Victoria Mather

Professor of Law

Biography

Professor Mather joined the St. Mary’s faculty in 1985, after practicing law in a civil practice firm in Illinois and studying for her LLM degree. She teaches and writes in the areas of Property, Family Law and Wills and Trusts. She also taught Population Law and Policy several times for the St. Mary’s Institute on World Legal Problems in Innsbruck Austria and has served as co-director of the Institute. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Texas and the University of Illinois.

She served as the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs at the law school from 1999 – 2002 and 2006 to 2016. In her capacity as Associate Dean she worked with students and faculty on assessment, curriculum development, student disability services, academic standards, and student academic issues.
She currently sits on the Texas Lawyer’s Assistance Program Committee for the State Bar of Texas and the Board of Trustees for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics.


Highlights

  • Appointed as the Chair Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Committee, 2018 to 2021
  • Appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Texas Center for Legal Ethics, 2018 to 2020
  • Appointed to the State Bar of Texas’s Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program Committee, 2015-2020
  • Phi Delta Phi Outstanding Professor Award, 1988-89, (shared award); 1993-94
  • St. Mary’s University Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award, 2010-11
  • Taught as a visiting professor at the University of Illinois and the University of Texas
  • Taught in the St. Mary’s Institute on World Legal Problems, Innsbruck, Austria

Publications

Book Chapters

  • “Testamentary Transfers,” for Thompson on Real Property (Michie, 1994).
  • “Planned Unit Developments” and “Subdivision Controls” for The American Law of Real Property (Matthew Bender, 1991).
  • “Adult Entertainment Zoning,” for Rohan, Zoning and Land Use Controls (Matthew Bender, 1990).

Speeches and Presentations

  • Moderator, SEALS 2015, panel on Gender Issues in Law Schools
  • Discussant, SEALS 2014, panels on Wills and Trusts, Property issues and Bar Admissions practices, Moderator, panel on land use issues
  • Lecture on Takings Jurisprudence, St. Mary’s Homecoming CLE program, 2005.
  • Lecture on Vested Property Rights for Developers in Texas to local Homeowner’s Association, Fall 2004.
  • Lecture on Preparation for and the Practice of Law, PREP program,
  • St. Mary’s University, Summers 2002-04.
  • Lecture on Domestic Partnership Legislation for the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification Issues Section of the state Bar of Texas, Summer 2000.
  • Mini Bar-Review on Property Issues for St. Mary’s Students, Spring 1999.
  • Adolescent Pregnancy Program, presentations in various high schools on Legal Issues Affecting Pregnant and Parenting Teens, Fall 1996, 1998.
  • Training Session on Wills for Participants in the Wills Clinic for low-income elderly in San Antonio, Fall 1997, co-sponsored by St. Mary’s University School of Law, the Women’s Law Association, and the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association.
  • Moderator, debate on U.S. military policy regarding gays and lesbians in the military, Fall 1997, St. Mary’s University School of Law
  • Lecture, Universidad de Estodios de Posgrado en Derecho, for the Diplomado en Derecho Anglosajon Program in Mexico City. Lecture on U.S. Property Law, July 1997.
  • Panel Discussion, St. Mary’s University, Spring 1996, “Legal Implications of Same-Sex Marriages.”
  • San Antonio Legal Secretaries Association, Fall 1993, “A Summary of Texas Family Law.”
  • Bexar County Women’s Political Caucus, Fall 1992, “Changing Times: Women in the Legal Profession.”
  • St. Mary’s University Family Life Center, Spring 1992, “Some Key Legal Issues for the Family Counselor.”
  • Seminar on Intellectual Property for Artists, Spring 1991, “Trademark, Copyright and Moral Rights for Artists.”

Teaching Materials

  • Population Law and Policy (for Innsbruck program as needed).
  • Human Rights and Population Law and Policy (for Innsbruck program as needed).

Victoria Mather

Professor of Law

Contact Information

Education

  • LL.M., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1987
  • J.D., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1981
  • B.S., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1978

License to Practice

  • Texas
  • Illinois

Specialties and Courses

  • Property
  • Wills
  • Estates and Trusts
  • Family Law
  • Community Property
  • Estate Planning
  • Drafting and Planning Wills and Trusts
  • Population Law and Policy
  • Land Use

Ana M. Novoa

Professor Emeritus of Law | Director of Externships | Englehardt Research Fellow

Biography

Novoa is a Professor Emeritus of Law at St. Mary’s School of Law, being the first Mexican American woman to receive tenure at the University. Novoa graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law in 1982 and was in private practice in San Antonio prior to joining St. Mary’s.

