Tyler Ryska

Adjunct Instructor

Biography

As a law student at St. Mary’s University, Tyler J. Ryska was the Faculty Coordinator for the Dean’s Research Fellows, a member of the Board of Advocates and the External Advocacy Program Negotiations Team.

After becoming licensed to practice law in 2017, he served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Environmental Protection Division. There, his two areas of expertise are Superfund and Utilities law. In 2022, he formed the Clean Initiative Project. The Clean Initiative Project is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides financial assistance to Texas landowners who need support remediating their land. In 2024, he joined Rigby Slack Lawrence Pepper + Comerford PLLC as an associate focused on environmental and commercial litigation. 

He is licensed to practice law in Texas. He is married and has two children. He lives in Bee Cave and attends Lake Hills Church.


Publications

  • Case Law Update, Texas Environmental Superconference 2021, Co-Presenter
  • The Attorney General’s Role in State Water Matters, Water Law 101 – Changing Face of Water Law 2022, Presenter

Tyler Ryska

Adjunct Instructor

Education

  • J.D., (cum laude), St. Mary’s University School of Law, 2017
  • B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2014

Contact Information

License to Practice

  • TX

Specialties and Courses

  • Environmental law

Nick Guinn

Practicing Faculty

Biography

A San Antonio native, Nick Guinn (J.D. ’13) studied chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating from U.T. Austin, Nick returned to San Antonio for law school.
During law school, Nick was active in the St. Mary’s community, serving as President of the Student Bar Association, competing in the advocacy programs, and serving as a staff writer for The Scholar. Shortly after graduating from St. Mary’s, Nick met his wife, Kristen. Nick and Kristen live in the center city and enjoy exploring San Antonio.

Immediately after law school, Nick clerked for Judge Fred Biery of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. After his clerkship, Nick joined his current firm, Gunn, Lee & Cave.

Nick is active with several organizations including the St. Mary’s Law Alumni Association, and the Hispanic Law Alumni Association. He is also a board member for the San Antonio Bar Association and the Texas Young Lawyers Association.


Honors and Awards

  • San Antonio Bar Association President’s Award, Recipient 2019
  • San Antonio Young Lawyers Association Outstanding Young Lawyer, Recipient 2019
  • Texas Bar Foundation
  • San Antonio Bar Foundation
  • Order of Barristers
  • American Bar Association Law Student Division Silver Key Award, Recipient 2013
  • Christian Citizenship Award, Recipient 2013
  • Pro Bono and Public Service Certificate, Recipient 2013
  • Judge Jack B. Miller Award for Dedication, Integrity & Professionalism, Recipient 2013
  • Friends of Alec Scholarship in Chemical Engineering, Recipient
  • William A and Mary B Cunningham Scholarship in Chemical Engineering, Recipient

Publications

Books

  • Protecting, Enforcing and Defending Your Brand (2022)
  • Protecting, Enforcing and Defending Your Inventions (2022)

Presentations

  • TexasBarCLE: Federal Court Practice Course, May 2021 (course director)
  • Brand Protection After Tiffany v. Costco, TexasBarCLE: Intellectual Property Law Workshop: Trademarks in IP, February 2021 (co-presented with Oren Gelber and Michael Moore)
  • A Rubric of Rights: Copyright and Trademark Protection for Fictional Characters, IIPLA Virtual IP Summit 2020, October 2020 (co-presented with Stephen J. Strauss and Alexandra Arneri)
  • Copyright Trolls: Ethical Issues, TexasBarCLE: 16th Annual Advanced Intellectual Property Litigation, Dallas, Texas, October 2020
  • Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) Practice, State Bar of Texas and USPTO: Virtual Trademark Bootcamp, June 2020
  • What Should I Consider When Choosing a Trademark, State Bar of Texas and USPTO: Virtual Trademark Bootcamp, June 2020 (co-presented with Stephanie Schmidt)
  • Trademark Applications Worth Talking About, TexasBarCLE: Intellectual Property Law Workshop: Trademarks in IP, February 2020
  • UnReal Campaign Presentation (Counterfeiting Concerns), Clark High School, San Antonio, Texas, November 2019
  • IP in Art or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Copyrights, City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture, San Antonio, Texas, November 2019
  • Recent Trademark Issues in the News, HLSA, San Antonio, Texas, October 2019
  • Litigating a Case with More than Just Patents, TexasBarCLE: 15th Annual Advanced Patent Litigation, San Antonio, Texas, July 2019
  • Counterfeiting is Bigger than Handbags: Public Health and Economic Risks, Southwest Fulbright Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, April 2019
  • Trademarks in Entertainment Law, Law Society for Sports, Entertainment, and Media, San Antonio, Texas, March 2019
  • The Crossroads of Intellectual Property and Energy Law, Society of Oil and Gas Students, St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, March 2019
  • Trademarks in Professional Sports, San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas, January 2019
  • A Primer on Trademarks, Counterfeit Pharma Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, February 2018
  • An Introduction to Trademarks, State Bar of Texas Pro Bono IP Workshop, El Paso, Texas, January 2018 (co-presented with Marylauren Ilagan)
  • Intellectual Property Basics, San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, San Antonio, Texas, October 2017
  • Understanding and Communicating Intellectual Property: Means for Mitigating Barriers to Wealth, Southwest Fulbright Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, September 2017
  • Impact of Apple v. Samsung on Design Patent Enforcement, TexasBarCLE: 13th Annual Advanced Patent Litigation, Horseshoe Bay, Texas, July 2017
  • Intellectual Property Issues for Health Law Practitioners, San Antonio Bar Association Health Law Section, San Antonio, Texas, March 2017
  • An Introduction to Trademarks, State Bar of Texas Pro Bono IP Workshop, Corpus Christi, Texas, January 2017 (co-presented with Darrian Campbell)
  • Learning to Protect Your Work, AIGA, San Antonio, Texas, November 2016
  • How to Do a Pro Bono Clemency Petition, San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, San Antonio, Texas, September 2015

