is Chairman of the State Center's Board of Directors. Kevin is a shareholder in the Wisconsin-based law firm of Lafollette Godfrey and Kahn, where he chairs its Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group. Kevin served in the Wisconsin Department of Justice for many years, where he was Assistant Attorney General in charge of antitrust enforcement and head of the Office of Consumer Protection. While at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Kevin chaired the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Multistate Antitrust Task Force and led numerous multistate working groups litigating a broad range of antitrust cases. Kevin holds an undergraduate degree and a Ph. D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.
Susan Beth Farmeris a member of the State Center's Board of Directors. Beth is Professor of Law at the Penn State Dickinson School of Law, where she researches, writes and teaches about the application of antitrust and trade regulation law within the federal system of the United States and the international community. Among her many professional activities, Beth chairs the American Association of Law Schools' section of Antitrust & Economic Regulation. Prior to her academic career, Beth was an assistant attorney general in the Antitrust Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office. Beth holds an A.B. degree from Wellesley College and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School.
Shirley Sarnais a member of the State Center's Board of Directors. Shirley teaches law in the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. From 1995 to 2000 Shirley was Chief of the Consumer Frauds Bureau of the New York State Attorney General's Office. While in state government service, Shirley was the staff chair of the NAAG consumer protection committee and led a number of important multistate efforts. Prior to her state government service, Shirley served as an attorney and then Assistant Regional Director in the New York Regional Office of the Federal Trade Commission. Shirley holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and J.D. and LL.M degrees from New York University Law School.
James E. Tierneyis a member of the State Center's Board of Directors. Jim is Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School and Director of its National State Attorneys General Program. Jim served as Attorney General of Maine from 1980 to 1990. During his tenure as Attorney General of Maine, Jim was a member of the NAAG Executive Committee. Jim was a Wasserstein Fellow at Harvard Law School and has lectured and taught about the role of state attorneys general at several other law schools in addition to Columbia and Harvard. Jim is a graduate of the University of Maine and its School of Law.