DePaul University faculty members are available for media interviews about legal, business and other issues that arise during the Conrad Black trial. Faculty experts include:

Leonard L. Cavise, J.D., Associate Professor of Law
Phone: 312/362 -6841, e-mail: lcavise@depaul.edu
Expertise: Criminal procedure and evidence; use of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) in prosecutions.

Ray Grzebielski, J.D., Associate Professor of Law
Phone: 312/362-8745, e-mail: rgrzebie@depaul.edu
Expertise: General legal issues involving business organizations, sale of company assets and corporate obligations to shareholders when assets are sold.

Stephan Landsman, J.D., Associate Professor of Law
Phone: 312/362-6647, e-mail: slandsma@depaul.edu
Expertise: Trial process, nature of evidence, jury issues, deliberation, interaction between lawyers and judges, psychology of the courtroom.

Laura Hartman, J.D., Professor of Management
Phone: 312/362-6569, e-mail: Lhartman@depaul.edu
Expertise: Business ethics, corporate boards and governance, corporate culture, leadership.

Belverd Needles, Ernst & Young Professor of Accountancy
Phone: 312/362-5130, e-mail: bneedles@depaul.edu
Expertise: Financial reporting, auditing and corporate governance. Author of more than 20 books, including “Principles of Accounting” and “Financial Accounting,” textbooks used in classrooms around the world.

Kelly Pope, Assistant Professor of Accountancy
Phone: 312/362-5821, e-mail: kpope2@depaul.edu
Expertise: Forensic accounting.

For additional experts, visit DePaul’s searchable, online media guide to faculty experts at newsroom.depaul.edu.

DePaul is the largest private, non-profit university in the Midwest. The university enrolls 23,149 students in highly respected, flexible, practical programs of study on two Chicago and four suburban campuses. The university’s business and law schools offer highly ranked programs on DePaul’s Loop Campus, located two blocks east of the Dirksen federal court building.

Media Contacts: College of Law: Valerie Phillips, phone: 312/362-5039, cell: 312/330-3155 e-mail: vphillip@depaul.edu College of Commerce: Robin Florzak, phone: 312/362-8502, cell: 312/305-8592, e-mail: rflorzak@depaul.edu