Professor Novoa taught in clinical education for twenty-five years. She was Associate Dean of Clinical Education and Pro Bono Services, and also the Director of Externships at St. Mary’s Law School. She stepped down as Associate Dean in 2015 in preparation for retirement. In addition to Clinical Education she has primarily taught Family Law, Texas Community Property, and Child Protective Services Practice

Novoa’s profound spirituality and deep commitment to social justice is evident from her life-long advocacy for the poor and marginalized and particularly for victims of family violence. Prior to entering law school, she was a social worker, and, while in private practice, she represented a large number of working poor and handled numerous pro bono cases.

In addition to other community activities she co-founded and supervised the “Ask-a-Lawyer” pro bono program; was chair of the San Antonio/Bexar County Continuum of Care for the Homeless; and has been a member of the Haven for Hope Board of Directors since its inception.


Honors and Awards

Professor Novoa has been recognized by numerous groups for her commitment to and work with the poor. She has been honored as a Distinguished Faculty Member for the School of Law, received the Marianist Heritage Award, the Alice Franzke Feminist Award and the Diocesan’s Chancellor’s Award. The St. Mary’s University Alumni Association recognized her with the Gateway Million+ Club Award on Jan. 2015 for having raised well over $1,000,000 for Clinical Education and Pro Bono.


Ana M. Novoa

Professor Emeritus of Law | Director of Externships | Englehardt Research Fellow

Contact Information


Maria S. Rodriguez

Director, Law Business and Financial Services

Biography

Rodriguez has worked at St. Mary’s for 15 years. She joined the St. Mary’s University School of Law to assist the Office of the Dean of Administration with law school expenditures and the budget.

Prior to joining the School of Law staff, Rodriguez worked as business coordinator at the Office of Facilities Services. From 2000 to 2006, she was the work control coordinator.


Maria S. Rodriguez

Director, Law Business and Financial Services

Education

  • M.B.A., St. Mary’s University, 2020
  • B.B.A., St. Mary’s University, 2013

Patricia Moore

Professor of Law

Biography

Patricia Moore, J.D., teaches Civil Procedure, Evidence, Federal Courts and other courses related to litigation. She joins St. Mary’s University School of Law as a Professor of Law in the Fall 2023 semester.

Moore has taught at four other law schools. She was a Professor of Law at St. Thomas University College of Law (Florida) and at Oklahoma City University School of Law. She also served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for several years at both of those institutions. Finally, Moore has been a visiting professor at the University of Oklahoma College of Law and at Stetson University College of Law.

Moore has testified before the United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and the Oklahoma State Legislature on class actions. Her scholarship includes empirical and doctrinal work and focuses on how access to justice may be affected by procedural rules, the demographics of the federal courts, and the politicized nature of both. Her articles have been published in the University of Illinois Law Review, American University Law Review, Tennessee Law Review and many other leading journals.

Prior to teaching, Moore was a partner in the Chicago office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (now part of Dentons), practicing in civil litigation. She is a member of the Bar in Oklahoma (active) and Illinois (inactive).


Publications

Books

  • The First Year of the 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Refinement, Not Revolution, American Association for Justice (2017).
  • Oklahoma Trial Practice (Thomson West, 2d ed. 1999) (with John Morris and Daniel Morgan).

Law Review Articles

Presentations

  • Invited testimony, Hearing on “The State of Class Actions Ten Years after the Class Action Fairness Act,” Before the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, United States House of Representatives, February 27, 2015.
    Invited testimony, Oklahoma State Legislature, Proposed “Tort Reform” legislation, including class actions (2004).Invited panelist, The Roberts Court and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Civil Procedure Section, San Francisco (Jan. 5, 2017).
    Invited panelist, Who Will Write Your Rules? Your State Court or the Federal Judiciary?, National Civil Justice Institute, 24th Annual Judges Forum, Los Angeles (July 23, 2016).
    Invited panelist, Workshop on Public Access to Federal Court Data (“What We Should Be Able to Do with Federal Court Data But Can’t”), University of Pennsylvania Law School (October 8-9, 2015).

