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Faculty Biographies (Chronological, 1849 - present)

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Professors of LawTeaching Years at the Law School
John White Brockenbrough 1849-1873
John Randolph Tucker 1870-1875; 1887-1897
Charles Alfred Graves 1873-1899
John William Davis 1896-1897
Henry Saint George Tucker 1897-1902
William Reynolds Vance 1897-1903
William L. Clark, Jr. 1899
Martin Parks Burks 1899-1917
Joseph Ragland Long 1902-1923
Abram Penn Staples 1904-1913
Robert Walker Withers, III 1912-1914
Holden Bovee Schermerhorn 1914-1916
Daniel Clovis Moomaw 1914-1917
William Haywood Moreland 1914-1944
Edwin Merrick Dodd 1916-1917
James Quarles 1917-1919
Lewis Tyree 1919-1927
Clayton Epes Williams 1919-1968
Lewis Berkeley Cox 1920-1921
James B. Noell 1921-1922
Thomas X. Parsons 1922-1923
Homer Adams Holt 1923-1925
Albert Levitt 1924-1927
Thomas Clifford Billig 1925-1926
Raymon T. Johnson 1925-1926; 1927-1948
Charles Porterfield Light, Jr. 1926-1973
Charles Rice McDowell 1927-1968
Robert Hanes Gray 1937-1941; 1963-1974
Theodore Allyn Smedley 1939-1958
Charles Vail Laughlin 1940-1978
Brantson Beeson Holder 1945-1946
Joseph Harold Wolfe 1949-1950
George Smith Wolbert, Jr. 1951
Howard Milton Colvin 1951-1956
Esron McGruder Faris 1952-1957
Wilfred Julius Ritz 1953-1985
James William Horne Stewart 1953-1954; 1957-1987
Lewis Spiller Minter 1957-1959
Robert Edward Royall Huntley 1958-1983
Archibald Francis Robertson 1965-1966 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Robert Kyger Rushing 1965-1969 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Andrew Wolfe McThenia, Jr. 1967-2001; Emeritus 2001-
Lewis Henry LaRue 1967-2005 Emeritus 2005-
Roy Lee Steinheimer, Jr. 1968-1987; Emeritus 1987- (See also: Adjunct Professors)
Joseph Edward Ulrich 1968-1999; Emeritus 1999-
Lawrence D. Gaughan 1970-1980
James E. Bond 1971-1974
Peyton R. Neal, Jr. 1972-1977
Benjamin M. Vandegrift 1972-1980
Herman Kaufman 1973-1974
Roger Douglas Groot 1973-2005
Lawrence K. Hellman 1974-1977
James Michael Phemister 1974-
James S. Halpern 1975-1976
Robert M. Campbell 1975-1985
Nathan G. Ostroff 1976-1978
Anne Unverzagt 1976-1980
Mark Howard Grunewald 1976-
Edward Olmsted Henneman 1977-2005 Emeritus 2005-
Denis Joly Brion 1978-
Samuel W. Calhoun 1978-
Frederic Lee Kirgis 1978-2005 Emeritus 2005- (See also: Visiting Professors)
Sarah Kirsten Wiant 1978-
Peter G. Glenn 1979-1980 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Catherine M. A. McCauliff 1979-1982
Samuel E. Stumpf, Jr. 1980-1983
Thomas L. Shaffer 1980-1988 (See also: Visiting Professors)
J. Timothy Philipps 1980-1994
William S. Geimer 1980-2001; Emeritus 2001-
Steven Henry Hobbs 1981-1997
Toni Marie Massaro 1982-1985
Brian Cameron Murchison 1982-
Joan M. Shaughnessy 1983-
Gregory H. Stanton 1985-1991
Lyman Paul Quentin Johnson 1985-
Gwen Thayer (Johnson) Handelman 1986-1998
David K. Millon 1986-
Doug Rendleman 1987-
Judith A. McMorrow 1988-1992
Randall P. Bezanson 1988-1996
Ann MacLean Massie 1988- (See also: Adjunct Professors)
Allan W. Vestal 1989-2000
David S. Caudill 1989-2005
Allan Paul Ides 1990-1998 (See also: Visiting Professors)
David A. Wirth 1990-1999
Scott E. Sundby 1990-
Allison Kitch 1991-1997
Louise A. Halper 1991-
Laura S. Fitzgerald 1993-2003
Clifford Larsen 1993-2007
Barry Sullivan 1994-2001
Keith E. Engel 1995-2000
Cynthia R. Mabry 1998-1999 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Robert T. Danforth 1997-
