Faculty Profiles

Pierluigi Matera

Visiting Professor

Pierluigi Matera – LLB (Hons) (LUISS), PhD (Unisa), is a corporate law scholar and attorney with extensive experience in both U.S. and European company law. His teaching and research focus on comparative law, sports law, and corporate law—with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, corporate litigation, the history of business corporations, and the evolving intersection between […]

Chloe A. Mathews

Director of Admissions and Diversity Initiatives

Chloe grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts but has called Boston home since 2009. She received her BA in Sociology and Government from Hamilton College and JD from Boston University School of Law. After graduating, Chloe practiced law in Boston for four years, focusing on civil litigation. Returning to BU Law turned out to be a […]

Miki Matrician

Lecturer

Miki Matrician is Partner at WR Immigration and is Co-Managing Partner of WR’s Boston office. Her practice focuses on managing all aspects of employment-based immigrant and nonimmigrant cases for multinational corporations, high tech companies, startup entities, hospitals, and nonprofit organizations. Having experienced the immigration process herself, Miki strongly believes that educating clients and providing transparency […]

Ruth Mattson

Lecturer

Ruth Mattson is a Partner at Verrill Dana LLP, where they provide holistic estate planning and tax advice to US and international individuals and families. Through thoughtful analysis of issues ranging from personal concerns to taxation, they create comprehensive plans to meet clients’ goals.

Charles W. Maurer

Adjunct Professor

Mr. Maurer is an attorney with the Internal Revenue Service Office of the Chief Counsel in Boston. He is the Service's Industry Counsel for Property and Casualty Insurance, for Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Health Insurance, and for Captive and Offshore Insurance Transactions and is involved in the development and litigation of issues arising in those […]

Harrison Mbori

Kleh Visiting Professor

Harrison Otieno Mbori is the current William and Patricia Kleh Distinguished Visiting Professor of International Law at Boston University School of Law (2026-2027). He joins BU Law from Kabarak University School of Law in Kenya, where he is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean. His research and teaching are principally in international economic law, public […]

Dianne McCarthy

Lecturer

Dianne McCarthy is a retired health care lawyer. Her legal work has focused on non-profit healthcare law, specializing in privacy and compliance; transactions related to intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions; faculty matters, including conflict of interest and scientific misconduct; and research related issues including those related to human subject research. Her current focus is […]

Kristin McCarthy

Senior Legal Information Librarian

Kristin McCarthy is a Senior Legal Information Librarian at Boston University Law School, where she also teaches in the Lawyering Skills program. She specializes in transactional law research, with a focus on corporate, securities, and banking law. Kristin has a particular interest in legal technology and its ethical use in facilitating legal work. Before joining […]

Brittney McCartney

Assistant Director

Linda C. McClain

Robert Kent Professor of Law

Linda C. McClain is internationally known for her work in family law, gender and law, and feminist legal theory. In 2023, with the generous support of BU Law alums, she co-founded the Boston University Program on Reproductive Justice (BUPRJ), which she co-directs with Professors Aziza Ahmed and Nicole Huberfeld and Executive Director Sapna Khatri. She is the author […]

Jennifer Taylor McCloskey

Executive Director of Advocacy and Legal Skills Programs

Jen McCloskey is a 2005 graduate of the Law School. During law school, Jen was on Law Review and served as a 1L mentor and Lawyering Fellow. After graduating, she worked as an associate at Ropes & Gray in Boston before joining the BU Law staff in 2008. Jen previously taught in the Law School’s […]

Erin McCoy Alarcon

Lecturer

Erin McCoy Alarcon, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Northeastern University School of Law, is a mediator and collaborative attorney, practicing primarily in the employment and family law fields. She is also a licensed New Hampshire Guardian ad Litem and serves as an Educational Surrogate Guardian ad Litem in Massachusetts Juvenile Courts. Erin is […]