Media Highlights

  • Quoted in Joe Palazzolo and Jess Bravin, Businesses Win Lawsuit Curbs With New Rules, WALL ST. JOURNAL (March 22, 2016).
  • Quoted in Rebecca Wilhelm, Civil Rule Changes Could Affect Environmental Litigation, BLOOMBERG BNA (January 19, 2016).
  • Quoted in Colleen Wright, Parkland Families Want To Sue Gun Companies But Could Face Financial Ruin If They Do, MIAMI HERALD (May 24, 2018).

Patricia Moore

Professor of Law

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1983
  • B.A., Northwestern University, 1980

License to Practice

  • OK
  • IL (inactive)

Specialties and Courses

  • Litigation
  • Evidence
  • Empirical Legal Research
  • Civil Procedure
  • Federal Courts
  • Complex Litigation

Honors and Awards

  • Academic Fellow – National Civil Justice Institute – 2016 to present

Dayla S. Pepi

Associate Director of Clinical Education | Clinical Professor of Law

Biography

Prior to joining St. Mary’s, Pepi practiced immigration, family law, estate planning and elder law. She joined St. Mary’s in 2000 and continues to supervise second- and third-year law students as they represent low-income clients with family law and probate matters. Pepi teaches the corollary course required of all Civil Justice Clinic students.

She also teaches practice skills courses in the areas of depositions, probating estates and divorce. She has published work in the area of legal ethics and lectured nationally and internationally on the issues facing survivors of domestic violence.

Pepi is a leader in the legal community through her membership and service in myriad bar associations. She is a past President of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association/Foundation and the Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio.


Honors and Awards

  • San Antonio Women’s Chamber of Commerce Constellation of Stars Comet Award, Nov. 2014
  • St. Mary’s University Alice Wright Franzke Feminist Award, March 2014
  • Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation Belva Lockwood Outstanding Young Lawyer Award, Oct. 2000

Publications

Articles in a Periodical

Dayla S. Pepi and Donna D. Bloom,Take the Money or Run: The Risky Business of Acting As Both Your Client’s Lawyer and Bail Bondsman, 37 St. Mary’s L.J. 933 (2006).


Dayla S. Pepi

Associate Director of Clinical Education | Clinical Professor of Law

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., St. Mary’s University, 1998
  • B.A., Southwest Texas State University, 1993

License to Practice

  • Texas

Specialties and Courses

  • Battered immigrants
  • Deposition skills
  • Divorce hearings
  • Probate and estate

Mike Martinez Jr.

Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library and Professor

Biography

Martinez is the Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library and Professor. He received his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2000 and his M.S.I.S. from the School of Information at the University of Texas in Austin in 2005.

Since 2003, Martinez has taught Legal Research and Writing and supervised students’ independent writing requirements. Martinez is the faculty member in charge of overseeing The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice. He also supervises the Dean’s Research Fellows, overseeing their research and writing projects. Martinez trains students who participate in the law school’s externship programs and coordinates workshops for students and alumni.

As Director, Martinez provides strategic vision for the library in order to maintain outstanding service to faculty and students at the law school.

Martinez served as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs for St. Mary’s University for the 2020-2021 academic year.  In this role he provided support, collaboration, and creative leadership to University Administration.

Martinez’s areas of interest include legal research and writing, the law library’s role in legal education, and information technology.


Publications

Articles in a Periodical

  • Mike Martinez, Jr., Reaching and Teaching Millennials: Designing the Future of Student Services, 18 LEGAL INFO. MGMT 219 (2018)(Co-authored).
  • Mike Martinez, Jr., Cost Effective Legal Research: Finding the Right Resources, At the Right Price, Right Now, Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar Newsletter, Fall 2012 (Co-authored).
  • Mike Martinez, Jr. Cost Effective Legal Research, SAN ANTONIO LAWYER, November/December 2011 (Co-authored) (Awarded Best Feature Story by the State Bar of Texas).
  • Michael P. Forrest, Mike Martinez, Jr., & Paul S. Miller, Updated Lessons in Conducting Basic Legal Research by Pro Se Litigants Who Cannot Afford an Attorney, 11 SCHOLAR 1 (2008).
  • Michael P. Forrest & Mike Martinez, Jr., Too Broke to Hire an Attorney? How to Conduct Basic Legal Research in a Law Library, 9 SCHOLAR 67 (2006).