Blake Dominic Morant 1997-2007 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Adam F. Scales 1997-
Maureen B. Cavanaugh 1998-2004 (See also: Adjunct Professors)
W. Bradley Wendel 1999-2004
Darryl K. Brown 1999-2007 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Mary Z. Natkin 1999- (Clinical) (See also: Adjunct Professors)
C. Quince Hopkins 2000- (See also: Visiting Professors)
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. 2000- (See also: Visiting Professors)
David F. Partlett 2000-2006
Margaret Howard 2001- (See also: Visiting Professors)
Timothy S. Jost 2001- (See also: Visiting Professors)
C. Elizabeth Belmont 2002- (Clinical) (See also: Visiting Professors)
Dorothy A. Brown 2002- (See also: Visiting Professors)
Mark A. Drumbl 2002- (See also: Visiting Professors)
Thomas P. Gallanis 2003-2007 (See also: Visiting Professors)
David I. Bruck 2004- (Clinical) (See also: Visiting Professors)
Montré Carodine 2004-2007
Melissa A. Waters 2004-

Visiting ProfessorsTeaching Years at the Law School
Thomas Munford Boyd 1961-1963
Philip K. Yonge 1962-1963
Archibald Francis Robertson 1963-1965 (See also: Professors of Law)
Robert Kyger Rushing 1963-1965 (See also: Professors of Law)
William T. Fryer 1969-1970
Marcus L. Plant 1970-1971
Samuel Marion Davis 1975-1976
David Rest Mummery 1976-1977
Frederic Lee Kirgis 1977-1978 (See also: Professors of Law)
William C. Oltman 1977-1978
Thomas H. Sponsler 1977-1978
Jan Ginter Deutsch 1978-1979
Peter G. Glenn 1978-1979 (See also: Professors of Law)
Thomas L. Shaffer 1979 Fall (Scholar-in-Residence) (See also: Professors of Law)
William B. Stoebuck 1979-1980
Herbert Fingarette 1980-1981 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Curtis R. Reitz 1981-1982 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Richard B. Tyler 1981-1982
Harold J. Berman 1982-1983 (Scholar-in-Residence)
John W. Larson 1982-1983
Martha I. Morgan 1983-1984
Victor G. Rosenblum 1983-1984 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Roger C. Cramton 1984-1985 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Antonia Steele 1984-1986
James R. Elkins 1985-1986
Christopher Osakwe 1985-1986 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Calvin Woodward 1986-1987 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Douglas R. Haddock 1987-1988
Thomas W. Mapp 1987-1989
Warren Lehman 1988-1989 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Evelyn L. Wilson 1988-1989
J. Terry Emerson 1989 (Lawyer-in-Residence)
Glenn Waldron 1989 (Judge-in-Residence)
Robert N. Davis 1989-1990
John C. McCoid, II 1990 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Ferdinand Schoeman 1990 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Tsuyoshi Kinoshita 1990-1991
Franklin M. Schultz 1990-1994
Richard Delgado 1991 (Scholar-in-Residence)
John E. Donaldson 1991
David H. Vernon 1991 (Frances Lewis Distinguished Visiting Professor)
Joseph M. Perillo 1991-1992 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Louise Ellen Teitz 1991-1992
Robin Morris Collin 1991-1993
John P. Fishwick, Jr. 1992
A. Carter McGee, Jr. 1992
Craig A. Wilson 1992
Neill H. Alford, Jr. 1992-1993
Elizabeth P. Marsh 1992-1993
Bernard Schloh 1992-1993
Shen Shiao-Ming 1992-1993
Lewis D. Solomon 1993 (Scholar-in-Residence)
Elizabeth B. Lacy 1994 (Lawyer-in-Residence)
Brian P. Levack 1994 Fall (Scholar-in-Residence)
Leslie Bender 1994-1995
Frank Bowman 1994-1995
