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Instructors

Dedicated to their profession, these experienced working professionals share their on-the-job experience with students:

Kerry Fitz-Gerald, MLIS, J.D.
Fitz-Gerald works as a reference librarian in the Seattle University School of Law Library, primarily doing legal research for law school faculty and assisting students with their research questions. She also teaches courses on advanced legal research, with a special emphasis on electronic resources. Fitz-Gerald has a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin, and has practiced law in Wisconsin. She earned her MLIS from the University of Washington.

Judith Maier, MBA, J.D.
Maier is presently a principle in a computer services firm, advises several private clients, and owns an import-export business. She previously taught first- and second-year legal writing and research at the Seattle University School of Law and has served as law clerk to Judge Karen Seinfeld, Washington Court of Appeals, and to the Commissioners of the Court. She has also served in a number of executive positions in healthcare related to risk management and information technology and has served as a systems engineer and database administrator in the banking, international finance, healthcare and defense industries, and the space program.

Brenda Williams, J.D., MPA
As staff attorney at The Defender Association, Williams supervises the legal intern program, guiding law students through trial advocacy training and their first jury trials. She has represented adults and juveniles in dependency cases in King County Superior Court. Williams has represented adults and juveniles accused of felonies and misdemeanors in both Seattle Municipal Court and King County Superior Court. She is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law and Graduate School of Public Affairs.

James Yand, J.D.
As a shareholder in Stafford Frey Cooper, P.C., Yand has handled civil lawsuits in federal and state court in Oregon and Washington for almost 20 years. He has written and lectured on the impact of responding to electronic information while complying with the recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and its potential liability for litigants, especially those involved in complex litigation. Yand is a member of the Washington and Oregon Bar, and is currently chair of the Washington State Bar Professionalism Committee, an elected member of the Oregon House of Delegates, and a member of the American Bar Association.

Instructors are subject to change.