Nick Guinn

Practicing Faculty

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, 2013
  • B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2010

License to Practice

  • Texas
  • USPTO

Specialties and Courses

  • Intellectual Property

Peter Hosey

Practicing Faculty

Biography

Peter Hosey (J.D. ’79) was born in Stuttgart, Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1956. He became a U.S. citizen in 1960.

While he lived in the U.S., he attended the University of Texas at El Paso, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1976. Shortly after, he attended the St. Mary’s University School of Law. He is married to Sheree Wagner and has four children.

Hosey has worked at Jackson Walker LLP since 2001. Prior to that, he worked at Gresham, Davis, Gregory, Worthy & Moore from 1989 to 2001; Woodward, Hunter & Hosey from 1980 to 1988; and Exxon from 1979 to 1980.

Hosey is the president of the St. Mary’s Law Foundation, a member of the St. Mary’s University Board of Trustees and a former president of the St. Mary’s Law Alumni Association.


Memberships

  • State Bar of Texas 1979 to Present
  • One of the Founders and Past President and Treasurer San Antonio Bar Association Natural Resources Section
  • Chair, Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 2017-2018
  • Member of Texas Land Title Standards Commission 1998 to Present.
  • Life Sustaining Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation

Honors and Awards

  • Distinguished Graduate Award 2013, St. Mary’s School of Law

Publications

  • Examination of Texas Land titles Casebook, 5th Edition (Electronic Publication)

Presentations

  • Presented Papers to:
    • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
    • SBOT Oil, Gas & Energy Law Advanced Seminars
    • EE Smith Energy Institutes
    • SBOT Water Law Conference
    • SBOT Oil & Gas Disputes Course
    • San Antonio, Dallas & Midland Bar Association Seminars
  • See jacksonwalker.com for full list

Peter Hosey

Practicing Faculty

Education

  • JD, St. Mary’s School of Law, 1979
  • BA, University of Texas at El Paso, 1976

License to Practice

  • Texas

Specialties and Courses

  • Texas Land Titles

John Hunter

Practicing Faculty

Biography

An Amarillo Native, 4th generation attorney and 7th generation Texan, John Torrey Hunter graduated from the University of Texas in 2008 with a BA in Philosophy. After a stint working in Colorado, in 2009 he enrolled at the St. Mary’s University School of Law , with graduation and admission to the Texas Bar in 2012.

During Law School, he clerked for the firm of Goldstein, Goldstein and Hilley and in 2016, after 4 years as a sole practitioner, he became the senior associate at the firm. In 2019, he co-founded the law firm of Hunter, Lane & Jampala PLLC, where his focus remains on criminal trial litigation, criminal appeals and post-conviction writs of habeas corpus. His cases have included capital murder, bribery, money laundering, sexual assault, federal drug conspiracies, state and federal writs of habeas corpus, and criminal appellate matters.

In addition to arguing before the many state appellate courts, he has argued before Federal Courts for the Western and Northern District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, LA, and has prepared appellate briefs for the Supreme Court of the United States.

John is a board member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the incoming president of the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is a contributing author for the LexisNexis Texas Criminal Practice Guide and has lectured at CLE events for SACDLA, TCDLA, and the Matagorda County Public Defender’s Office. His speeches have covered topics such as the “Law of Charging Instruments in Texas” and “Defending Federal Firearms Offenses.”