Elizabeth McCuskey

Professor of Health Law, Policy, & Management

Elizabeth McCuskey is Professor of Health Law Policy & Management at the BU School of Public Health and BU School of Law, and Director of the Center for Law, Ethics, & Human Rights. Her research focuses on how state and local governments pursue legal reforms that promote health equity – especially insurance and access to […]

Meagan McKinstry

Assistant Director for In-House, Corporate Counsel, Compliance, and the Private Sector

Meagan’s advising focuses primarily on in-house, compliance, JD advantage, and private sector careers. Meagan has a BA in Sociology from Grinnell College and obtained her JD from Northeastern University School of Law. She attended law school with the goal of becoming a public interest attorney, completing co-ops (full-time internships) with four legal aid organizations in […]

Sean McMahon

Lecturer

D. Sean McMahon is a former Senior Attorney with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel and a former Special Assistant United States Attorney for Massachusetts and New Hampshire where he was responsible for tax cases. Sean has more than fifteen years of experience investigating and defending IRS and state tax matters and excels at resolving […]

Aidan McSweeney

Admissions Specialist

Sarah Mehrberg

Office Coordinator

Dinesh Melwani

Lecturer

Dinesh is a transactional attorney who advises US and international clients in all types of corporate matters and is Co-chair of the International Practice at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. His practice encompasses M&A transactions, strategic investments, entity formation, and angel, seed, and venture financings – topics on which he has regularly […]

S. Theodore Merritt

Lecturer

Madeline H. Meth

Clinical Associate Professor

Madeline (Maddie) Meth directs Boston University School of Law’s Appellate Clinic, which she founded in 2024. She joined Boston University School of Law’s faculty in 2023 as a Clinical Associate Professor with the Civil Litigation & Justice Program. She was previously the Deputy Director of Georgetown Law’s Appellate Courts Immersion Clinic (ACIC) where she supervised […]

Michael J. Meurer

Professor of Law

The son of an economics professor, Michael Meurer knew by the time he was 13 that he, too, wanted to teach at the university level. An SB, JD and PhD later, he became an economics professor at Duke University and later a law professor at the University of Buffalo. He came to Boston University School […]

Richard Mikels

Adjunct Professor

Richard Mikels is chair of the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Practice at Mintz Levin. With an unparalleled reputation and extensive experience in commercial law, workouts, and reorganizations, Mikels maintains a national practice, focusing on insolvency issues, business restructurings, and mediations. Mikels is known for representing significant debtor companies (both in Chapter 11 and in out-of-court workouts) […]

Frances H. Miller

Professor of Law Emerita

Professor Frances Miller's zest for knowledge has turned her into one of the foremost experts on American health care law and policy and a specialist on comparative health systems. She served as a consultant to the White House Task Force on Health Care Reform in 1993 and was awarded two Fulbright Scholarships to research the […]

Kimberly Miragliuolo

Director of Communications and Media Relations

Kevin Mitchell

Senior Major Gift Officer

Demka Mizell

Area Manager

Imelda Monaghan

Lecturer

Imelda Monaghan is a partner in the law firm of Wilchins Cosentino & Novins LLP. She concentrates her practice in the areas of estate planning and estate administration, trust administration, and taxation. Imelda works closely with clients to implement a comprehensive estate plan that meets the family’s goals. She is knowledgeable about all aspects of […]

Nancy J. Moore

Professor of Law Emerita

Professor Nancy Moore is a nationally recognized leader in the field of professional responsibility, an area in which she first became interested while working as a prosecutor in Philadelphia. Before joining Boston University School of Law in 1999, Professor Moore taught at Rutgers University School of Law, where she offered the school's first course in […]

Louise Moran

Reserves & Document Delivery Supervisor

Louise started at the law libraries in October 2021 as a student employee, and after graduation in 2024, joined the team full time as the Reserves & Document Delivery Supervisor. Louise holds a BA in English Literature from Boston University. Prior to working full-time at the Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries, she also worked as […]

