Located in Downtown Fort Worth, Texas (a thriving contributor to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area), Texas Wesleyan University School of Law faculty members offer a variety of experiences regarding many facets of the law. With our pro bono commitment, three semesters of required legal writing, practical legal and clinical skills training, and overall dedication to legal scholarship, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law faculty have contributed to the successful development of many key attorneys in the Metroplex area and beyond for nearly 20 years.

To reach the experts on our law faculty for commentary, please contact Amy Batheja, communications specialist, at (817) 212-4061, or abatheja@law.txwes.edu.

AREAS OF FACULTY EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS

By Subject Area:

Art Law:   Megan M. Carpenter

Administrative Law: Huyen Pham

Adoption Law: Malinda L. Seymore

Affirmative Action: Michael Z. Green; Lynne Rambo

Agency & Partnership Law: Paul George

Arbitration: Michael Z. Green

Bankruptcy: Wayne R. Barnes; Neil Sobol

Bioethics: Maxine M. Harrington

Blogging: Cynthia L. Fountaine; Franklin G. Snyder; Malinda L. Seymore

Business Associations: Neal Newman; Franklin G. Snyder

Charitable & Nonprofit Institutions: Terri Helge

Children & the Law: Joe Spurlock

Client Counseling & Negotiation: Frank W. Elliott

Civil Procedure: Cynthia L. Fountaine; Paul George; Brian Holland; Meg Penrose 

Civil Rights: Cynthia L. Fountaine; Jason A. Gillmer

Commercial Law: Mark Edwin Burge; Neal F. Newman

Complex Litigation: Cynthia L. Fountaine; Paul George; Lynne  Rambo; Tanya Pierce

Computer & Internet Law: John C. Cady; Megan M. Carpenter; Brian Holland

Conflicts of Law: Paul George

Contracts: Wayne R. Barnes; Franklin G. Snyder; Joe Spurlock

Constitutional Law: Brian Holland; Meg Penrose; Lynne Rambo

Consumer Law: Wayne R. Barnes; Paul George

Copyrights: John C. Cady; Brian Holland; Megan M. Carpenter; Dennis Kelly

Corporations: Neal F. Newman; Franklin G. Snyder

Criminal Law: Susan Ayres; Jason A. Gillmer; Huyen Pham; Malinda L. Seymore

Criminal Procedure: Meg Penrose; Susan T. Phillips; Malinda L. Seymore

Critical Race Theory: Jason A. Gillmer

Defamation and Privacy:  Jason A. Gillmer; Maxine M. Harrington; Brian Holland

Death Penalty:   Meg Penrose

Dispute Resolution: Michael Z. Green; Frank W. Elliottt; Frederic White

Education Law:  Meg Penrose; Susan Phillips

Employment Discrimination/Employment Law: Michael Z. Green

Environmental Law:  Tim Mulvaney

Estate & Gift Tax: Terri Helge

Estates & Trusts: Stephen Alton; Terri Helge; Aric K. Short; Frederic White

Evidence: Michael Z. Green; Frank W. Elliott; Lynne Rambo; Malinda L. Seymore

Family Law: Susan Ayres; Joe Spurlock

Federal Courts: Cynthia L. Fountaine; Paul George; Brian Holland; Meg Penrose

Federal Income Tax: Gary Lucas

Feminist Jurisprudence: Malinda L. Seymore

Financial Accounting and Reporting: Neal F. Newman

First Amendment: Lynne Rambo

Gender and the Law: Susan Ayres; James McGrath; Meg Penrose; Malinda L. Seymore

Habeas Corpus: Meg Penrose

Health Law: Maxine M. Harrington; James McGrath

Human Rights: Megan M. Carpenter;  Meg Penrose

Human Sexuality: James McGrath

Housing Discrimination: Aric K. Short; Frederic White

Immigration: Huyen Pham

Intellectual Property: Megan M. Carpenter; Brian Holland; Dennis Kelly Wade Savoy

International Law: Paul George;  Meg Penrose

Jury Process: Cynthia L. Fountaine

Labor Law: Michael Z. Green

Landlord/Tenant Law: Stephen Alton; Tim Mulvaney; Aric K. Short; Frederic White

Land Use and Control: Tim Mulvaney;  Aric K. Short ;  Frederic White

Law and Economics: Franklin G. Snyder

Law and Humanities: Susan Ayres; Jason A. Gillmer

Law and Literature: Susan Ayres; Franklin G. Snyder

Law and Society: Susan Ayres; Jason A. Gillmer; Michael Z. Green; James McGrath

Legal History: Stephen Alton; Jason A. Gillmer

Legal Research: Mark Edwin Burge; James Hambleton; Dennis Kelly; John Murphy; Tanya Pierce;
Susan Phillips; Vickie Rainwater; Michelle Rigual; Roger Simon; Neil Sobol

Legal Writing: Mark Edwin Burge; James Hambleton; Dennis Kelly; John Murphy; Tanya Pierce; Vickie Rainwater; Roger Simon; Neil Sobol

Legal Clinics: Charlotte Hughart

Legislation: Joe Spurlock

Library Resources: James Hambleton; Michelle Rigual; Susan T. Phillips

Litigation: Paul George; Cynthia L. Fountaine; Meg Penrose; Lynne Rambo

Mediation: Michael Z. Green; Frank W. Elliottt; Meg Penrose; Frederic White

Medical Malpractice: Maxine M. Harrington

National Security: Malinda L. Seymore

Natural Resources Law: Aric Short; Tim Mulvaney

Negotiation: Michael Z. Green; Meg Penrose

Patents: Megan M. Carpenter; Brian Holland; Dennis Kelly; Wade Savoy

Payment Systems: Mark Edwin Burge; Neal F. Newman

Political Campaign Financing: Frederick G. Slabach

Products Liability:  Jason A. Gillmer; Maxine M. Harrington

Professional Responsibility: Cynthia L. Fountaine; James McGrath; Frederick G. Slabach

Property: Stephen Alton; Megan M. Carpenter; Tim Mulvaney; Aric K. Short;
Frederic White

Public Health Law: James McGrath

Race and the Law: Jason A. Gillmer; Michael Z. Green

Real Estate Law: Stephen Alton; Aric K. Short ; Frederic White

Refugee and Asylum Law: Huyen Pham

Religion and the Law: Aric Short

Remedies: John C. Cady; Maxine M. Harrington

Sales: Mark Edwin Burge; Franklin G. Snyder

Secured Transactions: Wayne R. Barnes

Securities Regulation: Neal F. Newman

Sex and the Law: Susan Ayres; James McGrath; Malinda L. Seymore

Social Security Disability Law: Charlotte Hughart

State and Local Government Law:  Frederic White

Supreme Court: Meg Penrose; Lynne Rambo

Taxation of Business Entities: Gary Lucas

Trademarks: Megan M. Carpenter; Brian Holland; Dennis Kelly; Wade Savoy

Texas Trials and Procedure: Frank W. Elliott; Maxine M. Harrington; Joe Spurlock

Texas Appeals and Procedure: Mark Edwin Burge; Frank W. Elliott; John Murphy; Roger Simon

Title IX: Meg Penrose; Susan T. Phillips

Torts: Jason A. Gillmer; Maxine M. Harrington; James McGrath

Trial Advocacy: Charlotte Hughart

Unfair Trade Practices: John C. Cady; Megan M. Carpenter; Paul George

Voting Rights: Lynne Rambo; Frederick G. Slabach