Jeffrey A. Van Detta

John E. Ryan Professor of International Business and Workplace Law, Professor of Law

Education

B.A., Union College, summa cum laude
J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, cum laude

Courses Taught

Required Courses Currently Taught: Contracts I & II (Day Division); Torts I & II (Evening Division); Scholarly Writing For Law Journal

Required Courses Recently Taught: Wills, Trusts, & Estates; Remedies In Context; Professional Responsibility; Civil Procedure

Elective Courses: Conflict of Laws; Employment Discrimination Law; International Business Transactions (IBT); International Civil Litigation In United States Courts; Jurisprudence; Labor Law; Payment Systems; The Art Of Advocacy Experiential Learning Seminar; Scholarly Writing (Law Journal)

Biography

Contact Information

(678) 916-2633

jvandetta@johnmarshall.edu

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1110297

Publications

I. Articles Published To Date
Locating Tarasoff v. The Regents Of The University Of California In The Fifty States: A Half-Century Of Legal Developments, 90 Alb. L. Rev. Issue 1 (forthcoming Fall 2027) (with Associate Dean Joanna B. Apolinsky)
Benighted In The Shady Grove: Resolving Erie Tensions With State-Tort Reform Legislation After Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates v. Allstate Ins. Co., 559 U.S. 393 (2010) and Berk v. Choy, 607 U.S. 187 (2026), 19 J. Marshall L. J. ___ (2026-2027) (Annual Symposium, The Georgia Tort Reform Act of 2025)(with James R. Fields)
<a href="https://www.johnmarshall.edu/wp-content/uploads/The-Life-and-Times-of-Jefferson-Franklin-Moser_11-Veterans-L-Rev-2026_Updated-8-January-2026-1.pdf">From Civil War Midshipman To Indomitable Veteran: An Essay On The Life And Times Of Jefferson Franklin Moser, His Twenty-Year Naval Pension Battle, And Justice Sutherland’s Opinion In Moser v. United States</a>, 266 U.S. 236 (1924), 11 Veterans L. Rev. (forthcoming 2026).
<a href="https://www.johnmarshall.edu/wp-content/uploads/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back_41-Touro-L-Rev-259-2026.pdf">One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: How The New York Appellate Division Slowed The Progress of Judge Cardozo’s Effort in MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co. To End Privity’s Stranglehold Over Negligence Claims In Product Injury Cases</a>, 41 Touro L. Rev. 259 (2026).
<a href="https://repository.law.miami.edu/umlr/vol79/iss4/6/">Erie Mistakes: The Eleventh Circuit Misconstrues Already Problematic Georgia Precedent On Choice Of Law,</a> 79 U. Miami L. Rev. 644 (2025)(Annual Eleventh Circuit Issue)
<a href="https://www.vjil.org/serving-sovereigns-in-republic-of-sudan-v-harrison-the-supreme-court-maintained-the-inviolability-of-foreign-embassies-against-service-of-process-despite-the-fsia-antiterrorism-exceptions-remedial-goals">Serving Sovereigns: In Republic Of Sudan v. Harrison, The Supreme Court Maintained The Inviolability Of Foreign Embassies Against Service Of Process Despite The FSIA Anti-Terrorism Exception’s Remedial Goals</a>, 65 Va. J. Int’l L. Online 1 (2024).
<a href="https://www.albanylawreview.org/article/125787-s-election-of-georgia-supreme-court-justices-democracy-or-dynasty">(S)election Of Georgia Supreme Court Justices: Democracy — Or Dynasty?</a>, 87 Albany Law Review 101 (2024)(State Constitutional Commentary Issue)
<a href="https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.belmont.edu/dist/8/25/files/2025/01/Van-Detta.pdf">Heresies, Heretics, and Hermeneutics: The Battle of Textualism Against Pragmatism — and Itself — on the Roberts Court</a>, 13 Belmont L. Rev. 1 (2024)(lead article)
<a href="https://www.johnmarshall.edu/lawreview/volume-xvii-issue-i-2024-2025-full-text/">A Primer and Update On Georgia’s Conflict of Laws</a>, 17 John Marshall Law Journal 1 (2025)(Annual CLE Symposium Issue)
