Experts by Expertise: Law

Daniel Antonius

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Expertise: terrorism, violence, aggression, CTE and behavior, mental health and the legal system

Phone: 716-898-5290

Email: danielan@buffalo.edu

Samantha Barbas

Professor of Law

Expertise: Mass media law, libel, privacy, freedom of the press

Phone: 716-645-6216

Email: sbarbas@buffalo.edu

Christine P. Bartholomew

Professor of Law

Expertise: class actions, antitrust law, consumer protection, clergy abuse, clergy privilege

Phone: 716-645-7399

Email: cpb6@buffalo.edu

Mark Bartholomew

Professor of Law

Expertise: intellectual property, copyright, trademarks, cyber law, cybersecurity bills (such as SOPA and CISPA), net neutrality, advertising law

Phone: 716-645-5959

Email: bartholo@buffalo.edu

Guyora Binder

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law and Hodgson Russ Faculty Scholar

Expertise: criminal law, felony murder, homicide, jurisprudence, legal theory, international law

Phone: 716-645-2673

Email: gbinder@buffalo.edu

Michael Boucai

Professor of Law

Expertise: LGBT rights and queer history; gender and sexuality law; family, criminal and constitutional law

Phone: 716-645-1743

Email: mboucai@buffalo.edu

Irus Braverman

Professor of Law

Expertise: laws governing animals, zoos, wildlife, coral reefs, extinction and climate change law, law and society, law and conservation, law and the environment, environmental justice in Israel/Palestine

Phone: 716-645-3030

Email: irusb@buffalo.edu

S. Todd Brown

Professor of Law

Expertise: business bankruptcy, bankruptcy trusts, complex litigation/mass torts, corporate governance, and corporate fraud

Phone: 716-645-2052

Email: stbrown2@buffalo.edu

Mary Bush

Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry

Expertise: forensic dentistry, bite mark analysis, victim identification

Phone: 716-829-2862

Email: bushma@buffalo.edu

Peter Bush

Director of the South Campus Instrument Center

Expertise: forensic dentistry, bite mark analysis, victim identification

Phone: 716-829-3561

Email: pjbush@acsu.buffalo.edu

Michael Dambra

Associate Professor of Accounting and Law

Expertise: economic consequences of regulatory changes; initial public offerings (IPOs); pension accounting; valuation of privately held equity

Contact: Michael Dambra can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

Matthew Dimick

Professor of Law

Expertise: income inequality, tax and welfare policy as it relates to income inequality, corporations, employment law, labor law

Phone: 716-645-7968

Email: mdimick@buffalo.edu

Shawn J. Donahue

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Expertise: voting rights, redistricting, gerrymandering, state and local politics (including New York State and Buffalo-area politics), campaigns, elections, civil liberties, Constitutional law, election law

Phone: 716-645-8446

Email: shawndon@buffalo.edu

Helen A. “Nellie” Drew

Director of the Center for the Advancement of Sport

Expertise: sports law, including student-athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL), antitrust laws, collective bargaining, discipline of athletes, drug testing, NCAA compliance and Title IX; diversity in sport

Phone: 716-645-2071

Email: hdrew@buffalo.edu

Charles P. Ewing

SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

Expertise: crime, psychology of crime, forensic psychology, criminal trials, murder trials, insanity defense, death penalty, juvenile law, sex offenders

Phone: 716-645-2770

Email: cewing@buffalo.edu

Karl Fiebelkorn

Senior Associate Dean for Student, Professional, and Community Affairs

Expertise: laws and regulations affecting pharmacy practice, medication errors, systems for improving practice sites, adult asthma, pharmacy business plan modeling

Phone: 716-645-2824

Email: kdf@buffalo.edu

Lucinda M. Finley

Frank G. Raichle Professor of Trial and Appellate Advocacy

Expertise: abortion, reproductive rights, women and the law, Supreme Court, employment discrimination, equal protection law, tort law and reform

Phone: 716-645-6152

Email: finleylu@buffalo.edu

Contact: Finley can also be contacted through Doug Sitler in UB Media Relations at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.

Kathryn Bryk Friedman

Research Associate Professor of Law and Planning

Expertise: Canada-U.S. relations, including policy, trade, labor mobility and border security; water law (Great Lakes and New York State)

Phone: 716-878-2431

Email: kbf@buffalo.edu

James A. Gardner

Bridget and Thomas Black SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law

Expertise: election law, constitutional law, federalism, voting rights, redistricting, democracy, state constitutional law

Phone: 716-645-3607

Email: jgard@buffalo.edu

Feng Gu

Chair of Accounting and Law

Expertise: financial reporting; mergers and acquisitions; intangibles; corporate governance

Contact: Feng Gu can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.

Patricia Logan-Greene

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Expertise: violence and victimization, juvenile justice, adverse childhood experiences, prevention of problem behaviors, forensic social work

Phone: 716-645-1533

Email: pblogang@buffalo.edu

Joanne Song McLaughlin

Associate Professor of Economics

Expertise: labor economics; health insurance mandates; age discrimination; older workers; AI and the future of work

Phone: 716-645-8685

Email: jsmclaug@buffalo.edu

Athena D. Mutua

Professor of Law and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar

Expertise: civil rights law; constitutional law (Fourteenth Amendment); critical race and feminist legal theory; law and political economy; race and the legal justice system

Phone: 716-645-2873. Athena D. Mutua can sometimes be contacted more quickly through the UB Media Relations team at ub-news@buffalo.edu.

Email: admutua@buffalo.edu

Anthony O’Rourke

Joseph W. Belluck and Laura L. Aswad Professor of Civil Justice

Expertise: criminal law and procedure, inequality in the criminal justice system

Phone: 716-645-3097

Email: aorourke@buffalo.edu

Annette Semanchin Jones

Assistant Professor of Social Work

Expertise: child welfare, foster care, child protection services

Phone: 716-645-1862

Email: amsemanc@buffalo.edu