Presentations

  • Fear and Loathing in Teaching Legal Research. AALL, July 2020.
  • Instruction and Collaboration During COVID-19: Creating an Inclusive Environment. CALI, June 2020.
  • Walk the Talk: Everyday Diversity in the Workplace and AALL. AALL, July 2019.
  • The Un-Program. SWALL, April 2019.
  • Adding Diversity and Implicit Bias in Your Classroom and Your Law School, AALL Webinar, November 2019.
  • Reaching and Teaching Millennials: Designing the Future of Student Services. BIALL, June 2018.
  • Who Do You Think You Are? Swing It, Shake It, Move It, Make It: Keeping LIS Skills Relevant for the Future. BIALL, June 2018.
  • Cases or Spaces: What’s the 21st Century Law Library Look Like? SWALL, April 2018.
  • Cost Effective Legal Research 2014 Update. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2014.
  • Cost Effective Legal Research 2013 Update. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2013.
  • Cost Effective Legal Research 2012 Update. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2012.
  • A Practitioner’s Guide to Internet Legal Research: A Guide to Combing Free and Low Cost Online Legal Research Options for Maximum Savings and Effectiveness. State Bar of Texas Minority Attorney Program, San Antonio, April 2011.
  • Cost Effective Legal Research. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2011.
  • Legal Research and Ethical Implications. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2010.
  • Legal Research in a Web 2.0 World. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2009.
  • Legal Research and BLAWGS. St. Mary’s University School of Law, March 2008.
  • Internet Legal Research: Time Saving Techniques for Practice. St. Mary’s University School of Law, April 2007.
  • Internet Legal Research: Saving Money, Saving Time. St. Mary’s University School of Law, April 2006.

Mike Martinez Jr.

Director of the Sarita Kenedy East Law Library and Professor

Education

  • M.S.I.S, The University of Texas at Austin, 2005
  • J.D., St. Mary’s University School of Law, 2000
  • B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1996

Specialties

  • Legal Research and Writing
  • Law Library Management
  • Information Technology

Robert William “Bill” Piatt

Professor of Law

Biography

Robert William “Bill” Piatt was born in Santa Fe. He is Hispanic/Native American (Genizaro), Catholic, and fluent in Spanish. Prior to his arrival at St. Mary’s, he had taught at five law schools in the U.S., had engaged in private practice, and had helped to establish indigent criminal defense and civil legal assistance offices. Piatt had also taught in Mexico and Spain, and assisted Native American communities in this country.

His background has led him to continue his work with Indigenous communities, and to participate in religious and cultural ceremonies. Piatt’s writings are the first to discuss the legal rights of non-federally recognized Indians.

His background has also enabled him to expand on incorporating his Catholic faith into his teaching, research and service.

Piatt’s writings, including ten books and dozens of articles, focus on Human Rights. They have received numerous awards and have been cited in hundreds of publications.

His background in broadcasting has assisted him in participating as a commentator on law-related topics in English and in Spanish, on radio and tv.

Piatt served as Dean of St. Mary’s Law School from 1998 to 2007.


Honors and Awards

  • Outstanding Alumni Award, Eastern New Mexico University, 1997
  • Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, 1998, for my book, Black and Brown in America.
  • Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, 1994, for my book, “Language on the Job,”
  • Outstanding Academic Book of the Year, 1994, Choice Magazine, for my book, “Language on the Job”
  • Outstanding article in the Houston Law Review in 1996, Houston Law Review Alumni Award, for my article, “Toward Domestic Recognition of a Human Right to Language.”

Publications

Books

  • Slavery in the Southwest: Genizaro Identity, Dignity and the Law (with Moises Gonzales, Carolina Academic Press, 2019)
  • Human Trafficking (with Cheryl Taylor Page, Carolina Academic Press, 2016).
  • Catholic Legal Perspectives, 3rd Edition (Carolina Academic Press, 2018).
  • Black and Brown in America: The Case for Cooperation (New York University Press, 1997). The book was named, “Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America” in 1998 by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America.
  • Immigration Law: Cases and Materials (Michie, 1994).
  • Language on the Job: Balancing Business Needs and Employee Rights (University of New Mexico Press, 1993). The book was named, “Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in North America” in 1994 by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America, and was also selected as an Outstanding Academic Book of the Year by Choice Magazine in 1994.
  • ¿Only English? Law and Language Policy in the United States. (University of New Mexico Press, Spring, 1990)
  • A Layperson’s Guide to New Mexico Law, Center for Business Services, New Mexico State University, 1977.