<a href="https://www.johnmarshall.edu/wp-content/uploads/Apolinsky-Van-Detta_The-Antebellum-Irony-Of-Georgias-Disguised-Lex-Fori-Doctrine_50-Cumberland-L-Rev-149-2020.pdf">The Antebellum Irony of Georgia’s Disguised Lex Fori Doctrine: O Where Have You Gone, Brainerd Currie?</a>, 50 Cumberland L. Rev. 407 (2020)(with Professor Joanna B. Apolinsky)
Cited in
Monilaw v. Mercedes-Benz Grp. AG, No. 1:24-CV-00608-TWT, ___ F.Supp. 3d___, 2025 WL 2163761, at *6 (N.D. Ga.) (N.D. Ga. July 30, 2025)(noting that “Georgia is the only state that applies an exception of this kind, attracting criticism on the subject”)
 <a href="https://1.next.westlaw.com/Document/Iaf9d7b60cd8611efa3e5d029a3b737ce/View/FullText.html?transitionType=Default&contextData=(oc.Default)">Sowa v. Mercedes-Benz Grp. AG, 764 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1257 n. 15 (N.D. Ga. 2024)</a>
Monopoli v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, No. 1:21-CV-01353-SDG, 2022 WL 409484, at *4 n.50 (N.D. Ga. Feb. 10, 2022)
Hay, Borchers, Symeonides & Whytock, Conflict of Laws, Ch. 2, p. 86 n. 130 (7th ed.2026)(West American Hornbook Series)
John G. Browning, Should Legal Writing Be Woke?, 20 Scribes J. Legal Writing 25, 46 & n. 86 (2022) (quoting Apolinsky & Van Detta’s evaluation of Justin Simard, Citing Slavery, 72 Stan. L. Rev. 79 (2020))
“For The Love Of God! Open This Door!”: Individual Rights Versus Public Safety Under The “Direct Threat” Standard Of The Americans With Disabilities Act After Three Decades Of Litigation, 6 Belmont L. Rev. 149 (2019)(Symposium Issue: “The Modern Workplace: Contemporary Legal Issues in Employment & Labor Law”)
Cited in Betancourt v. Indian Hills Plaza LLC, 635 F. Supp. 3d 579 (E.D. Mich. 2022)
Suing Sponsors of Terrorism in U.S. Courts — Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran and Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC: SCOTUS Trims To Statutory Boundaries The Recovery In U.S. Courts Against Sponsors of Terrorism and Human-Rights Violations Under FSIA and ATS, 29 Indiana Int’l & Comparative L. Rev. 303 (Spring 2019)(Annual Symposium Issue)
Essay: The Strange Career of Title VII § 703(m): An Unfulfilled Promise of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 89 St. John’s L. Rev. 883 (2015)(Symposium Issue: “Title VII at 50”)
The Law School Of The Future: How The Synergies Of Convergence Will Transform The Very Notion Of “Law Schools” During The 21st Century From “Places” To “Platforms”, published concurrently in 37 LaVerne L. Rev. 103 (Fall 2015) and by the Union of Turkish Bar Associations and the Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi L.J. (2015)(Symposium: Legal Education In The 21st Century, Istanbul & Ankara, Turkey, May 2014)
Sexual Orientation, Human Rights, and Corporate Sponsorship of the Sochi Olympic Games: Rethinking the Voluntary Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility, (2014) 30(78) Utrecht Journal of International and European Law 99 (special issue on Legal Aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility)(peer-reviewed)
Transnational Legal Services In Globalized Economies: American Leadership In, Not Mere Compliance With, GATS Through Qualifying LL.M. Degree Programs For Foreign-Educated Lawyers Seeking State-Bar Admissions, 13 Hofstra J. Int’l Bus. & L. 1 (2014)(lead article)
A Bridge To The Practicing Bar Of Foreign Nations—Online American Legal Studies Programs As Forums For The Rule Of Law And Pipelines To Bar-Qualifying LL.M. Programs In The U.S, 10 South Carolina J. Int’l L. & Bus 63 (Fall 2013)
Some Legal Considerations For EU-Based MNEs Contemplating High-Risk Foreign Direct Investments In The Energy Sector After Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and Chevron Corporation v. Naranjo, 9 South Carolina J. Int’l L. & Bus. 161 (Issue 2, Spring 2013)(lead article)
