Visiting FacultyTHE HONORABLE DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE ADEL OMAR SHERIFDistinguished Visiting ProfessorDr. Adel Omar Sherif is the Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt since December 2002. He earned his LL.B. (1979), Advanced Studies Diploma in Public Law(1980), Advanced Studies Diploma in Administrative Law (1981) and Ph.D. in Constitutional Law (1988) from Cairo and Am Shams Universities in Egypt. After working in private practice for a short period of time, he was appointed to the Egyptian judiciary commencing his judicial career at the Council of the State, where he served and held between 1980 and 1992 various judicial positions. In 1992, Justice Sherif moved to the Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt’s Supreme Court, as Assistant Counselor for the Commissioners’ Body. He was promoted to full Counselor in 1993 and was assigned Acting Head of the Commissioners’ Body that same year. In December 2002 he was promoted to the position of Deputy Chief Justice. Justice Sherif was a Visiting Fellow at the International Human Rights Law Centre of the College of Law, DePaul University in Chicago USA in 1992, the Human Rights Centre of the University of Essex from 1993-94, the Federal Judicial Center in Washington D.C. in 1996, and a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, McGill University from 1998-99. He often represents the Egyptian judicial community in international conferences and seminars and has already received many honors and awards at the international level. In addition, he has served as the Rapporteur of a series of international human rights conferences known collectively as “The Cairo Conference” and for two regional and international conferences on capacity building of judges on environmental law. He has written and published widely on various legal aspects including human rights, constitutional issues, Islamic law, criminal law and environmental law. (October 2007) Justice Sherif is teaching a two-credit Comparative Law II: Islamic Law for seven weeks in the spring semester. This course will fulfill the General Writing requirement. PROFESSOR RUDOLF DOLZERDistinguished Visiting ProfessorRudolf Dolzer is a Charles & Inez Wright Murray Distinguished Visiting Professor & Director of the Institute for International Law at the University of Bonn in Bonn, Germany. Dolzer received his J.D. from the University of Heidelberg and his LL.M. from Harvard, where he also acquired an additional J.D. Before joining the faculty of the University of Bonn, Dolzer was a Professor of Law at the University of Heidelberg and at the University of Mannheim, where he served two years as Vice Rector. He spent six years as a member of the German Parliament, and he was Director General at the Office of the Federal Chancellor. He taught International Commercial Arbitration and Foreign Investment. PROFESSOR BERNHARD GROSSFELDDistinguished Visiting Professor
Professor Grossfeld is Professor of Law at the Muenster University in Muenster, Germany. At Muenster, he also serves as the Director of the Institute for International Business Law, as well as the Director of the Institute for Cooperative Research. Professor Grossfeld received his J.D. degree from Muenster University and his Master of Law degree from Yale. He is recognized as one of the leading European law scholars in Comparative and International Business Law. Professor Grossfeld has previously taught as a visiting professor at SMU, Michigan, Texas, Chicago, and NYU (where he is a permanent member of their Global Law School Faculty). JUDGE DON BUSHVisiting Professor
The Honorable Don Bush was appointed United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Texas in 2003. Judge Bush earned his B.A. at Indiana University in 1968 and his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from Southern Methodist University in 1976 and 1986, respectively. He was briefing attorney for the Honorable Price Daniel, Sr., of the Texas Supreme Court from 1976-77. Board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, he was in private practice from 1977 to 2003. Judge Bush has authored numerous law review articles including: “Rule169: An Overview,” 44 Texas Bar Journal 1049 (1981); “Piercing the Homestead, The Trial of an Excess Value Case,” 34 Baylor Law Review 387 (1982); “Limitation on Voire Dire in Civil Cases,” 45 Texas Bar Journal 1043 (1982); “Anatomy of a Trial of a Warranty Case,” 15 St. Mary’s Law Journal 57 (1983); “Common Objections to the Form of Questions,” 47 Texas Bar Journal 8 (1984); “Hearsay Under Texas Rules of Evidence,” 37 Baylor Law Review 945 (1985); “Annual Survey: Conflict of Laws,” 41 Southwest Law Journal 383 (1988). PROFESSOR DAVID ELKINSVisiting ProfessorDr. David Elkins is a Senior Lecturer and Distinguished Teaching Fellow at the Netanya College School of Law in Israel. He is the author of Taxation of Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Goodwill and Know-How and of Taxation of Corporations and Their Shareholders. He has also published numerous articles in leading Israeli and American law reviews and professional journals, some dealing with subjects such as tax accounting and corporate taxation, others exploring the concepts of distributive justice and horizontal equity. Prior to his academic appointment, Dr. Elkins served as Senior Assessor and as Senior Assistant to the Legal Advisor for the Israeli Tax Authority. He received his LL.B. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his LL.M. as well as his Ph.D. from the University of Bar Ilan. JUDGE DAVID C. GODBEYVisiting Professor
