Part-Time Lecturers, Adjunct Faculty, Instructors & Librarians

Sherrie Avalon Niles

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 […]

Donna Palermino

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

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 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 […]

Young M. Park

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

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

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, […]

Brainard L. Patton

Mr. Patton is a practicing attorney, retired from the Boston office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He previously spent fifteen years with several Fortune 150 companies, including Asea Brown Boveri, in Stamford, CT, where he was International Tax Director. During an earlier part of his career, he and his family lived for twelve years in Belgium, France, […]

Thomas E. Peckham

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. […]