Kevin M. Crotty 1994-1995 (Lawyer-in-Residence) (See also: Adjunct Professors)
Susan M. Gilles 1994-1995
Linda R. Hirshman 1995 Fall (Scholar-in-Residence)
Johnny C. Parker 1995-1996
Paul A. Schecter 1995-1996
Liz Heffernan 1995-1996; 1999-2000
Dorothea A. Beane 1996 Spring
J. William Callison 1996 Fall (Lawyer in Residence)
David Gray Carlson 1996 Fall
(Josephine) Yvonne Scannell 1996 Fall (Scholar-in-Residence)
Blake Dominic Morant 1996-1997 (See also: Professors of Law)
Frank R. Parker 1996-1997
Jeffrey S. Lubbers 1996 Fall; 1999 Spring; 2003 Spring
Cynthia R. Mabry 1997 Spring (See also: Professors of Law)
Jeffrey P. Minear 1997 Spring
Stephen G. Gilles 1997 Fall
Joan S. Meier 1997 Fall
Daniel L. Skoler 1997 Fall
Penney J. White 1997-1998
Deborah A. DeMott 1998 Spring (Scholar-in-Residence)
Gerard Hogan 1998 Spring
Mary Bridget McManamon 1998 Spring
Kenneth B. Nunn 1998 Spring
Bernard K. Freamon 1998 Fall
James P. May 1998 Fall
Eoin O'Dell 1998 Fall
Marc R. Poirier 1998 Fall
Darryl K. Brown 1998-1999 (See also: Professors of Law)
Leo Kanowitz 1998 Fall; 2000 Fall
Leo J. O'Brien 1998 Fall; 2001 Spring
Hilary C.M. Charlesworth 1999 Spring (Scholar-in-Residence)
Linda Malone 1999 Spring
Lars Noah 1999 Spring
Peter C. Alexander 1999 Fall
Anthony M. Dillof 1999 Fall
Ronald J. Krotoszynski, Jr. 1999 Fall (See also: Professors of Law)
Wayne S. Woody 1999 Fall
Peter A. Alces 1999-2000
Catherine Quince Hopkins 1999-2000 (See also: Professors of Law)
Pamela Ries Metzger 1999-2001
Joseph M. Spivey, III 1999-2001 (See also: Adjunct Professors)
Peggy Cooper Davis 2000 Spring (Scholar-in-Residence)
Ronald H. Jensen 2000 Spring
Timothy S. Jost 2000 Spring (See also: Professors of Law)
Carter G. Bishop 2000 Fall
Karen C. Burke 2000 Fall
Margaret Howard 2000 Fall (See also: Professors of Law)
Andrew Huxley 2001 Spring (Scholar-in-Residence)
Brian J. Tamberlin 2001 Spring
Richard B. Bilder 2001 Spring; 2002 Spring
Margo A. Bagley 2001 Fall
Dorothy A. Brown 2001 Fall (See also: Professors of Law)
Mark A. Drumbl 2001 Fall (See also: Professors of Law)
C. Elizabeth Belmont 2001-2002 (Assistant Clinical; see also: Professors of Law)
Richard H. Seamon 2001-2002
David I. Bruck 2002 Spring (Scholar-in-Residence) (See also: Professors of Law)
W. Alan J. Watson 2002 Spring (3 weeks)
David A. Super 2002 Spring; 2004 Spring (See also: Adjunct Professors)
Thomas P. Gallanis 2002 Fall (See also: Professors of Law)
Megan L. Richardson 2002 Fall
Martin N. A. Vranken 2002 Fall
James (Jamie) Talbert-Slagle 2002-2003 (Assistant Clinical)
Malogosia Fitzmaurice 2003 Spring (Scholar-in-Residence)
Allan Paul Ides 2003 Spring (See also: Professors of Law)
Colleen P. Murphy 2003 Spring
Geraldine S. Moohr 2003 Fall
Roger Sherman 2003 Fall
Cheryl L. Wade 2003 Fall
Sean H. Donahue 2003-2005 (See also: Adjunct Professors)
Geoffrey Lindell 2004 Spring
Peter C. Kostant 2004-2005
William L. Andreen 2005 Spring
William D. Araiza 2005 Spring
William E. Butler 2005 Spring
Christopher J. Whelan 2005 Spring (Scholar-in-Residence)


Adjunct ProfessorsTeaching Years at the Law School
William Preston Johnson 1875-1880
Francis T. Anderson c.1875-c.1885
Bolivar Christian c.1875-c.1885
William McLaughlin c.1875-c.1885
Hugh W. Sheffey c.1875-c.1885
Paul M. Penick 1898-1899
William C. Preston 1898-1899
William L. Wilson 1898-1899
Robert M. Hughes 1898-c.1903
H. Parker Willis 1898-c.1903
John Holladay Latante 1905-1913
Claude Elton Hobbs, Jr. 1940-1941