Politics And Legal Regulation In The International Business Environment: An FDI Case Study Of Alstom, S.A., In Israel, 21 U. Miami Bus. L. Rev. 1 (2013)(lead article)
<a href="https://www.johnmarshall.edu/wp-content/uploads/Apolinsky-Van-Detta_Rethinking-Liability-for-Vaccine-Injury_Cornell-J-Law-Public-Policy-2011.pdf">Rethinking Liability for Vaccine Injury</a>, 19 Cornell J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 537 (2010) (with Professor Joanna B. Apolinsky)
Cited in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth, 562 U.S. 223 (2011); Bryan A. Garner, Garner’s Dictionary Of Legal Usage, at 862 (Oxford U. Pr. 2011)
The Decline And Fall Of The American Judicial Opinion, Part II: Back To The Future From The Roberts Court To Learned Hand–Segmentation, Audience, And The Opportunity Of Justice Sotomayor, 13 Barry L. Rev. 29 (2010)
The Decline And Fall Of The American Judicial Opinion, Part I: Back To The Future From The Roberts Court To Learned Hand–Context And Congruence, 12 Barry L. Rev. 53 (2009)
Dialogue With A Neurosurgeon: Toward A Dépeçage Approach To Achieve Tort Reform And Preserve Corrective Justice In Medical Malpractice Cases, 71 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 1 (Summer 2009)(lead article)
Learned Hand’s District Court Opinions, 1916-1917: A Macrostructural Analysis Employing Cognitive Psychology Principles, currently available at Professor Van Detta’s Berkeley Electronic Press “Selected Works” webpage, <a href="http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_van_detta/">http://works.bepress.com/jeffrey_van_detta/</a> (Posted April 2008)
Extraterritorial Personal Jurisdiction For The Twenty-First Century: A Case Study Reconceptualizing The Typical Long-Arm Statute To Codify And Refine International Shoe After Its First 60 Years, 3 Seton Hall Circuit Review 339 (Spring 2007)(with Shiv K. Kapoor, Esq.)
Cited in Huggins v. Boyd, 304 Ga.App. 563, 697 S.E.2d 253 (2010)(Barnes, J., concurring)
Requiem For A Heavyweight: Costa As Countermonument To McDonnell Douglas—A Countermemory Reply To Instrumentalism, 67 Alb. L. Rev. 965 (2004)
“Le Roi Est Mort” Redux: Section 703(m), Costa, McDonnell Douglas, and the Title VII Revolution: A Reply To Hedican, Hudson, and Hedican, 52 Drake L. Rev. 427 (Spring 2004)
Essay: “Le Roi est Mort; Vive le Roi!”: An Essay On The Quiet Demise Of McDonnell Douglas And The Transformation Of Every Title VII Case After Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa Into A “Mixed-Motives” Case, 52 Drake L. Rev. 71 (Fall 2003)
Cited in White v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 533 F.3d 381 (6th Cir. 2008); Van Arkel v. Warren, 365 F.Supp.2d 979 (S.D. Iowa April 12, 2005); Carey v. Fedex Ground Package System, Inc., 321 F.Supp.2d 902 (S.D. Ohio, Jun 15, 2004 ); Oby v. Baton Rouge Marriot, 329 F. Supp.2d 772 (M.D. La. Aug. 5, 2004); Grutz v. Nat’l Bank Ass’n, 695 N.W.2d 505, 2005 WL 291592, (Table, Text in Westlaw)(Iowa App., February 09, 2005) (No. 04-0107); William Joel Friedman, The Law Of Employment Discrimination: Cases And Materials,143 (Foundation Press, 9th ed. 2013); Susan Grover, Sandra F. Sperino, & Jarod S. Gonzalez, Employment Discrimination: Context and Practice, 97 (Carolina Academic Press 1st ed. 2010)
Justice Restored: Using A Preservation-Of-Court Access Approach To Replace Forum Non Conveniens In Five International Product-Injury Cases, 28 Northwestern J. of Int’l L. & Bus. 53 (Fall 2003)
Cited in Laura E. Little, Conflict of Laws: Cases Materials, And Problems 117 (Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2013)
The Irony of Instrumentalism: Using Dworkin’s Principle-Rule Distinction To Reconceptualize Metaphorically A Substance-Procedure Dissonance Exemplified By Forum Non Conveniens Dismissals In International Product Injury Cases, 87 Marquette L. Rev. 425 (lead article Spring 2004) (entered in 2004 AALS Annual Scholarly Papers Competition)
