Janet Bowman will co-teach Environmental Law this semester. She is a 1987 honors graduate of Florida State Law. Bowman is currently senior policy advisor with the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and has extensive experience in environmental, land use and conservation policy and law. She is immediate past chair of the Executive Council of the Environmental and Land Use Law Section of The Florida Bar.
Lorence Bielby will teach Class Action & Multi-Party Litigation Practice this semester. She is a principal shareholder resident at Greenberg Traurig’s Tallahassee office. With more than 30 years of experience, Bielby aggressively represents all aspects of business interests, including successful public and private corporations, business leaders, and government entities.
Eric Abrahamsen will teach Florida Constitutional Law this semester. A former prosecutor and county court division chief, Abrahamsen is a partner at the Law Offices of Friedman & Abrahamsen, where he practices criminal defense. He also coaches the College of Law Trial Team and is an adjunct professor at Tallahassee Community College. He received his J.D. from Florida State University College of Law.
JoLen Rawls Wolf a former legal writing professor at FSU College of Law, will teach Family Law: Florida Perspectives this semester, a course she taught for seven years before retiring from the law school and returning to private practice. When previously teaching Florida Dissolution of Marriage, Wolf created a “text” for students and is updating those materials for this class. After years of practicing appellate law, focusing on family law appeals, she retired and enjoying more free time (except when teaching).
R. Scott Palmer will teach Antitrust this semester. An employee of the Florida Department of Legal Affairs, Palmer holds board certifications in antitrust and trade regulation law. From 1997-2007, he headed the Antitrust Practice at Berman DeValerio; from 1988-1997, he served in the Economic Crimes Division of the Florida Attorney General’s Office, where he oversaw its complex litigation; and from 1982-1986, he was the chief prosecutor of the Statewide Grand Jury, responsible for the prosecution of multi-circuit organized crime cases.
Robert N. Clarke, Jr., a shareholder with the Ausley & McMullen firm in Tallahassee, will be co-teaching Civil Discovery & Depositions with his colleague Martin Sipple. He will also be teaching Florida Civil Practice. He is a 1986 honors graduate of the law school and now practices in complex commercial litigation and administrative law in a variety of federal, state and administrative fora.
For more information, e-mail rclarke@ausley.com.
