Adjuncts

S. Gregory Boyd - Adjunct Professor (Advanced Topics in IP: Videogame Law)

Dr. S. Gregory Boyd is a corporate and intellectual property attorney with Davis & Gilbert LLP and has worked in intellectual property licensing, litigation, and counseling with a special interest in interactive entertainment, financial services, venture capital, and medicine. Professor Boyd's commentary on business and law has appeared in publications including Fortune, Forbes, and IP Law and Business. He has spoken at conferences including the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, Game Developers Conference, and State of Play. Dr. Boyd received his B.S. in Biochemistry/Philosophy, magna cum laude, and M.S. in Molecular Biology/Biotechnology from East Carolina University, and both his M.D. and J.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently enrolled in the NYU Stern MBA program.

Judith Bresler - Adjunct Professor (Art Law)

Judith Bresler, an attorney specializing in art law with the New York firm, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard, is co-author of the award-winning treatise, ART LAW: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers & Artists (First and Second Edition), acclaimed as the “industry bible” by Forbes Magazine.

Peter Canelias - Adjunct Professor (Patent Claim Drafting)

Peter S. Canelias graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Physics from the Massachusetts State College at Bridgewater, and did graduate work there in mathematical physics and quantum mechanics. He graduated cum laude from Boston College Law School. While there, he served as an Executive Editor of the Boston College Law Review. After completing his legal education, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Canelias is the author of the Patent Practice Handbook and Patent Practice Forms, and was a contributor to the Art Law Handbook and Drafting Print and Online Publishing Agreements. He is also an active member of numerous intellectual property bar associations.

Marc Edelman - Adjunct Professor (Sports Law)

Marc Edelman teaches and writes in the areas of property, sports law, and antitrust. He is a visiting assistant professor of law at Rutgers Law School (Camden), and he regularly cited about how the Sherman Act applies to professional sports leagues.
Professor Edelman is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and a cum laude graduate a Michigan Law School, where he earned an honorary Scribes Membership for best student note.
For four years, Professor Edelman practiced antitrust and sports litigation in New York, NY with the law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP and Dewey Ballantine LLP. Professor Edelman currently has his own practicel. He also serves as a regular guest contributor at Street & Smith's Sports Business Journal, and is founder of the dispute resolution website www.SportsJudge.com.
Outside of work, Professor Edelman is a life-long New York Mets fan, and an enthusiast of 80s music and the television show Seinfeld. He is also is an avid softball and tennis player.

Chuck Fish - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Patent)

Chuck Fish was Vice President & Chief Patent Counsel of Time Warner, Inc until he joined the McCain-Palin campaign legal team in April of 2008 . He is a 1984 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was a national champion parliamentary debater and achieved two coveted Black N awards. After commissioning, he served on a destroyer and a Patrol Wing Staff in the Western Pacific "until President Reagan won the Cold War and we ran out of targets." He then attended Wayne State University Law School, graduating cum laude in 1992. Following graduation Chuck worked at Morgan & Finnegan, Sony, General Instrument Corporation and Motorola Inc. prior to joining Time Warner in September of 2002. He has testified before Congress on patent reform and spoken on legal and patent topics for groups including the AIPLA, DC Bar Association, Federal Circuit Bar Association, Federalist Society, IPO, Philadelphia IPLA, Pittsburgh IPLA, SIFMA and the Anne Anstine Excellence in Public Service Series of the Pennsylvania GOP. He is pleased as punch to be an adjunct for the IILP.

Leslie W. Greene - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Music)

Leslie Greene is a transactional attorney who has worked in the music business since the early 1990s. She has worked in both record companies and music publishing companies, including, Tommy Boy Records, H.O.L.A. Recordings, Zomba Music Publishing, and, most recently, as Vice President Business and Legal Affairs at S1 Songs America. Ms. Greene is currently in private practice.

Terry Ilardi - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Technology Law)

Terry Ilardi is Copyright Counsel for the IBM Corporation where he is responsible for handling copyright and open source matters at the corporate level. In previous assignments at IBM Terry’s responsibilities included contracts, licensing, patent preparation and prosecution, and trademarks. Prior to joining IBM Terry was an associate at Darby & Darby, in NYC. He has been Chairman of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Open Source Committee since its inception in 2001 and is an advisor to the American Law Institute’s Principles of the Law of Software Contracts project. He is a member of the GPLv3 Committee B and has presented on the subject of Open Source Licensing and Mass Market Contracts for the Practising Law Institute and on free and open source software to numerous other groups. Terry is a member of the New York Bar and is admitted to practice before the USPTO. He is a graduate of the SUNY at Buffalo law school and holds a BS in Physics from SUNY at Stony Brook.

