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Spotlight On: Ann McCrackin

Professor Ann McCrackin directs the Patent Practice and Procedure Program.

A registered patent attorney, McCrackin's expertise focuses on computer architecture, software, and business methods and she specializes in international patent protection and reexamination. She lectures throughout the U.S. on various patent prosecution topics. A 1997 graduate of Pierce Law, she was named a "Rising Star" by the Minnesota Law & Politics magazine in 2002. In 2007 she returned to Pierce Law as a full-time faculty member.

Full-time Faculty

John D. Hutson, President and Dean	jhutson@piercelaw.edu
Susan Richey, Associate Dean	srichey@piercelaw.edu

Stephen T. Black	sblack@piercelaw.edu
Jordan C. Budd	jbudd@piercelaw.edu
Kevin Carroll	kcarroll@piercelaw.edu
Jon R. Cavicchi	jcavicchi@piercelaw.edu
Megan De Vorsey	mdevorsey@piercelaw.edu
Joseph A. Dickinson	jdickinson@piercelaw.edu
Thomas G. Field, Jr.	tfield@piercelaw.edu
Keith R. Fisher	kfisher@piercelaw.edu
John Burwell Garvey	jgarvey@piercelaw.edu
Judith A. Gire	jgire@piercelaw.edu
William A. Grimes	wgrimes@piercelaw.edu
Keith M. Harrison
J. Jeffrey Hawley	jhawley@piercelaw.edu
William O. Hennessey	bhennessey@piercelaw.edu
Karen Hersey	khersey@piercelaw.edu
Richard A. Hesse, Professor Emeritus	dhesse@piercelaw.edu
Marcus Hurn	mhurn@piercelaw.edu
Christopher M. Johnson	cjohnson@piercelaw.edu
Karl F. Jorda	kjorda@piercelaw.edu
Kimberly Kirkland	kkirkland@piercelaw.edu
Dr. Stanley P. Kowalski, Scholar in Residence	skowalski@piercelaw.edu
Cynthia Landau	clandau@piercelaw.edu
Ashlyn Lembree	alembree@piercelaw.edu
Kathleen M. Mangold–Spoto	kmangoldspoto@piercelaw.edu
Margaret Sova McCabe	mmccabe@piercelaw.edu
Ann M. McCrackin	amccrackin@piercelaw.edu
William J. Murphy	bmurphy@piercelaw.edu
Ellen J. Musinsky	emusinsky@piercelaw.edu
John Orcutt	jorcutt@piercelaw.edu
Mary Pilkington-Casey	mpcasey@piercelaw.edu
Brenda Reddix-Smalls	breddixsmalls@piercelaw.edu
Sarah E. Redfield	sredfield@piercelaw.edu
Albert E. (Buzz) Scherr	bscherr@piercelaw.edu
Barry Shanks	bshanks@piercelaw.edu
Mitchell M. Simon	msimon@piercelaw.edu
Sophie Sparrow	ssparrow@piercelaw.edu
Charles Temple	ctemple@piercelaw.edu
Amy Vorenberg	avorenberg@piercelaw.edu
Mary W. S. Wong	mwong@piercelaw.edu
Roberta Woods	rwoods@piercelaw.edu
Peter Wright	pwright@piercelaw.edu

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