Cited in Jack. H. Friedenthal, Arthur R. Miller, John E. Sexton, & Helen Hershkoff, Civil Procedure, Cases and Materials 400-401 (West Pub. 10th ed. 2009); Laura E. Little, Conflict of Laws: Cases Materials, And Problems 117 (Aspen/Wolters Kluwer 2013); Larry L. Teply & Ralph U. Whitten, Civil Procedure, 60 (Foundation Press, 3d ed. 2004)
Constitutionalizing Roe, Casey, and Carhart: A Due-Process Anti-Discrimination Principle To Give Constitutional Content To The “Undue Burden” Standard Of Review Applied To Abortion Control Legislation, 10 So. Cal. Rev. L. & Women’s Studies 211 (Spring 2001)
Cited in Peter N. Swisher, H. Anthony Miller, & Helene S. Shapo, Family Law: Cases, Materials & Problems, § 3.02 (LexisNexis 2012)
Collaborative Problem Solving Responsive to Diverse Learning Styles: Labor Law as an Active Learning Experience, 24 N.C.C.U. L. J. 46 (Fall 2001).
Lawyers as Investigators: How Ellerth and Faragher Will Spotlight a Modern Crisis of Ethics, Professionalism, And Profits Through Trial Counsel Disqualification And Waivers of Privilege In Workplace Harassment Cases, 24 J. Legal Prof. 261 (Spring 2000)
Cited in Fognani v. Young, 115 P.3d 1268 Colo. 2005)(en banc); Ellis B. Murov, The Practitioner’s Guide To The Defense Of EPL Claims, 105 n.34 (Am. Bar Ass’n 2005)
Judges And Juries: Why Are So Many ADA Plaintiffs Losing Summary Judgment Motions And Would They Fare Better Before A Jury? A Response To Professor Colker, 19 Rev. Litig. 505 (2000)(University of Texas ADA Symposium Issue)(with Dr. Dan Gallipeau)
Cited in Maynard v. Pneumatic Products Corp., 233 F.3d 1344 (11th Cir. 2000); Ruth Colker, The Disability Pendulum: The First Decade of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 224-225 n.19 (N.Y.U. Pr. 2005)
“Typhoid Mary” Meets The ADA: A Case Study Of The “Direct Threat” Standard Under The Americans With Disabilities Act, 22 Harv. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 849 (June 1999)
Cited in EEOC v. Exxon Corp., 203 F.3d 871, 874-75 (5th Cir. Feb. 11, 2000); Rizzo v. Children’s World Learning Centers, 213 F.3d 209, 221 n.30 (5th Cir. May 26, 2000) (en banc) (Jones, J., dissenting); Robert Belton, Dianne Avery, Maria L. Ontiveros & Roberto Corrada, Employment Discrimination Law: Cases And Materials On Equality In The Workplace 756, 780 (West 7th Ed. 2004)
<a href="https://www.johnmarshall.edu/wp-content/uploads/Van-Detta_Compelling-Governmental-Interest-Jurisprudence-Of-The-Burger-Court_A-New-Perspective-On-Roe-v-Wade_50-Alb-L-Rev-675-1986-1-1.pdf">Compelling Governmental Interest Jurisprudence of the Burger Court: A New Perspective On Roe v. Wade, 50 Alb. L. Rev. 675 (1986)</a>
Winner of the Scribes’ Award for the outstanding student-authored article published in Volume 50
II. Treatise Contributions To Date
Lead author, Labor and Employment Laws of Chile, in International Labor And Employment Laws, volume II (ABA 2001).
Co-author with Professor Lynn Rhys-Jones, Cumulative Supplement to International Labor And Employment Laws, volume II, Ch. 30 Labor and Employment Laws of Chile (ABA 2002)
Author and Contributing Editor, How To Take A Case Before The NLRB, Chapter 14 (ABA 1996-99 & 7th ed. 2000)
Author and Contributing Editor, with Professor Helen de Haven, How To Take A Case Before The NLRB, Chapter 14 (ABA 8th ed. 2007)
Co-author with Professor Lynn-Rhys Jones and Contributing Editor, Cumulative Supplement to How To Take A Case Before The NLRB, Chapter 14 (ABA 2002 and 2003)
III. Editorial Positions To Date
Permanent Board of Referees 2013-2014, Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, University of Utrecht, Netherlands (formerly known as Merkourios) (2013-2016)
Peer-Review Referee 2017-present, Journal of Global Research in Education and Social Science
Peer-Review Referee, 2015-present, Quaestio Iuris Journal – State University of Rio de Janeiro