Jay Kogan - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Publishing & Media Law)

Jay Kogan is the Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs and Deputy General Counsel for DC Comics and MAD Magazine, the company’s chief intellectual property counsel. Professor Kogan teaches “Copyright Law Today” at Purchase College, State University of New York, and he has taught live and online courses for the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies and the Practicing Law Institute’s Advanced Licensing programs. Jay Kogan is co-chair of the Copyright and Trademark Committee of the New York State Bar Association Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section, and he is an active member and former New York Chapter Chair of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. A frequent lecturer on copyright and trademark law and licensing, Jay Kogan has served as faculty for the Jay received his J.D. and Masters Degree in Mass Media in a dual degree program at Boston University School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut.

Katherine McDaniel - Adjunct Professor (Copyright)

Katherine L. McDaniel is an associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.  Before joining Kirkland and Ellis, Katherine served as a fellow with the Yale Law Information Society Project, specializing in international copyright and information policy.  During her fellowship, Katherine taught undergraduate courses at Yale University exploring the application of intellectual property law and the rights of privacy in the digital age.  After completing her fellowship, Katherine served as a law clerk to the Honorable Danny J. Boggs, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. 

William Mills - Adjunct Professor of Law and Associate Librarian

William Mills holds a J.D. from Fordham, and a master's degree in Library Science from Columbia. In the Mendik Library he is in charge of Information Services, which encompasses collection development, computer and other technological resources, the physical plant, as well as stack maintenance, and the Library's access policies. He came to New York Law School in 1989 with extensive law library experience in both private firm and academic settings.

Judith Prowda - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Art Law)

Judith Prowda has consulted on intellectual property in Paris and at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva. She serves as Secretary of the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and Chair of the Section's Committee on Fine Arts. Among her many accomplishments, she spearheaded the use of ADR in art-related disputes by co-founding and serving as Co-Chair of the Section’s Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution and was honored by the Bar for her outstanding contribution to ADR in New York State. Her law articles have appeared in numerous law reviews and journals and have garnered prestigious awards. She is a frequent speaker on art law and copyright topics and is an adjunct professor of Art & Law at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Professor Prowda graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and received her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and her LL.M. in Trade Regulation (concentrating in Intellectual Property) from New York University School of Law. She also received an M.A. in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, an M.A. in French Literature from Middlebury College and a Certificate from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Paris.

Jonathan Reichman - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Entertainment Law)

Jonathan D. Reichman has over twenty years of experience in litigation, licensing and counseling matters in the fields of copyright, trademark, unfair competition and right of publicity law, particularly for clients in the entertainment industry. Mr. Reichman also represents the estates of well-known authors and artists, and handles the intellectual property aspects of large merger, acquisition and financing transactions, including the analysis and evaluation of intellectual property portfolios. Mr. Reichman has written on copyright, trademark and publicity law topics, and has lectured extensively for such organizations as The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Columbia University School of Law, the Columbia University School of Fine Arts, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and the Institute for International Research. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, Dateline NBC, New York Newsday, and other publications and programs.

Lawrence Sapadin - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Entertainment Law)

Lawrence Sapadin is vice president of business affairs at Koch Entertainment, one of the largest independent distributors of recorded entertainment (CDs and DVDs) in the country. As such, Sapadin handles or oversees all rights acquisition agreements, music and video label distribution agreements, and license agreements with television and digital outlets including iTunes, Amazon.com, and Cinemanow. Sapadin has held similar posts at Wellspring Media, Genius Entertainment, and Unapix Entertainment.

In addition to his in-house legal work, Sapadin has served as executive director of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers (AIVF), a trade association of independent producers, and was one of the founders of the Independent Television Service (ITVS), a funder of independent production for public TV. Sapadin has also worked as managing director of the critically-acclaimed public television documentary series, “P.O.V.”