Articles in a Periodical

Chapters in Books

  • “Catholic Perspectives on Family Law”, in Through a Clear Lens: American Law From a Catholic Perspective (Scarecrow Press, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Group, Inc., 2015).
  • “Attorney As Interpreter”, in The Latino Condition: A Critical Reader (Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic, eds. N.Y.U. Press 1998, and in the second ed., 2011).
  • “The Confusing State of Minority Language Rights”, in Language Loyalties: A Source Book on the Official English Controversy (James Crawford, ed., U. of Chicago Press 1992)

Robert William “Bill” Piatt

Professor of Law

Education

  • J.D., University of New Mexico, 1975
  • B.A., Eastern New Mexico University, 1972

License to Practice

  • Texas
  • New Mexico
  • Kansas (inactive)

Specialties and Courses

  • Constitutional Law
  • Legal Ethics
  • Catholic Legal Perspectives
  • Human Trafficking

Chad J. Pomeroy

Professor of Law | Co-Director of the Institute on World Legal Programs in Innsbruck, Austria| James N. Castleberry, Jr. Chair of Oil and Gas Law

Biography

After graduating from Brigham Young University law school in 2001, Pomeroy practiced law for a decade as an associate attorney and as a partner for multiple firms in Utah. He primarily practiced transactional law, with an emphasis on real estate and other property issues.

He has taught at St. Mary’s since 2011. A full professor, he holds the Turcotte R.C. Chair in Oil and Gas. He teaches a variety of business and property-focused classes, including Oil and Gas, Mortgages, Property and Business Associations.


Publications

Articles in a Periodical

Presentations

  • Well Enough Alone, University of Alabama (September 2016)
  • All Your Air Right are Belong to Us, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (March 30, 2015)
  • Think Twice: Charging Orders and Creditor Property Rights, Southeastern Area Law Schools Annual Conference, Palm Beach, Florida (August 8, 2013)
  • A Theoretical Case for Standardized Vesting Documents, JRCLS Law Professor Conference, Washington D.C. (January 4, 2012)
  • Ending Surprise Liens on Real Property, University of New Mexico School of Law (November 22, 2010)
  • Ending Surprise Liens on Real Property, Hamline University School of Law (November 30, 2010)

Chad J. Pomeroy

Professor of Law | Co-Director of the Institute on World Legal Programs in Innsbruck, Austria
| James N. Castleberry, Jr. Chair of Oil and Gas Law

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., summa cum laude, Brigham Young University, 2001
  • B.S., Brigham Young University, 1998
  • A.S., Weber State University, 1996

License to Practice

  • Utah

Specialties and Courses

  • Property
  • Business Associations
  • CC&R and Foreclosures
  • Property Tax
  • Civil Forfeiture and Property Rights
  • Foreclosure

Willy E. Rice

Professor of Law | Englehardt Research Fellow

Biography

Spanning four years, Professor Rice was a graduate-faculty professor at Duke University before securing his post-doctoral degree from The Johns Hopkins University and receiving his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

After law school, Professor Rice became a Visiting Public-Law Professor in the Department of Government—University of Texas at Austin, and, later, a Scholar-In-Residence at The American Bar Foundation in Chicago. Professor Rice has been a full- tenured professor of law since 1993 and is presently a Professor of Law and Englehardt Research Fellow at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas.