Areas of Interest

Military Service

Media

Update On Georgia’s Conflict Of Laws, Presentation At The 2024 John Marshall Law Journal CLE Symposium, March 2024, Atlanta, Georgia.

The 21st Century, Post-Pandemic “Law Office At Home”: The Ethical Challenges When Out-Of-State Lawyers Reside In-State But Run Out-Of-State Law Practices Remotely, Ethics Hour Presentation At The 2023 John Marshall Law Journal CLE Symposium, March 2023, Atlanta, Georgia.

Anti-Discrimination and The Regulation of Attorney Conduct by The State Bar: A Commentary on The Challenges ABA Model Rule 8.4(g) Faces in Georgia, Ethics Hour Presentation at the 2022 John Marshall Law Journal CLE Symposium, March 2022, Atlanta, Georgia.

Featured Speaker, Suing Sponsors of Terrorism In U.S. Courts─Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran and Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC: SCOTUS Trims To Statutory Boundaries The Recovery In U.S. Courts Against Sponsors of Terrorism and Human-Rights Violations Under FSIA and ATS, 2019 Annual Symposium of the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review (IICLR) (Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, IN, March 2019).

Presenter, Suing State Sponsors of Terrorism in U.S. Courts─Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran and Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC: SCOTUS Trims To Statutory Boundaries The Recovery In U.S. Courts Against Sponsors of Terrorism and Human-Rights Violations Under FSIA and ATS, (25th Annual Supreme Court Update, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Atlanta, GA, October 18, 2018)

Featured Speaker, “For The Love Of God! Open This Door!”: Individual Rights Versus Public Safety Under The “Direct Threat” Standard Of The Americans With Disabilities Act After Three Decades Of Litigation, to be published at 6 Belmont L. Rev. ___ (2019), Belmont University Law School’s 2018 Law Review Symposium-CLE Program, “The Modern Workplace: Contemporary Legal Issues in Employment & Labor Law” (Nashville, TN, October 5, 2018)

Panel Moderator, “Veterans In The System,” at The John Marshall Law Journal— Dean Robert J. D’Agostino 2018 Symposium, Veterans Law Issues, State Bar of Georgia Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia,(March 27, 2018)

Panel Moderator, “Resolving Business Dispute,” at The John Marshall Law Journal— Dean Robert J. D’Agostino 2017 Symposium, Business Law In The 21st Century, State Bar of Georgia Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia,(March 28, 2017)

Panelist, “Careers In Litigation,” the Black and Latino Students Ass’n, Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School, March 25, 2017

Presenter, Update On Developments In The Alien Tort Statute After Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum: Is There Any Role Left For The ATS?, AJMLS International Law Soc’y, 25 March 2015 (Atlanta, GA)

Panel Moderator, ““What’s Race Got to Do with It? Just About Everything!”” at The John Marshall Law Journal— Dean Robert J. D’Agostino 2015 Symposium, Decreasing Youth Incarceration through Quality Juvenile Defense, State Bar of Georgia Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia,(March 9, 2015).

Featured Speaker, Equal Pay for Equal Work: The Struggle For Equal Pay, From Days of the War Labor Board to the Equal Pay Act, Title VII, The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 and President Obama’s Executive Orders of Summer 2014, presented as part of the “Controversies of Cultures Lecture Series” sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the Political Science Department, the Human Resources Department, and the Pre-Law Society at West Georgia State University, Carrollton, GA, Tuesday, 30 September 2014, Ingraham Library.