Stanley H. Schneider - (Entertainment Law)

Stanley H. Schneider is General Counsel for The Orchard, a leading digital distributor and marketer of independent label music worldwide and, through December 2006, served that same role for its sister company, emusic.com, a leading on-line music subscription service. He has over 30 years experience specializing in music publishing, recorded music, internet and other new technology and intellectual property matters. In addition to stints in private practice, he had been with BMG (a Bertelsmann company) for 13 years, where he was in charge of Legal & Business Affairs first for BMG Music Publishing and then as Senior Vice President for BMG North America. He has lectured extensively in these areas of the law. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Brooklyn College of the City University of NY, and his J.D. from New York University Law School.

Joel Schoenfeld - Adjunct Professor (Music Law)

Joel Schoenfeld is a thirty year veteran of the music business and is recognized as a leading expert on international intellectual property, competition, and privacy issues. Joel previously served for over a decade as General Counsel and Senior Vice President at BMG Entertainment, the entertainment division of Bertelsmann AG. Prior to BMG, Joel was General Counsel and Executive Vice President at the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), where he worked for twelve years. While at BMG, he served on RIAA's Board of Directors for over ten years. Schoenfeld has focused on policy matters impacting the entertainment business, and particularly e-commerce. In recognition of this, he was appointed one of twelve Commissioners on the Industry Advisory Commission to the World Intellectual Property Organization. He has also served on a European Commission "Committee of Experts" for Copyright and Neighboring Rights and was an intellectual property advisor to the TransAtlantic Business Dialog. When running his consulting business, Schoenfeld's clients included MusicMatch, Touchtunes Digital Jukebox, The United States Copyright Office, Napster, Listen.com, FullAudi, Avalon Digital Marketing, Comverse Technologies, Hed Arzi, Your Mobile/Moviso and TTR Technologies, among others.

Christina Spiesel - Adjunct Professor (Visual Persuasion and the Law)

Christina Spiesel, visual artist and writer, is an Adjunct Professor of Law at both Quinnipiac University School of Law and New York Law School. She teaches Visual Persuasion in the Law at both institutions.

K. A. Taipale - Adjunct Professor (Cybercrime, Cyberterror and Digital Law Enforcement)

K. A. Taipale is the founder and executive director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy, a private, non-partisan research and advisory organization focused on information, science and technology, and global and national security policy. Mr. Taipale is also a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute where he serves as director of the Global Information Society Project and the Program on Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age (PLENSIA). Additionally, Mr. Taipale serves on the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age; the Science and Engineering for National Security Advisory Board of The Heritage Foundation; the LexisNexis Information Policy Forum; and the Steering Committee of the American Law Institute's digital information privacy project. Mr. Taipale is also a partner of Stilwell Holding LLC, a private investment firm specializing in the technology, media, communications, and engineered products industries and serves on the advisory board of Parkview Ventures, a technology focused merchant bank. Taipale received his BA and JD from New York University and an MA, EdM and LLM from Columbia University.

Charles A. Weiss - Adjunct Professor (Patent Litigation)

Charles A. Weiss is a partner at Kenyon & Kenyon, where he concentrates on technology-driven litigation, counseling, and transactions. He also counsels clients on questions of patent validity and infringement and provides a litigator's perspective on prosecution matters. He has negotiated and drafted hundreds of licenses and other agreements, including commercial collaboration, joint research, and product acquisition agreements.

Peter Zablotsky - Adjunct Professor (Entertainment Law)

Peter A. Zablotsky is a Professor of Law at Touro Law Center. B.A., summa cum laude, 1977, The Pennsylvania State University, Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., 1980, Columbia University School of Law. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Admitted to the bars of New York, Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Professor Zablotsky practiced privately in the areas of entertainment law, torts, and products liability law, before entering full-time teaching to serve as coordinator of the Legal Writing and Research Program at New York Law School. He has published in the areas of products liability, torts, civil rights, criminal procedure, and domestic relations. Professor Zablotsky is a member of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. His plays, H. Finn, Esq. and Off the Meter, were produced off-Broadway during the 1997-98 and the 2000-01 theater seasons, respectively.

Eric Zohn - Adjunct Professor (Entertainment Law Workshop)

As Senior Vice-President of William Morris, the largest and most diversified talent and literary agency in the world, Eric Zohn specializes in negotiating complex intellectual property rights agreements such as book publishing contracts, and motion picture and television option/purchase agreements. Mr. Zohn has negotiated deals with a diverse range of buyers from the various Random House imprints, Warner Books, Simon & Schuster, Hyperion and the Holtzbrinck companies to Twentieth Century Fox Television, Sony Classics and Disney.