Additionally, for nearly twenty-seven years, he has been a legal expert/statistician for multiple international, national and regional law firms and their clients. Professor Rice is currently a member the Gerson-Lehrman Group of International Experts


Honors and Awards

  • Scholar-In-Residence — American Bar Foundation, Chicago, Illinois
  • Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, St. Mary’s School of Law, 2005-2006
  • President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech School of Law, 1993
  • Ex-Students’ New Faculty Teaching Award, Texas Tech School of Law, 1990
  • Fifth Circuit’s Excellence in Writing Law Review Award for 2003-2004
  • Order of the Coif, 1997
  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1992
  • Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society

Publications

Books

  • Legal Practice Technology and Law (Cognella Academic Publishing 2017)
  • Consumer Litigation and Insurance Defense, Cognella Academic Publishing 2 ed.
  • Contract Law, Practice, Interpretation, and Enforcement, Cognella Academic Publishing 1 ed. 2014

Articles in a Periodical


Willy E. Rice

Professor of Law | Englehardt Research Fellow

Contact Information

Education

  • J.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1982
  • Postdoctoral Fellow in Law, Psychiatry and Statistics, The Johns Hopkins University, 1977
  • Ph.D, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975
  • M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1972
  • B.A., University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, 1970

Specialties and Courses

  • Contract Law
  • Tort Law
  • Insurance Law
  • Consumer Law
  • Law & Technology
  • Law & Economics
  • Contracts
  • Sales-UCC
  • Deceptive Trade Practices
  • Law Practice Technology

Gerald S. Reamey

Professor Emeritus of Law

Biography

Professor Gerald Reamey, is a graduate of Trinity University (B.A., 1970) and Southern Methodist University’s Dedman School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1976; LL.M., 1982).

Prior to joining the faculty of St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1982, Reamey practiced law in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and served as the Legal Advisor for the Irving Police Department. The author of many books and law review articles, Reamey is a former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at St. Mary’s where he is Professor emeritus and the co-founder and former co-director of St. Mary’s Institute on World Legal Problems at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. The recipient of several teaching awards, including for his work in judicial education, Professor Reamey has been awarded the Culture Medal of Honor by the city of Innsbruck, Austria. He teaches, writes, and consults in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, and law enforcement issues, and is a member of the Order of the Coif and the American Law Institute. Reamey has been a faculty member for Texas Municipal Courts Education Center programs since the founding of TMCEC. He is currently Judge of the Municipal Court of Shavano Park, Texas.


Highlights

  • Visiting Professor, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Vienna, Spring 2008
  • Frequent Co-Director, St. Mary’s Institute on World Legal Problems in Innsbruck, Austria
  • San Antonio Bar Association Community Justice Program Excellence in Pro Bono Award, 2015
  • Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, 1993-97
  • Visiting Professor, Institute for Criminal Law of the University of Innsbruck, Austria, Spring, 1993
  • Visiting Professor, Institute for Criminal Law and Criminology, University of Vienna, Austria, Fall, 1999
  • Co-founder (1985), Associate Director (1989-2001) and Director (2001-2003), St. Mary’s Institute on World Legal Problems in Innsbruck, Austria
  • Director, St. Mary’s Center for International Legal Studies, 1999-2004
  • Recipient of St. Mary’s Distinguished Faculty Award, 1992
  • Lecturer and consultant, Texas Municipal Courts Education Center, since 1985
  • Member, Executive Board of SMU Law School, 1991-1997

Honors and Awards

  • Life Member, American Law Institute (2021– present)
  • Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
  • Faculty Ring, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Faculty of Law (2018)
  • Best Case Note Award, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1976
  • St. Mary’s Distinguished Faculty Member Award, 1992
  • Phi Delta Phi Award for Teaching Excellence, 1985
  • Graduating Class “White Hat” Award 1986
  • Student Bar Association Leadership Award, 1984
  • Texas Bar Foundation Outstanding Law Review Article Award, 2017
  • Culture Medal of Honor, City of Innsbruck, Austria, 2010
  • Excellence in Pro Bono Award, San Antonio Bar Association, 2015
  • Order of the Coif, 1976
  • Elected Member, American Law Institute, 1996

