Richard A. Bentley (1947-2019) - CSLS Agency Instructor From 1998-2007. (5/14/2019)
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The HONORABLE JIM BISHOP (Ret.) (taught 1976 to 2017): Jim was admitted to the practice of law in December 1975 and taught at the law school since Fall, 1976, most of those years teaching Contracts. He is a retired Commissioner, Riverside Superior Court. The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us for 40+ years, and to have had him as our Dean.
MICHAEL GELLER (CSLS Class of 1995, taught 2008 to 2020): Admitted to the practice of law in 1995. Michael taught Commercial Law at the law school since 2008. He is in Private Practice here in Riverside. The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us.
JEREMIAH RAXTER (CSLS Class of 2010, taught 2014 to 2020): Admitted to the practice of law in 2011. Jeremiah has taught at the law school since 2014, teaching Professional Responsibility to our Advanced students during Summers and Wills & Trusts to our fourth year students. He is in Private Practice in Menifee and Riverside. The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us.
ANTHONY ("A.C.") JONES (CSLS Class of 2000, taught 2011 to 2020): A.C. taught Trial Practice at the law school since 2011. The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us. He is in Private Practice here in Riverside.
WILLIAM KETCHUM (taught 2013 to 2019): Admitted to the practice of law in 1980. William taught Legal Research at the law school over five Summers beginning in 2013). The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us.
BRANTON LACHMAN (taught 1994 to 2019): Admitted to the practice of law in 1992. Branton taught Corporations at the law school since 1994. The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us for 25 years.
CURT HOFELD (taught 1998 to 2019): Admitted to the practice of law in 1976. Curt taught Evidence at the law school since 1998. The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us for 21 years.
EVELYN ESSENWANGER (taught 2017 to 2019): Admitted to the practice of law in 2007. Evelyn taught Constitutional Law at the law school since 2017. She is a Riverside County Deputy District Attorney.
RICHARD HASSEN (taught 1981 to 2018): Admitted to the practice of law in 1977. Richard taught Real Property at the law school since 1981 . The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us for 37 years.
MARK DEVEY (taught 1994 to 2018): Admitted to the practice of law in 1989. Mark taught Professional Responsibility at the law school for 20 years ('94-'13), Remedies for 3 years ('12-'15), and Civil Procedure for 3 years ('15-'18). The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us for 24 years.
DIRK SILVA (taught from 1993 to 2005, 2016 to 2018): Admitted to the practice of law in 1988. Dirk taught Remedies at the law school for 14 years.
JERRY FINEMAN (taught 2000 to 2017): Admitted to the practice of law in 1988. Jerry taught at the law school since 2000, teaching Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure. He was Chief Deputy District Attorney, Riverside County (now retired). The law school is honored to have had him teaching for us for 17 years.
JOHNATHAN CLOUD (CSLS Class of 2008, taught 2016-2017): Johnathan taught Torts at the law school for only one year, but was willing to do so knowing in advance that he was preparing to teach, and teaching, for only one year. We are extremely grateful to him and appreciate the dedication and enthusium he brought to the subject of Torts.
ERIN ORZEL (taught 2012 to 2017): Admitted to the practice of law in 2007. Erin taught at the law school since 2012, teaching Agency to our Spring Beginning students, and First Year students during Summers. She now works for the Stanislaus County Superior Court in Modesto.
VALERIE MURPHY (CSLS Class of 2005, taught 2012 to 2018): Admitted to the practice of law in 2005. Valerie taught at the law school since 2012, teaching Community Property to our Spring beginning students, and our Advanced students during Summers. She is in Private Practice with the law firm of Cullen & Murphy in Riverside.
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Over the years Judge Rich and later the Administration personally hired instructors who either were or later went on to become prominent judges or attorneys in the Inland Empire area. We would like to acknowlege some of them at this time. For some we have noted the number of years they taught the course in parenthesis.
Torts - Virginia Blumenthal, Jeffrey Raynes (6), Steven Geeting (5), Hon. Thomas Hudspeth (28);
Criminal Law - Malcolm MacMillan (14), E. Michael Soccio;
Civil Procedure - Norman Courtney (6), Hon. Jeffrey Prevost, Douglas McCarthy, Hon. John Vineyard, Robert Deller, Hon. David Cohn (5), Hon. David Gregory (8), Rebekah Ryan Main;
Remedies - Stanley Orrock (6), Michael Goldware (6), Jim Husen (7);
Real Property - Alan Avis (6), Martin Blumenthal;
Corporations - Robert Blumenthal, William Broderick;
Evidence - Hon. Patrick Magers, Hon. Christopher Warner;
Constitutional Law - Hon. James Warren (6), Hon. James Dorr, Hon. Joyce Reikes (10), Hon. Becky Dugan, Jay Orr, Hon. Stephen Larson (4), Michael Hestrin;
Commercial Law - Vincent Nolan (4), Janet Stouder-Brandon (11), Christopher Jensen;
Wills & Trusts - Thomas Carpenter (14), D. Hershel Wilson, Esther Zimmerman, Josephine Rich;
Trial Practice - Gregory Middlebrook, Hon. Gordon Burkhart, Timothy Corcoran, Rodric Pacheco (6), William Mitchell, Chuck Hughes, Hon. Angel Bermudez;
Criminal Procedure - Michael Lomazow, Mark Davison;
Agency - Hon. John Evans, Richard Bentley (20);
Community Property - James Fullmer (6), Robert Chandler, Gayle Fabian (6), Marie Moreno Myers (5);
Professional Responsibility - Robert Schucker, Ernest Gilbert;
Legal Research - Terry Lynch (6), Laura Stockton (13), Brett Christensen (4), Sarah Eggleston;
Family Law - T. Ronald Danieri, David Cherniss.
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The faculty members of California Southern Law School are practicing attorneys and jurists who work daily with legal problems and whose experiences lend viable substance to classroom experience. They are all part-time instructors. Their purpose is to provide students with the lawyerly attributes of analytic ability, substantive legal orientation, basic lawyer's working skills, awareness of institutional legal contexts, and sensitivity to the non-legal environment that always surrounds legal problems. Their objective is to lay the initial groundwork for the development of these basic attributes.
