Debra Henley is the Associate Dean for Career Services and Professional Development. She also teaches Legislative Practice at FSU Law. She previously served for seven years as executive director of the Florida Justice Association (FJA). Henley also served as legislative director of the FJA for 18 years, as a civil trial attorney with Connor and Martinez, as a member of the staff of the Florida House of Representatives and as commissioner on the Florida Commission of Ethics, among other positions. Henley graduated from the FSU College of Law in December 1987 with high honors. She has a wealth of legal experience and an extensive network of professional legal relationships.

Lisa Duke moved from Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee with her family in 2001. Her main area of practice since she graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1986 has been health care law, with a focus on transactional and regulatory work. She has represented hospitals, doctors, home health agencies, hospices, clinics, medical equipment providers and pharmacies, to name a few. Lisa has provided educational seminars to doctors, nurses and health care administrators on topics such as risk management, fraud, medical records and human resources. Early in her career she served as Associate General Counsel to the North Broward Hospital District (now “Broward Health”), a four hospital special district, where she took the lead on helping navigate the new demands of managed care. From there she moved to Broad and Cassel as part of their health care group with a focus on state and federal anti-kickback and fraud laws as well as labor law and health care compliance. Immediately prior to moving to Tallahassee, Lisa served for five years as in-house General Counsel for Medical Services of America, Inc, a large multi-state provider of health care services. At MSA, she created their first Corporate Compliance Program pursuant to federal requirements. In 2001, she opened her own firm as a sole practitioner to continue to provide legal assistance to her health care clients and others in Tallahassee. Lisa is a member of the Florida Bar. 

Greg Yates is a lawyer, entrepreneur, business owner, and public speaker. Before joining FSU College of Law, Yates worked in career and professional development at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law, and Emory University School of Law. Before his work with law students, Yates was an equity partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Seyfarth Shaw LLP, two Am Law 100 firms, in their New York and Washington, D.C. offices. He also opened and managed the New York office for Steptoe. Yates' primary practice areas were corporate restructuring, turnarounds, workouts, and real estate. During his time in private practice, Yates developed a book of business of over $3.5 million per year and won the Turnaround Management Association's Turnaround of the Year for Large Companies. He also worked as an in-house counsel for a publicly traded investment firm in West Palm Beach, a lawyer in a small boutique firm in New York, and a non-practicing attorney in a Fortune 100 company in Denver. Yates wrote the book "Professional Prosperity for Lawyers: Find the Perfect Job and Create Your Ideal Career."

Yates can advise students and alumni in a variety of areas and jobs, including business, finance, bankruptcy, corporate, jobs in New York, D.C., Texas, and out of state generally, as well as judicial clerkships. He is also available to assist LL.M. students with job search strategies.

Sherri Rogers received her J.D. from Florida State College of Law in 1992.  She has lived in Atlanta for more than 25 years with her husband Ben (who is also a graduate of the FSU College of Law) and their two children, Matt and Lydia.  Sherri previously worked for several years at the law firm of Bondurant, Mixson and Elmore, where she managed the firm’s legal recruiting and hiring process, provided support for the law library, and assisted in major litigation matters. She left the law firm to focus on family and volunteer responsibilities and gained extensive teaching, public speaking, fundraising and event planning experience while working as a volunteer leader for numerous school, church and public service organizations.  Sherri is excited to combine her broad experience with her strong passion for FSU to help support law school students and alums seeking legal employment in the Atlanta area.