Associated Professors

Paul S. Adler - Adjunct Professor (Copyright & Literary Property)

Herbert Burkert - Adjunct Professor

Herbert Burkert is a Professor of Public Law, Information and Communication Law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he teaches telecommunications law, media law, Internet law and public law. He is president of the Research Center for Information Law at the University of St. Gallen. In addition, Professor Burkert is a Senior Research Fellow of the Frauenhofer Institute for Media Communication (St. Augustin, Germany) and Chairman of the Legal Advsory Board of the European Commission.

Shawn J. Chen - Adjunct Professor of Law

Shawn J. Chen is an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Connecticut. His work as a federal prosecutor has focused primarily on the investigation and prosecution of white-collar criminals, especially those charged with computer-related crimes.

Rana Dershowitz -Adjunct Professor (Sports Law)

Professor Dershowitz graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 1992 with an A.B. in Anthropology. Subsequently, Professor Dershowitz earned a J.D, cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1995. At Harvard Law School, she was the executive editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review.

Gianluca Faella - Adjunct Professor

Gianluca Faella is a Ph.D. candidate in Law and Economics at Luiss Guido Carli, Rome, and Junior Research Fellow at the LE Lab, Law and Economics Lab, directed by Professor Roberto Pardolesi, where he carries out research and legal consultancy activities in the fields of competition law, civil law and commercial law.

John Kenny - Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Patent Law)

At Kenyon & Kenyon, John Kenny has worked primarily on infringement litigation and patent interferences. Mr. Kenny's efforts include arguing motions and examining live witnesses before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, taking and defending expert and factual depositions, preparing witnesses at trial, arguing motions in district court, preparing interference cases-in-chief, arguing a criminal pro-bono appeal, and negotiating settlement and license agreements. The litigations and interferences Mr. Kenny has worked on, include chemical, electrical, mechanical and optical cases.

Nimrod Kozlovski - Adjunct Professor of Law

Nimrod Kozlovski is the author of the book The Computer and the Legal Process (Israeli Bar Association Press, 2000) and numerous articles on the Internet and privacy law, computer search and seizure and electronic evidence. He is an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School, teaching CyberCrime, CyberTerror and Digital Law Enforcement. Nimrod is a resident fellow of the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and editor of the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy (IJCLP).

Martin Levin - Adjunct Professor (Media & Publishing Law)

Martin Levin, of counsel at Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., has represented publishing clients in the "sell" or "buy" side of mergers and acquisitions, building on 37 years of experience as an operating executive in book and magazine publishing and 22 years of successful experience as a financial advisor and attorney. He has been actively involved in the completion of over 100 transactions representing independent publishers. Transactions concluded with Random House, McGraw-Hill, Thomson, Reed Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer.

Brian G. Murphy -Adjunct Professor (Entertainment Law)

Brian G. Murphy is a partner at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC where he practices advertising, intellectual property, and entertainment law. Mr. Murphy previously taught at Fordham University Law School. He is a member of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., the New York City Bar Association, the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association, and the Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association. My Murphy was named a 2006 New York-area “Super Lawyer” for Intellectual Property law by Law and Politics magazine.

James E. Rosini -Adjunct Professor (IP Licensing & Drafting - Publishing & Media Law)

James E. Rosini has over 25 years’ experience, at Kenyon & Kenyon, in litigation and counseling matters concerning all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and unfair competition as well as related entertainment, publishing, music, computer, Internet, domain name and right of publicity issues.

Annette Schindler - Adjunct Professor

Annette Schindler became the director of [plug in] Art and New Media (www.iplugin.org) in Basel, Switzerland in 2000. She developed and implemented its institutional concept and mission, to suit the specific needs of new media art.

Amy B. Vernick - Adjunct Professor of Law (Trademarks & Unfair Competition Law)

Amy B. Vernick is an attorney at Sony BMG Music Entertainment, where she serves as a Director of Business & Legal Affairs in the Global Digital Business Group. In addition, she is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Entertainment Law Committee.

Lori Wentworth-Odierno - Adjunct Professor (Entertainment Law)

Ms. Odierno brings to her students 15 years of experience as a transactional lawyer, specializing in media and entertainment contracts.Before teaching, Ms. Odierno spent eight years as Corporate & Transactions Counsel for NBC-Universal, Inc. At NBC, Ms. Odierno advised clients in several areas of the company’s core broadcast business, including the NBC Television Network, the NBC Television Stations, and NBC News.