Wilson Ferguson Miller 1945 Fall; 1948 Fall; 1951
Martin Parks Burks 1947 Fall
Carter Glass, III 1947-1954
William Lewis Martin 1948-1949
Wanda Lee Spears 1948-1952
Edward S. Graves 1948 Fall; 1950-1980; 1984-1985
William Oliver Roberts, Jr. 1960-1964
James McClintick Davidson 1966 Fall
William McClure Schildt 1968; 1977-1981
William Whitney Sweeney 1970-1998
Paul A. Holstein 1972-1977
Lawrence H. Hoover, Jr. 1972-
Donald K. Jones 1974-1975
David A. Penrod 1974-1976
Henry L. Woodward 1974-
Robert M. Campbell 1975-1982
Barbara Breeden Kenney 1976-1979
Carl David Swanson 1977-1979
James Clinton Turk 1977-1980
William Irving Dorfman 1978-1979
Rudolph Bumgardner, III 1978-1998
Clark R. Mollenhoff 1979; 1981-1983
Ross D. Young Jr. 1979-1983
James William Osborne 1980-1987
Robert C. Wood, III 1980-
Reginald R. Yancey 1981-1982
Paul R. Thomson, Jr. 1982-1998
Jonathan Z. Cannon 1983-1984
Virginia B. Garrison 1983-1985
Jay D. Cook, Jr. 1983-1986
Ellen Mary Arthur 1983-1988
Mary Patricia Walther 1984-1986 (Assistant Dean)
J. Frank Surface 1985-1986
Ann MacLean Massie 1985-1988 (See also: Professors of Law)
J. Stephen Lawrence 1985-1995
Gail Margolies Lambert 1986-1988
Beverly S. Seng 1986-1988
Lyn F. Wheeler 1986-1999
Meredith Susan Palmer 1986-2000(Assistant Dean); 2000-2002 (Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions)
John Kevin Green 1987-1988
Mary Z. Natkin 1987-1999 (See also: Professors of Law)
Malcolm G. Crawford 1988-1989
Edward L. Weilbacher 1988-1990
Terry Morris Burt 1989-1997 (Clinical)
Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr. 1989-1999 (See also: Professors of Law)
Carroll Wainwright, Jr. 1990-1997
Jackson Roger Sharman III 1993-1995
Kenneth F. Parks 1993-2004
Daniel L. Skoler 1995-1998
Ronald H. Wilcomes 1996-1999
Elaine Chisek 1996-2000 (Assistant Dean)
Edward L. Flippen 1997-1998
Hullihen Williams Moore 1997-1998
J. Lindsey Short, Jr. 1997-1998
Joseph M. Spivey III 1997-1999 (See also: Visiting Professors)
John G. Keyser 2002- (Associate Dean for Administration and Technology, 2002-)
Maureen B. Cavanaugh 1998-1999 (See also: Professors of Law)
James W. Jennings, Jr. 1998-2000
David A. Super 1998-2001; 2002-2003 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Wilson F. Vellines, Jr. 1998-
William P. Wallace, Jr. 1998-
H. Emory Widener, Jr. 1998-1999; 2002-
Keith E. Alessi 1999-
Michael L. Denger 1999-
Joseph Kattan 1999-
Robert E. Payne 1999-
M. Sean Royall 1999-
William O. P. Snead, III 1999-
David G. Tewksbury 2000-2002
Albert V. Carr, Jr. 2000-
Sidney S. Evans 2002- (Associate Dean for Student Services, 2002-)
James R. Loftis, III 2000-
Thelma Stiffarm 2001-2002
Mark P. Goodman 2001-2003
Robin J. Mayer 2001-2003
Daniel J. Fetterman 2001-2004
Nicolas Conte 2001-
R. Neil Keesee, Jr. 2001-
Kenneth A. Parks 2001-
Eliza Patterson 2001-
D. Jarrett Arp 2002-2003
Sean H. Donahue 2002-2003 (See also: Visiting Professors)
Kelly P. Doran 2002-2003
Patricia Wilson Knutson 2002-2003
William A. Shook 2002-2003
Bruce Boyden 2002-2004
Norman L. Balmer 2002-
R. Edwin Burnette, Jr. 2002-
Christopher Wolfe 2002-
Michelle S. Lyon 2003-
Farhad Aghdami 2004-
William E. Callahan, Jr. 2004-
Kevin M. Crotty 2004- (courtesy appointment; See also: Visiting Professors)
Mary Ann Mancini 2004-
Frank West Morrison 2004-
Mark Edward Rush 2004- (courtesy appointment)
Donald J. Smythe 2004- (courtesy appointment)
Robin Wright Westbrook 2004-

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