Nancy Firak
Professor of Law
"One of the best things about NKU Chase is its metropolitan location which offers diverse opportunities to Chase students. The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is within six miles of the College of Law as are two United States District Courts, and many trial and appellate courts of the states of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. Numerous law firms of every size and specialty, non-profit organizations, corporations, administrative agencies, and trial and appellate courts of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana are only a few examples of the richness of the legal community to which Chase students have access through externships, internships, clerkships, special programs, interschool competitions, and pro bono placements."
Contact
- Office: NH511
- Email: firak@nku.edu
- Phone: 859.572.5350
- Fax: 859.572.5342
Education
- JD, The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
- LLM, Harvard Law School
Courses Taught
- Conflict of Laws
- Professional Responsibility
- Remedies
- Torts I
- Torts II
Profile
Professor Firak teaches Torts, Remedies, Professional Responsibility, Products Liability, and Conflict of Laws. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and has a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School. Firak is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Nebraska and Ohio. Firak's practical and teaching experience include the Omaha Legal Aid Society as a staff attorney, administrative director of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law Clinic and visiting assistant professor of Legal Writing at the University of Miami School of Law. Professor Firak has written in the areas of professional responsibility and torts.
Latest Publications
Mixed Messages in Maritime Wrongful Death Actions: Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. v. Garris, 14 U.S.F. Mar. L. J. 1 (2002)
Air Rage: Choice of Law for Intentional Torts Occurring in Flight over International Waters, 63 Albany L. Rev. 1 (1999) (co-authored with Kimberly A. Schmaltz)
Threshold Barriers to Title I and Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act: Discrimination against Mental Illness in Long-Term Disability Benefits, 12 J.L. & Health 205 (1997)
The Developing Policy Characteristics of Cause-in-Fact: Alternative Forms of Liability, Epidemiological Proof and Trans-Scientific Issues, 63 Temple L. Rev. 311 (1990)
Alternative Forms of Liability: Developing Policy Aspects of the Cause-in-Fact Requirement of Tort Law, 20 Ariz. St. L.J. 1041 (1988)
Public Service
Member, Board of Directors, Northern Kentucky Volunteer Lawyers.