Judge David C. Godbey was appointed to the Northern District of Texas by President George W. Bush, August 7, 2002. Prior to accepting this appointment, he served as Judge of the 160th District Court (Dallas) 1995-2002; Dallas County Presiding Civil District Judge, 1988-99 (elected by civil district judges). Judge Godbey was in private practice with the law firm of Hughes & Luce, L.L.P., from 1983-94. He was a law clerk to Hon. Irving L. Goldberg, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1982-83. He graduated with a J.D. from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, in 1982 where he served on the Harvard Law Review. He also holds a B.S.E.E./B/S. Mathematics from SMU where he graduated magna cum laude in 1978. He is a member of the American Board of Trial advocates, Dallas Chapter. He was Civil Jurist of the Year 1997. He is also a member of the American Law Institute and was appointed: Temporary Justice, Texas Supreme Court to hear In re TXU (2001). He has served as a Commissioner with the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (1999-2004) and has been involved in numerous other professional appointments and organizations. JUDGE BARBARA J. HOUSERVisiting Professor
The Honorable Barbara J. Houser is United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas. Upon graduation from law school, Judge Houser joined Locke, Purnell, Born, Laney & Neely in Dallas and then Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, P.C., until she was sworn in as a United States Bankruptcy Judge in January 2000. Judge Houser lectures and publishes frequently on corporate restructuring and insolvency law. She is a past chairman of the Dallas Bar Association's Committee on Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization. She is a contributing author to Collier on Bankruptcy(15th Ed) and the Collier Bankruptcy Manual(3rd Ed). JUDGE D. MICHAEL LYNNVisiting Professor
The Honorable D. Michael Lynn is United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Northern District of Texas. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Lynn was of counsel with Stutzman & Bromberg. He is co-author of Collier Handbook for Trustees and Debtors in Possession, Matthew Bender; and Creditors' Rights Handbook, Clark Boardman, 1995. He is a contributing author of Collier on Bankruptcy, Matthew Bender; and Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide, Matthew Bender. Judge Lynn has previously taught as a visiting professor at SMU. PROFESSOR BOE MARTINVisiting ProfessorBoe W. Martin is a partner at Bell, Nunnally & Martin LLP. His areas of expertise are Bankruptcy and Reorganization, Creditors’ Rights, Real Estate, and Real Estate Finance. He has extensive experience in representing debtors and creditors in Chapter 11 and other insolvency proceedings. In 2005 and 2006 Professor Martin was selected by Texas Monthly as a "Texas Super Lawyer." He received his B.A. from Texas A&M University in 1962, his LL.B. from University of Texas in 1964, and his LL.M from George Washington University in 1970. Professor Martin taught Real Estate Transactions at the University of Texas School of Law in 1977 and 1979 and at the University of Houston Law Center in 2005. He began teaching as an adjunct professor at SMU Dedman School of Law in 1972. He has taught Payment Systems, Real Estate Development Law, Secured Transactions, Property, and Torts at the law school. Professor Martin is teaching Secured Transactions and Torts in Spring and Fall 2008. JUSTICE JOSEPH B. MORRISVisiting ProfessorAfter graduating from Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law in 1973, Justice Morris began his private law practice in Dallas litigating civil cases in state and federal courts. In 1987, he became the presiding judge of the 101st District Court in Dallas. Five years later he joined the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas as one of its Justices. He has served there since 1992. Justice Morris has been a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education seminars on topics involving trial and appellate procedure. He has previously been an adjunct professor teaching Texas Pre-trial Procedure at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law. Justice Morris is now serving on the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct and has served twice as its chairman. Justice Morris is teaching Texas Trial & Appellate Procedure in Spring 2008 CHIEF JUSTICE LINDA THOMASVisiting Professor
The Honorable Linda Thomas is Chief Justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeals, the State’s largest intermediate appellate court. Chief Justice Thomas received her B.A. from University of Texas at Arlington and her J.D. from SMU. The judge served eight years as a family court judge and has been on the appellate court since 1987. She is Board Certified in Family Law and has been awarded the prestigious Sam Emison Award by the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists for meritorious contributions to family law. Chief Justice Thomas is a nationally-recognized leader in legal and judicial education. |