Publications

Books

  • HOW NOT TO BE A TERRIBLE TEACHER (AND MAYBE BE A GOOD ONE)
    (Carolina Academic Press 2023).
  • CRIMINAL OFFENSES AND DEFENSES IN TEXAS (The Harrison Company, Publishers (now Thomson/West), 1987; 2d ed. 1993; 3d ed. 2000, Annual supplements).
  • PRINCIPLES OF TEXAS CRIMINAL LAW, 2016.
  • TEXAS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (Academia Press, 1989; 2d ed. 1991; 3d ed. 1993; 4th ed.1996; 5th ed. 1999; 6th ed. 2001; 7th ed. 2003, 8th ed. 2006, 9th ed. 2008), 10th ed. 2010, 11th ed. 2013, 12th ed. 2016, 13th ed. 2018 (editions 1-4 with Steele, editions 5-12 with Bubany) .
  • A PEACE OFFICER’S GUIDE TO TEXAS LAW (Texas Police Association, 1985; 2d ed. 1987; 3d ed.1989; 4th ed. 1991 (with Coyle); 5th ed. 1993; 6th ed. 1995; 7th ed. 1997; 8th ed. 1999; 9th ed. 2001; 10th ed. 2003; 11th ed. 2005; 12th ed. 2007; 13th ed. 2009; 14th ed. 2011.
  • Texas Criminal Procedure: (editions 1-4 with Steele, editions 5-13 with Bubany)
  • EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE WITHIN THE EU AND BEYOND (contributing author)(Höpfel & Huber, editors)(iuscrim – Max-Planck-Institut for Foreign and International Criminal Law 1999).

Articles in a Periodical

  • The Lawyer as Dream Enabler, __ St. Mary’s University School of Law Journal ___(2023)
  • Police Use of Force Laws in Texas, 52 St. Mary’s University School of Law Journal 1071 (2021)
  • Constitutional Shapeshifting: Giving the Fourth Amendment Substance in the Technology Driven World of Criminal Investigation, 14 STANFORD J. CIV. R. & CIV L. 201 (2018)
  • What’s Fear Got to Do With It?: The Armed and Dangerous Requirement of Terry, 100 MARQ. L. REV. 231 (2016)
  • Deadly Misunderstandings About Police Use of Deadly Force, TEXAS POLICE JOURNAL (March/April 2016)
  • The Truth Might Set You Free: How the Michael Morton Act Could Fundamentally Change Texas Criminal Discovery, or Not, 48 TEX. TECH L. REV. 931 (2016) [Winner, Texas Bar Foundation Outstanding Law Review Article Award for 2017]
  • The Value of Cooperative Ventures, FESTSCHRIFT HERWIG VAN STAA (Universitätsverlag Wagner 2014)
  • A History and Review of U.S. Whistleblower Legislation, PAPERS, “NEW CHALLENGES FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES AND FOR THE PROTECTION OF EU FINANCIAL INTERESTS” CONFERENCE (Austrian Association for European Criminal Law and the International Anti-Corruption Academy, Vienna, Austria, May, June 2014)
  • America’s European Legal Legacy, ASPEKTE DER RECHTSGESCHICHTE UND DER GESELLSHAFTSPOLITIK IN TIROL, ÖSTERREICH UNDER WELTWEIT: FESTSCHRIFT ZUM 70. GEBURTSTAG VON KURT EBERT (Abagar 2013)
  • The Use of Anticipatory Warrants in Texas: The Porn’s in the Mail, 41 SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW REPORT 1 (January 2014)
  • The Promise of Things to Come: Anticipatory Warrants in Texas, 46 BAYLOR L.REV. 473 (2012)
  • Innovation or Renovation in Criminal Procedure: Is the World Moving Toward a New Model of Adjudication?, 27 ARIZ. J. INT’L & COMP. L. 324 (2010)
  • Life in the Early Days of Lawyer Advertising: Personal Recollections of a Bates Baby, 37 ST. MARY’S L.J. 887 (2006)
  • The Growing Role of Fortuity in Texas Criminal Law, 47 S. TEX. L. REV. 59 (2005)
  • The “Suspicious Places” Exception to Texas’ Arrest Warrant Requirement: The Wild, Wild West Meets the New “New Federalism,” 28 SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW REPORT 1 (January-February 2001)
  • Having It All: Pleading Guilty Without Forfeiting the Right to Appeal, 50 DOCKET CALL 1 (May, 2000)
  • Arrests in Texas’s “Suspicious Places”: A Rule in Search of Reason, 31 TEX. TECH L. REV. 931 (2000)
  • An Extradition Model for the EU: Interstate Rendition Within a Federal System, PAPERS, “THE FUTURE OF EXTRADITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION” COLLOQUIUM (Institut für Strafrecht und Krimologie der Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2000)