He is licensed to practice in the State of Texas, the Supreme Court of the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western, Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of Texas.


John Hunter

Practicing Faculty

Education

  • J.D., St. Mary’s University, 2012
  • B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Robyn Katz

Practicing Faculty

Biography

Katz is an Adjunct Professor of Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law. She specializes in Animal Law, Criminal Law, and Municipal Law. She currently serves as City Attorney and City Prosecutor for several Central Texas cities, as well as the General Counsel for two Economic Development Corporations in Texas. Prior to her career in Municipal Law, she served several years as an Assistant District Attorney for both Bexar County and Comal County, focusing on family violence and animal cruelty. While in San Antonio, Katz started a law firm serving family law clients, legal aid clients, and embracing animal law cases as the pro bono branch of the practice.

She received her Master’s of Education from the University of Texas, and devoted 5 years to teaching in Texas public schools. Katz graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law, and has served on the State Bar of Texas Animal Law Section Council as Chair for two years and Council Member for one year. She teaches Family Law as an Adjunct Professor at Texas State University, in the Master’s of Legal Studies program—Department of Political Science.

Katz has several published articles related to animal law, and her articles have been cited in Animal Law textbooks. She testified as an expert during several Legislative Sessions in front of the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee regarding animal law, the link between animal cruelty and family violence, and the necessity for increasing penalties at the felony level for animal cruelty. Her experience in both criminal law, animal law, and municipal law has led her to various speaking engagements, including for the Texas District and County Attorney Association, Texas City Attorney Association, South Texas College of Law, University of Texas School of Law, and several law enforcement agencies throughout Texas. Katz is licensed in Texas, New Jersey, and Colorado, as well as in the Western District of Texas.


Robyn Katz

Practicing Faculty

Education

  • J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law
  • M.Ed., University of Texas
  • B.S., University of Michigan

License to Practice

  • Texas
  • New Jersey
  • Colorado
  • Western District of Texas

Steven Keough

Practicing Faculty

Biography

Keough recently served as General Counsel for a Software as a Service (SaaS) private early-stage company. Prior to this, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Counsel for pharmaceutical research and development companies in South Dakota, New York and Japan focusing on human health technologies including site-specific topical penetrants, intracellular drug delivery and novel anti-infectives using team science approaches. These experiences involved technology and personnel management, pharmaceutical products development, commercial partnering, and engagement with U.S. and foreign government entities.

Companies Keough led between 2012-2018 earned multiple national awards for innovation management and advanced technologies, including Drug Store News, Gold Award for Best New Pharmaceutical Product; American Business Awards/The Stevie Award, Silver Award; and Edison Awards, Best New Pharmaceutical, Bronze Award; and Giant Vision Award from the Governor of South Dakota.

He has been involved with numerous technologies and life-improving discoveries across multiple disciplines. For example, these range from retro-reflective cube corner technologies for traffic control signage to cardiac care technologies and to advanced polymer coatings on medical devices. Many of these efforts required U.S. and international experience in preventing and resolving intellectual property disputes, including trade-related conflicts, and conducting investigations in the U.S. and other countries.

In addition to business and legal acumen gained through corporate and law firm life, Keough also received a Certificate in Finance for Non-Financial Professionals from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His public presentations have been at various large legal, business and scientific conferences throughout his career. Numerous global Commanding Officer tours and other experiences in the U.S. Navy reinforced his belief in promoting democracy through equitable legal processes and a sound judiciary.


Honors and Awards

  • Past Chairperson of multiple intellectual property bar association committees

Steven Keough

Practicing Faculty

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., Boston College Law School, 1987 
  • M.A., The Catholic University of America, 1983
  • B.S., United States Naval Academy, 1977 

License to Practice

  • Minnesota
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark

Specialties and Courses

  • Contracts
  • Licensing
  • Intellectual Property Management
  • Entrepreneurship-related disciplines

Steven A. Lopez

Practicing Faculty

Biography

Steven A. Lopez is a trial attorney who has spent his career fighting on behalf of those injured by the wrongful conduct of individuals and corporations.

Prior to law school, Steven worked for the City of San Antonio’s Economic Development Department as an Economic Development Specialist, assisting small and local businesses gain access to public contracting opportunities.

In law school, Steven was an Executive Editor of the Baylor Law Review and a member of the school’s prestigious mock trial program. In 2012 he and his partner won a National Championship at the American College of Trial Lawyers National Trial Competition.

After law school he worked for a large personal injury firm in Dallas, Texas, representing victims of wrongful death and catastrophic injuries in Texas, Louisiana and Pennsylvania. He moved to San Antonio in 2014 and became a partner in a personal injury firm specializing in auto, commercial vehicle, and serious injury cases. In 2021 he founded Lopez Law Firm where he continues to serve injured clients in Texas and beyond.

