Faculty/Staff ProfileTitle

Principal Employment/Service

2018-present              Professor of Law Emeritus 

1993-2018                  Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law 

                                    (Communications Law, Media Law Seminar, Cyberspace Law     

                                    Seminar, Legal Analysis, Research & Writing, Introduction to         

                                    Lawyering Skills, Introduction to Advocacy, Contracts, Torts,  

                                    Constitutional Law, Law of the United States)

                                    Senior Research Associate, UB Center for Internat’l & Comparative              

                                    Law; Coordinator, China Programs

2009-2022                   Member, Editorial Advisory Board and Founding Editor (through 2020), Journal of Media Law & Ethics (Kansas State University, formerly University of Baltimore School of Law)

2016-2025              Co-author, The Law of Advertising, LexisNexis                

2008-2013 & 2022-2025       Member, Editorial Advisory Board, The Daily Record (Baltimore)

                        Member: Legal Writing Section, AALS; Ass’n of Legal Writing Directors;       

                        Legal Writing Institute; American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar      

                        Association; Ass’n for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication;        

                        International Communication Ass’n; Wranglers Law Club.

Previous Employment

1991-1993       Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law (Legal Writing)

1990-1993       Adjunct Professor, Loyola University Maryland, Dept. of Writing & Media  

                                    (Reporting, Copy Editing, Media Law)

1972-1993       Executive Vice President & Publisher, Business Publishers, Inc., 

                                    Silver Spring, Maryland

Served as reporter, editor, editorial director, vice president-marketing, and, ultimately, general counsel, executive vice president and publisher during 21-year career with prominent Washington newsletter publisher.  At its peak, the company published approximately 50 titles, covering legislation, regulation, and litigation, with 70 editorial employees accredited to the House and Senate Periodical Press Galleries.  The company was sold in April 2005 and again in June 2006, and no longer exists as an independent entity. 

1968-1972       United States Army