Francis C. Morrissey

Lecturer

Francis C. Morrissey is a partner in the firm of Morrissey, Wilson, & Zafiropoulos, LLP, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, insolvency and distressed acquisitions and divestitures. Mr. Morrissey is an experienced bankruptcy litigator and counselor who has practiced for more than eighteen years in the field. His practice encompasses […]

Kenneth P. Mortensen

Lecturer

As an attorney and engineer, Kenneth P. Mortensen works to empower organizations to develop and implement a knowledge governance strategy treating information as a critical enterprise asset used to optimize risk and facilitate innovation through enhanced decision-making while incorporating protections for individual privacy and addressing cybersecurity risks. Ken is currently the data protection officer leading […]

Christian Mouton

Assistant Director of Finance

Carla Moynihan

Lecturer

Carla M. Moynihan is a partner in the real estate department at Sherin and Lodgen focusing on the disposition, acquisition, leasing, development, and financing of commercial real estate. Ms. Moynihan represents institutions, developers, retailers, individual investors, hospitals, medical professionals, hotels, state agencies, municipalities, and lenders in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including negotiating […]

Geraldine M. Muir

Associate Dean for Academic Engagement

Associate Dean for Academic Engagement Geraldine “Gerry” Muir facilitates a dynamic, equitable and challenging academic experience for all JD students through academic advising, assessment, and her partnerships with Academic Enrichment, the Law Registrar, faculty and other administrators at BU Law. Prior to joining the School’s administration, Dean Muir served as a Higher Education Associate at […]

Thomas Murley

Lecturer

Professor Thomas S. Murley (Tom) has been a leader in global renewable and conventional energy infrastructure finance for over 30 years, with experience covering investments in over $20 billion of energy projects around the world as a lawyer, fund manager, and investment committee chair. In 2004 Tom founded the renewable energy investment team at HgCapital, […]

Rachel Naggar

Lecturer

Jyothi Nandakumar

Assistant Dean for Finance

Philip H. Newman

Lecturer

Sherrie Avalon Niles

Lecturer

Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Sherrie received her legal education in both the British Commonwealth and the United States. She first expressed interest in BU’s Tax LL.M. Program as an international candidate. Her Tax LL.M. together with her prior work experience in various countries enabled her to easily transition into American corporate life. Here, she […]

Eva Nilsen

Clinical Associate Professor of Law Emerita

Professor Eva Nilsen has been a key member of the Criminal Justice Clinic's faculty since 1979. Over the years, she has trained and supervised hundreds of third-year law students as they defend indigent clients in felony and misdemeanor cases. She also has taught criminal justice courses and seminars, including advanced criminal procedure, sentencing theory and […]

Jawed Nur

Learning & Event Tech Specialist

Crow O’Bannon

Collections Technician

Crow O’Bannon joined the Fineman and Pappas Law Library in June of 2024. They received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College, majoring in Religious Studies and minoring in Black Studies. They received their Master of Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School.

Maria O’Brien

Professor of Law

Maria O'Brien is the Paul M. Siskind Scholar and Professor of Law at Boston University where she began teaching after several years in private practice. She has taught at the University of Chicago Law School, DePaul Law School and Boston College Law School. While in law school Professor O'Brien served as an editor of the […]

Robin O’Donoghue

Lecturer

Meghan O’Keefe

Development Associate

Maureen A. O’Rourke

Dean Emerita

As dean from 2006 to 2018 and interim dean from 2004 to 2006, Maureen A. O’Rourke oversaw the construction of the five-story, state-of-the-art Sumner M. Redstone Building and gut renovation of the adjacent law tower. This project was the culmination of decades of planning and provides students with first-rate community spaces, high quality classrooms, and amenities. Dean O’Rourke also […]

Ngozi Okidegbe

Professor of Law

Ngozi Okidegbe is a Professor of Law and Assistant Professor of Computing & Data Sciences. Her focus is in the areas of law and technology, evidence, criminal procedure, and racial justice. Her work examines how the use of predictive technologies in the criminal justice system impacts racially marginalized communities. Professor Okidegbe is a Faculty Associate at […]