Presenter, International Legal Education In The 21st Century, Conference hosted by Bahçesehir Üniversitesi, AJMLS, and the Turkish Bar Association in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey, May 5, 6, & & 7, 2014. My presentations were based on two of my recently published articles:

A Bridge To The Practicing Bar Of Foreign Nations-Online American Legal Studies Programs As Forums For The Rule Of Law And Pipelines To Bar-Qualifying LL.M. Programs In The U.S, 10 South Carolina J. Int’l L. & Bus. 63 (Fall 2013); and

Transnational Legal Services In Globalized Economies: American Leadership, Not Mere Compliance, With GATS Through Qualifying LL.M. Degree Programs For Foreign-Educated Lawyers Seeking State-Bar Admissions, 13 Hofstra J. Int’l Bus. & L. 1 (2014)(lead article)

Panel Moderator, “Build It and They Will Come: The Realized Prophecy of Strickland v. Washington–Discussing the Collusive Use of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Available Remedies Through the Georgia Legislature” at The John Marshall Law Journal— Dean Robert J. D’Agostino 2014 Symposium, The Legal, Ethical, and Practical Issues Facing Georgia’s Criminal Justice System, State Bar of Georgia Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia,(March 4, 2014).

Presenter, The Alien Tort Statute and the U.S. Supreme Court: What’s the ATS and Why Should We Care What the Supreme Court Has Done With It In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum? (20th Annual Supreme Court Update, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 24 October 2013)

Presenter, The Alien Tort Statute and the U.S. Supreme Court: What’s the ATS and Why Should We Care What the Supreme Court Has Done With It In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum? (Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School Faculty Lecture Series, 26 April 2013)

Presenter, “Supreme Court And Eleventh Circuit Employment Discrimination Law Update Covering The Period March 1, 2012-March 8, 2013,” Advanced Employment Law CLE Seminar (March 15, 2013)(Atlanta Bar Association-Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia)

Presenter, “International Civil Litigation in U.S. Courts,” Program For Delegation Of Judges From The Republic of Georgia (Atlanta, 18 October 2012) (sponsored by U.S. Department of State)

Panel Moderator, “Three Degrees Of Separation: The Gap Between International Human Rights Law And Human Rights Enforcement,” Feb. 8, 2012, at The John Marshall Law Journal— Dean Robert J. D’Agostino 2012 Symposium, Breaking Down Borders: A Look At Immigration Law In Georgia

Panel Moderator, “Developments In The Hague Child Abduction Convention,” Feb. 9, 2011, at

The John Marshall Law Journal— Dean Robert J. D’Agostino 2011 Symposium, In The Best Interest Of’: A Look At Family Law In Georgia, at State Bar of Georgia Headquarters.

Presenter, “Supreme Court And Eleventh Circuit Employment Discrimination Law Update Covering The Period December 2009-November 2010,” 40th Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute (December 7, 2010)(Atlanta Bar Association-Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia)

Presenter, “Update On Eleventh Circuit and Supreme Court Labor and Employment Law Decisions, December 2005-December 2006,” at The Labor & Employment Law Institute (State Bar of Georgia, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, December 2006)

Presenter, “Update On Eleventh Circuit and Supreme Court Labor and Employment Law Decisions, December 2005-December 2006,” at Employment Law Update Seminar (State Bar of Georgia, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, January 2007)

Panelist, “Professionalism Issues Every Lawyer Should Know,” presented by ABA Center for Professional Responsibility for the ABA Law Student Division at the ABA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 7, 2004.

Moderator, “Windows On The World: Opportunities For JMLS Students For Study Abroad,” JMLS, Nov. 2004, sponsored by the International Law Society

Presenter, “The ‘Secret World’ of the U.N. Convention on the International Sale of Goods,” Lecture at John Marshall Law School, April 2003, sponsored by the International Law Society

Panelist, “Human Rights Litigation In American Courts,” Emory University Law School, September 2000, sponsored by the Emory International Law Society and the Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS)