Jared Lee will teach Consumer Protection Law this semester. He is a 2007 honors graduate of Florida State University College of Law. He spent nearly a decade at Morgan & Morgan in the consumer protection department before becoming the managing partner of Jackson Lee | PA. His practice currently focuses on consumer-related litigation, representing consumers in both state and federal court.
Todd Kocourek, president and CEO of Florida First Capital Corp. will be teaching Introduction to American Law: Comparative Perspective this semester. He received both his B.A. and J.D. degrees from Florida State University, where he was both a United State Presidential and National Merit Scholar. Kocourek served as committee counsel to the Florida House of Representatives Committee on Commerce before being named general counsel and deputy director of the Florida’s International Affairs Commission.
Ruth Jackson will teach Consumer Protection Law this semester. She is a 2007 graduate of Florida State University College of Law and the founder of a state-wide consumer protection law firm. Prior to launching the firm, she was an insurance law attorney with one of the largest and oldest law firms in the South, where she was involved with the litigation of insurance-related class actions. Today, her practice includes representing consumers in matters involving insurance claims, identity theft and deceptive business practices.
Matthew Foster, who will be teaching Trial Practice for the Florida State Law Trial Team, is a partner at Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney. A 1994 graduate of Florida State Law, he has practiced civil and criminal litigation and served as a special prosecutor for the Florida Department of Education .
For more information, e-mail matt@tallahasseeattorneys.com .
Manuel Farach will be teaching Real Estate Law Foundations this semester. He specializes in transactional matters (with an emphasis on real estate), business litigation, debtor-creditor law, creditor representation in bankruptcy and appellate law. He is board certified by The Florida Bar in both Real Estate Law and Business Litigation.
Mark Ellis will co-teach International Human Rights: Special Topics with Professor D’Alemberte this semester. A 1984 graduate of the Florida State University College of Law, he served as executive director of the American Bar Association Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) before becoming executive director of the International Bar Association in 2000.
Nancy Daniels will teach Juvenile Justice: Skills Practice this semester. She graduated from the Florida State College of Law with honors in 1977. Daniels worked as a legislative intern during law school, and then served as a law clerk at the First District Court of Appeal. After working six years as an assistant public defender, she was hired by Professor Talbot “Sandy” D’ Alemberte as a criminal clinical professor at the FSU law school, supervising state attorney and public defender interns around the state prior to her election as public defender in 1990.
Georgia Cappleman will teach Juvenile Justice: Skills Practice this semester. She is a 2002 graduate of the FSU College of Law and has been an assistant state attorney for more than 17 years. She currently serves as the chief of Felony Division D. She served under the Honorable Willie Meggs as chief assistant state attorney from 2009-2017. She has handled more than 150 jury trials, including death penalty cases and many cases involving violence against women and children.
Sarah Butters will teach Gratuitous Transfers this semester. She is a 2001 summa cum laude graduate of Florida State Law. Butters is currently a shareholder at Ausley McMullen, and she has extensive experience in wills, trusts and probate law. She serves on the executive council for the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar .
For more information, e-mail sarah.butters@hklaw.com .
Courtney Brewer will teach co-teach Appellate Advocacy this semester with Andrew Manko. She joined The Mills Firm in January 2012. She has had primary responsibility in all aspects of appellate litigation. She received her J.D. from Duke University School of Law.