Angela Onwuachi-Willig

Dean, Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law

Angela Onwuachi-Willig is dean and Ryan Roth Gallo Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. A renowned legal scholar and expert in critical race theory, employment discrimination, and family law, she joined the law school as dean in August 2018. Before joining the School of Law, Dean Onwuachi-Willig served as Chancellor’s Professor of Law […]

Alanis Oquendo

Senior Program Coordinator Operations and Judicial Clerkships

Alanis graduated magna cum lade from Suffolk University, earning her BA in International Relations with a Paralegal Certificate. During her undergraduate studies, Alanis interned with the U.S. Department of Labor as a Paralegal Intern, assisting attorneys by using programs such as PACER and WestLaw for legal research. Additionally, as a fluent Spanish speaker, Alanis interned […]

Kevin Outterson

Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law

Kevin Outterson, J.D., LL.M., is Professor of Law and Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at Boston University, where he leads the Social Innovation on Drug Resistance program, and is Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College, London. He is also the founding Executive Director and Principal Investigator of Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria […]

Marielle O’Malley

Senior Program Coordinator

Donna Palermino

Lecturer

Donna received her B.A. cum laude in Economics from Harvard University, and her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she served as a Note and Comment Editor on the Law Review. She has been admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, and the bars of the U.S. District Court of the District of Massachusetts, […]

Stephanie Paré Sullivan

Acting Director, Transactional Law Program

Stephanie Paré Sullivan is Acting Director of the Transactional Law Program and a Visiting Lecturer at Boston University School of Law. Stephanie joined the School of Law in January 2025 after a twenty-seven-year career in law and business operations. Stephanie most recently served as Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Charlesbank […]

William W. Park

Professor of Law Emeritus

Professor William (Rusty) Park teaches in the area of international business law. His research interests include conflict of laws and the interaction of law and religion. After studies at Yale and Columbia, Park practiced in Paris until returning home to Boston, where he served as Director of Boston University’s Center for Banking and Financial Law. […]

Young M. Park

Lecturer

Young M. Park is a lecturer in the School of Law's Transactional Law Program. Ms. Park received her JD from the School of Law in 2000. While a law student, she was a member of the American Journal of Law & Medicine. Ms. Park is currently a counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom […]

Michelle Pascucci

Lecturer

Michelle is an attorney at Donnelly, Conroy, & Gelhaar in Boston. There, she represents individuals facing federal, state, and institutional investigations, including matters involving financial crimes, tax fraud, election crimes, and health care fraud. Prior to joining DCG, Michelle was a Trial Attorney with the Department of Justice Fraud Section in Washington, DC. There, she […]

Sidd Pattanayak

Lecturer

Sidd Pattanayak has served as an international counsel (both in in-house and outside counsel capacities) with 10+ years of experience in multiple areas (corporate law, regulatory compliance, M&A, joint ventures, franchising and licensing, corporate governance, and other areas) and in multiple jurisdictions (across the Americas, Europe, Middle East, India, People's Republic of China, Southeast Asia, Korea, […]

Tom Patten

Lecturer and Clinical Instructor

Tom Patten joins Boston University School of Law’s faculty as a Lecturer of Law in the Student Innovations Law Clinic, providing legal advice and guidance to entrepreneurs from BU and MIT. Prior to joining the BU Law faculty, Tom worked as an in-house counsel to two separate financial technology startup companies, focusing on consumer lending and securities […]

Jef Pearlman

Clinical Professor and Executive Director of the BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic

Jef Pearlman is a Clinical Professor and the Executive Director of the BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic (SILC) at Boston University School of Law. Prior to joining the BU faculty, he was a Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic at USC Gould School of Law for […]

Thomas E. Peckham

Adjunct Professor

Tom Peckham is a partner in the Private Client Group of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP. His practice is concentrated in the areas of sophisticated estate planning for high net-worth individuals, estate and trust administration, and related tax and business planning. Mr. Peckham has more than 40 years of experience in tax and estate planning. […]

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