Laura E. D’Amato

Laura D’Amato teaches first-year Lawyering Skills and upper-class Persuasive Writing at BU Law. She is the 2023 recipient of the Michael Melton Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2024, she completed a two-year rotation as director of the Lawyering Program. Prior to joining BU Law, Laura was a litigation partner at Goulston & Storrs PC, where […]

Julie A. Dahlstrom

Julie Dahlstrom assumed her role of Associate Dean of Clinical & Experiential Education on July 1, 2023, after over ten years teaching and supervising student attorneys in the experiential program at BU. Dahlstrom began her clinical teaching career as the founder and director of the Human Trafficking Clinic, which was named one of the most […]

Joseph B. Darby

Joseph (“Jay”) B. Darby III has more than thirty years of experience representing clients in a wide range of tax, estate planning, and related business matters. His goal is to help clients enjoy their lives by reducing taxes, avoiding (or resolving) problems with taxing authorities, and passing personal wealth to the appropriate next destination.  Jay […]

Steven Dean

Steven Dean is Professor of Law and Paul Siskind Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law. His scholarship explores international tax policy, racial equity, and the intersection of tax law with philanthropy and social enterprise. He teaches courses including International Tax, Introduction to Federal Income Taxation, and Taxation and Racial Capitalism. Dean is the […]

Edward J. DeAngelo

Mr. DeAngelo received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1983. After graduating, he served as law clerk to Judge Robert E. Keeton of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. From 1984 to 1988, he worked as a litigator at Goodwin Proctor in Boston. From 1991 to 2001, […]

Mark J. DeFrancisco

Mark DeFrancisco serves as Chairman of the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board where he presides as an administrative law judge over trials of contested state and local tax appeals. He has over 40 years of experience in the area of state and local taxation, in both the public sector and in private practice as a tax […]

Joan Cole Densberger

Attorney Densberger previously served as a Program Analyst for the United States Department of Labor in the area of health care fraud and abuse. She is a recipient of the United States Department of Labor Secretary’s Honor Award for 2014. She has held prior positions as corporate legal counsel to a large hospital system in […]

Michael DeRienzo

Mike DeRienzo is an attorney, teacher, and author with a bachelors from Bentley University and a Juris Doctorate from Villanova University School of Law. Shortly after law school, Mike began his career as New York City litigator with a focus on Immigration, Art and Cultural Heritage Law,  Mediation, Civil Rights, Employment Law, and Criminal Law. He […]

Kate Devlin Joyce

Kate Devlin Joyce is a clinical associate professor and director of the externship programs. She sees externships as a means of integrating doctrinal and experiential teaching. Devlin Joyce focuses her work on developing methods of teaching externship seminars that help students to better understand the connections between their doctrinal courses and their practical legal experiences. Prior […]