Faculty
Program in Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution
The resident faculty of IIT Chicago-Kent's Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (LADR) Certificate Program represent interests that cover a broad range of the law: evidence and forensic sciences, employment discrimination and wrongful discharge, tax fraud, consumer health benefits, professional responsibility, criminal procedure, workplace defamation, expert witness testimony, and mediation and alternative dispute resolution.
Gary S. Laser
Associate Professor of Law, Director of Clinical Education, and Co-Director of the Program in Criminal Litigation
B.B.A., University of Miami; J.D., University of Miami School of Law
Daniel T. Coyne
Clinical Professor of Law
B.A., Criminal Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago; J.D., The John Marshall Law School
Jonathan Decatorsmith
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D., University of Colorado Law School
Rhonda E. de Freitas
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., Liberal Studies; Florida International University; J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Richard J. Gonzalez
Clinical Professor of Law
B.A., Political Science and Speech, Northwestern University; J.D., Ohio State University College of Law
Vivien C. Gross
Clinical Professor of Law
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., French Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D.; Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington
Heather F. Harper
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., American Studies and Political Science, Northwestern University; J.D., Boston College Law School
Pamela Kentra
Clinical Professor of Law
B.A., English and Rhetoric, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law
Richard S. Kling
Clinical Professor of Law
B.A., History; University of Illinois at Chicago; J.D., Northwestern University School of Law
Edward Kraus
Clinical Professor of Law
B.A., English, University of Michigan; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
Laurie E. Leader
Clinical Professor of Law
A.B., Washington University; J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Ana Mendez Mencini
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., English, Lake Forest College; M.A., Non-Fiction Writing, DePaul University; J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law