kirberger NLAW ’01
Ibrahim Kosoko CLAW ’16
Frederick Lark ’98
Genevieve K. LaRobardier NLAW ’83
Katherine C. Lee NLAW ’90
Douglas G. Leney CLAW ’07
Warren Mabey CLAW ’10
Sean Mack NLAW ’99
Patrick J. Medeo CLAW ’20
Jeffrey N. Medio CLAW ’10
Keith J. Miller NLAW ’93
Russ Nesevich RC ’96 RBS ’10 CLAW ’10
Patrina A. Ozurumba NLAW ’13
Tara M. Pellicori CLAW ’08
Rebecca Pluckhorn CLAW ’17
Brian B. Quinn NLAW ’08
Oliver B. Quinn NLAW ’75
Gina Ragone CLAW ’20
Richard J. Ramones CLAW ’11
Jeremy Reich CLAW ’14
Michael Rettig CLAW ’88
Brandon Riley CLAW ’13
Susan Rodihan Dupuy NLAW ’01
Alyssa K. Ronan CLAW ’13
William E. Schroeder NLAW ’86
Barbara A. Schweiger NLAW’98
Khizar A. Sheikh NLAW ’03
Paula Simpkins NLAW ’91
Aimee Smith CLAW’13
Louis Smith NLAW ’93
Andrew I. Stemmer NLAW ’03
Robert M. Stern NLAW ’98
Paul Szypiotko NLAW ’14
John T. Vaughan NLAW ’02
Jewel M. Watson NLAW ’10
Theodore F. Weltner, III NLAW ’10
Andrew R. Wolf NLAW ’95
Michael Yap NLAW ’99
Jason Ye NLAW ’14
Angela Yu NLAW ’15
Kristin Yu NLAW ’15
Staff and Student Fellows


Jordan Dunbar, Student Fellow
Jordan is a 3L at Rutgers Law School – Camden. She is a graduate of American University, where in May 2019, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Justice, Law and Criminology with a minor in Chinese language. During her third year at American, Jordan studied abroad in Chengdu, China where she interned at Beijing Deheng Law Offices. Prior to Law School, Jordan worked as a legal assistant at Jeff Fannell & Associates, a sports and entertainment firm that mainly worked with the MLB and MLBPA. Jordan spent her 1L summer with Prudential, Inc. working with their Individual Life Insurance and Annuities group. She just completed her 2L summer at Cooper Levenson in Atlantic City where she continues to work per diem. Jordan has mentored other law students, served as the Vice President of the Black Law Students Association, and as a Teacher’s Assistant for Civil Procedure. While in law school Jordan has volunteered in bankruptcy clinics, divorce clinics, disability law clinics and is a current volunteer law clerk for the Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia.
Katie Sferra, Program Coordinator
Katie joins us from the Princeton University Davis International Center, where she was the International Student Advisor. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Montclair State University, where she received a Certificate in Entrepreneurship and served as a Teaching Assistant for the Entrepreneurship Program.