The PBA has a network of lawyers from around the commonwealth who are available to answer your law-related questions and serve as resources for news stories. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

• Administrative Law • Advertising Law • Aeronautical & Space Law • Agriculture Law • Children’s Rights • Civil & Equal Rights • Civil Litigation • Corporation, Banking & Business Law • Criminal Law • Education Law • Environmental Mineral & Natural Resources Law • Family Law • International & Comparative Law • Labor & Employment Law • Municipal Law • Public Utility Law • Real Property, Probate & Trust Law • Tax Law • Workers Compensation Law •

To utilize the PBA’s network of lawyers, contact PBA Communications Director Marcy Mallory at 1-800-932-0311, Ext. 2247, or PBA Communications Manager Jeff Gingerich at 1-800-932-0311, Ext. 2216.

For guidance on judicial questions: Because of increased interest in the workings of Pennsylvania’s courts, we are providing a list of experts to answer questions about how the courts operate and, most fundamentally, what role the courts play in a democracy. Many eminent law professors from Pennsylvania’s law schools can speak to these and other questions. Here are names and contact numbers of several professors who may be able to assist the media with answers as the need arises:

• Robert F. Williams, distinguished professor of law, Rutgers School of Law, Camden, New Jersey. 856-225-6372 or rfw@camden.rutgers.edu
• Kenneth E. Gormley, professor of law, Duquesne University School of Law. 412-396-6184 or gormley@duq.edu.
• John M. Burkoff, professor of law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law. 412-648-1301 or burkoff@pitt.edu.
• John L. Gedid, professor of law and director of the Law & Government Institute at Widener University School of Law (Harrisburg campus). 717-541-3901 or jlghome@comcast.net or jlgedid@mail.widener.edu.
• Steven L. Chanenson, associate professor of law, Villanova University School of Law. 610-519-7459 or chanenson@law.villanova.edu.
• John E. Murray Jr., current chancellor and former president of Duquesne University; also currently a professor of law at the Duquesne University School of Law. He also is a former dean of the law schools at the University of Pittsburgh and Villanova University. 412-396-1750 or murray@duq.edu.
• Abraham J. Gafni, professor of law, Villanova University School of Law, former common pleas court judge in Philadelphia and a former Court Administrator of Pennsylvania. 610-519-6526 or gafni@law.villanova.edu.
• Joanne A. Epps, associate dean of Temple University's Beasley School of Law. 215-204-7861 ext 8993 or Joanne.epps@temple.edu.
• Jules Epstein, visiting associate professor of law, Widener University Law School 302-477-2031 or jepstein@widener.edu.
• Francis Barry McCarthy, professor of law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 412 648-1400 mccarthy@law.pitt.edu.
• Larry Cata Backer, professor of law, Penn State Dickinson School of Law, 814-863-3640 or lcb11@psu.edu.
• Kendra Huard Fershee, professor of law, Penn State Dickinson School of Law, 814-865-9029 or khf10@psu.edu.
• Phoebe A. Haddon, professor of law, Temple University's Beasley School of Law, 215-204-7861 or phaddon@temple.edu