  • Professor Steele’s Opus, 52 SMU L. REV. 703 (1999); 64 J. AIR L. & COM. 657 (1999)
  • Barratry: The Latest Chapter in the Fight for the Hearts and Minds (and Fees) of Clients, 18 HEADNOTES 3 (February 15, 1994)
  • Should America Consider Criminal Procedure Reform Based on the European Model?, PAPERS, RECHTVERGLEICHENDESSTRAFPROZESSRECHTSSEMINAR, (Irsee, Germany, 1993)
  • Client Solicitation in Texas, 17 HEADNOTES 4 (February 15, 1993)
  • Charging Instruments, COURSE MATERIALS, CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS PROJECT SKILLS COURSE (1992)
  • Special Needs Analysis in Fourth Amendment Adjudication: the Denigration of Probable Cause, 19 SEARCH AND SEIZURE LAW REPORT 49 (1992)
  • Up in Smoke: Fourth Amendment Rights and the Burger Court, 45 OKLA L. REV. 57 (1992)
  • When “Special Needs” Meet Probable Cause: Denying the Devil Benefit of Law, 19 HASTINGS CONST. L.Q. 295 (1992)
  • The Crime of Barratry: Criminal Responsibility for a Breach of Professional Responsibility, 53 TEX. B.J. 1011 (1990)
  • Warrantless Arrest Jurisdiction in Texas: An Analysis and A Proposal, 19 ST. MARY’S L.J. 857 (1988) (with Harkins)
  • A Municipal Police Officer’s Jurisdiction to Arrest Without Warrant, ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CRIMINAL LAW UPDATE 1 (April, 1988)
  • The Permissible Scope of Automobile Inventory Searches in Texas in the Aftermath of Colorado v. Bertine: A Talisman is Created, 18 TEX. TECH L. REV. 1165 (1987) (with Bassett and Molchan)
  • Are Federal Civil Rights Suits Really a Threat to Law Enforcement?, TEXAS POLICE JOURNAL, April, 1986
  • New Jersey v. T.L.O.: The Supreme Court’s Lesson on School Searches, 16 ST. MARY’S L.J. 933 (1985)
  • Assaults on the Young and Old, COURSE MATERIALS, SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAW INSTITUTE: ASSAULT (Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, 1984)
  • Legal Remedial Alternatives for Spouse Abuse in Texas, 29 HOUSTON L. REV. 1279 (1983) (reprinted in COURSE MATERIALS, SPECIAL CRIMINAL LAW INSTITUTE: ASSAULT (Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, 1984))
  • Reevaluating the Vehicle Inventory, 19 CRIM. L. BULL., 325 (1983)
  • Defining the “Policy or Custom” Requirement of Monell, TEXAS POLICE JOURNAL, August, 1983; THE POLICE CHIEF, August, 1983
  • A Statutory Sentencing Alternative for Alcohol-Related Crimes, 12 VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE 12 (February, 1983) (reprinted in 9 THE MAGAZINE OF THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ALCOHOLISM 14 (Fall, 1982))
  • Civil Liability and the First Line Supervisor, TEXAS POLICE JOURNAL, June, 1982
  • Courtroom Training – The Forgotten Phase of Police Work, TEXAS POLICE JOURNAL, July, 1981
  • City Defense of Police Officers: The Approach of Article 1269s, TEXAS POLICE JOURNAL, January, 1981 (Part I), February, 1981 (Part II)
  • Comment: Charter Air Travel: Paper Airplanes in a Dogfight, J. AIR L. & COM. 405 (1976)
  • Casenote: Allegheny Airlines, Inc. v. United States, 41 J. AIR L. & COM. 511 (1975)

Media Highlights

  • Take a Different View of Social Justice, San Antonio Express-News, Sept. 5, 2020
  • Our Justice System is Tilted Against Defendants, San Antonio Express-News, Sept. 26, 2015
  • Pardoning War Crimes Does Not Honor Those Who Serve, San Antonio Express-News, June 2, 1029.
  • Guest commentator on criminal justice topics, The Source, Texas Public Radio.
  • Bias Affects Us All – Civilians and Police, San Antonio Express-News, July 23, 2016

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Gerald S. Reamey

Professor Emeritus of Law

Contact Information

Education

  • LL.M., Southern Methodist University, 1982
  • J.D., cum laude, Southern Methodist University, 1976
  • B.A., Trinity University, 1970

License to Practice

  • Texas

Specialties and Courses

  • Criminal Law (U.S. and Texas)
  • Criminal Procedure (Constitutional, Texas, and comparative)
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