Steven is active in the San Antonio community and has served on the board of several non profit organizations including New Leaders Council San Antonio and Jump-Start Performance Company. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board for MOVE Texas Action Fund and is an active member of the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association. He is a five-time Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star.


Honors and Awards

  • Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2017 – 2021
  • National Trial Lawyers Top 100, 2019 – 2021
  • Texas Young Lawyers Association President’s Award of Merit, 2019
  • YMCA of Greater San Antonio Outstanding Service Award, 2016

Publications

Articles in a Periodical

  • “Why I Coach,” Subpoena, Official Newsletter of the San Antonio Bar Association, July 2015

Presentations

  • Social Media Investigations & Evidence, Presentation to the Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio, 2018

Steven A. Lopez

Practicing Faculty

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., (cum laude), Baylor University School of Law, 2012
  • B.J., University of Texas at Austin, 1999

License to Practice

  • Texas

Specialties and Courses

  • Trial Advocacy

Catherine Michael

Practicing Faculty

Biography

Catherine M. Michael, J.D. is an attorney who is licensed and practices throughout the states of Indiana, Texas, Michigan, and Ohio. She focuses on representing children and their families in a myriad of personal injury and education law issues. Her expertise encompasses personal injury of children and disabled adults, special education due process, Section 504 matters, expulsion and disciplinary challenges, and tort-related litigation including sexual abuse, molestation, and rape both within and outside school settings, as well as private school disputes and discipline. With nearly two decades dedicated to the realm of education and personal injury of children and adults with disabilities, Catherine’s primary mission has been to ensure the rights and needs of children and the disabled are upheld and addressed. Among her significant cases, she has represented school shooting victims, children who suffered abuse in academic, daycare, or private settings, and countless special needs students whose families sought an attorney within the education system.


Awards

  • Indiana Super Lawyers 2023
  • Indiana Super Lawyers 2022
  • Indiana Super Lawyers 2021
  • Indiana Super Lawyers 2020
  • Indiana Super Lawyers 2018
  • Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star 2017
  • Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016
  • Indiana Super Lawyers Rising Star 2015

Catherine Michael

Practicing Faculty

Education

  • J.D. Indiana University McKinney School of Law 2000
  • B.A. Western Washington University 1995

Contact Information

License to Practice

  • TX
  • IN
  • OH
  • MI

Specialties and Courses

  • Education Law
  • Civil Rights
  • Tort Law
  • Personal Injury

Michael Malone

Practicing Faculty

Biography

Michael V. Malone received his LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from St. Mary’s University School of Law after earning his J.D. Michael is a currently practicing attorney and, in addition to being an Adjunct Professor of Graduate International Relations, is also a member of St. Mary’s University School of Law’s practicing faculty, where he teaches comparative constitutional law. Michael’s research interests include comparative constitutional law (with an emphasis on freedom of expression), national security law and public international law.


Courses

  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • International Law and Treaties
  • National Security
  • Comparative Law (St. Mary’s University School of Law)
  • Legal Language/Legal Method (St. Mary’s University School of Law)
  • Legal Research and Writing
  • American Legal Studies
  • Topics in International Law

Michael Malone

Practicing Faculty

Education

  • J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law
  • LL.M., St. Mary’s University School of Law
  • B.A. St. Mary’s University

Research Interests

  • Comparative constitutional law (macro and micro)
  • National security law
  • Public international law

Jaime Parker

Practicing Faculty

Biography

After graduating from St. Mary’s, Jaime Parker (J.D. ’86) served as a briefing attorney for Ted Z. Robertson at the Texas Supreme Court. He then practiced as a trial lawyer at Fulbright & Jaworski for two years, concentrating on tort and business litigation.

Parker thereafter accepted a position as the Staff Counsel of the United States Supreme Court, working in the office of Chief Justice William Rehnquist. After almost three years at the Court, he returned to San Antonio, where he has been in private practice for the last 25 years.

In addition to working for a large firm with a nationwide practice during that time, Parker also had his own small boutique litigation firm for almost 15 years.

He is currently a partner in the San Antonio office of Naman Howell Smith & Lee, LLP, which has a statewide litigation practice. Parker is Board Certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and has handled both trial and appellate matters in every corner of the state.


Honors and Awards

  • Martindale-Hubbell “AV Preeminent” Rated

Jaime Parker

Practicing Faculty

Education

  • J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, 1986
  • B.A., Texas A&M, 1983

License to Practice

  • Texas

Specialties and Courses

  • Professional Liability
  • Construction Defect Litigation
  • Appellate and Trial Practice
  • Legal Malpractice
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