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Keisha Parker teaches Legal Practice to first-year law students at New York Law School. Prior to joining NYLS, Professor Parker had an extensive career in high consequence civil litigation. She was involved with a number of catastrophic injury and death cases in which a product was alleged to have been defectively or negligently designed. She has defended automobile manufacturers in high consequence design defect, crashworthiness and warranty matters, as well as manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer appliances, food and beverage, medical devices, and powered industrial machinery, faced with wrongful death, personal injury, and property damage lawsuits in federal and state courts in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Professor Parker also handled complex construction litigation, defending owners, developers, general contractors, commercial construction management firms, trade contractors and municipalities in New York State Labor Law claims. Additionally, she represented public and independent schools, colleges, and universities in all matters of school life and governance including school liability.

Professor Parker is a graduate of the American Bar Association TIPS/ABOTA National Trial Academy. She is also a Pennsylvania Bar Association Bar Leadership Institute alum. She was previously recognized as a “Rising Star” Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Personal Injury – Products: Defense. She also served as a Product Liability Committee Member with the Defense Association of New York (DANY). Professor Parker was an inaugural recipient of her undergraduate alma mater’s 40 Under Forty Award. She currently serves as the Alumni Council President at SUNY New Paltz.