IMMERSION IN ENGLISH & U.S. BUSINESS LAW
FACULTY
(Although faculty from the University of Michigan often participate, the Institute and its programs are
not affiliated with or sponsored by any university.)
The Institute is pleased to have an outstanding faculty of prominent law professors and lawyers with real-world
expertise and extensive teaching experience. English language classes are taught by highly qualified ESL (English
as a Second Language) instructors with experience teaching international lawyers and business professionals.
The main instructors for "Immersion in English and U.S. Business Law" are expected to include:
Roann Altman, Ph.D.
Lecturer, University of Michigan, English Language Institute
Principal, Communicate for Success (a training/consulting firm specializing in business communication)
B.A., Syracuse University; M.A. State University of New York at Cortland;
Ph.D., 1984, University of Southern California
Dr. Roann Altman teaches at the University of Michigan's English Language Institute where she specializes in
teaching academic writing and pronunciation (accent reduction) and coordinates the English for Business Studies
program for pre-M.B.A. students. She is known for her work on Grammar in Use, Raymond Murphy's textbook that she
adapted for the American English-speaking audience.
Dr. Altman has over 25 years' experience in the field of English as a second or foreign language. She began her
career as a bilingual teacher in the Syracuse, New York, public schools. After receiving her doctorate in Applied
Linguistics, she served several years as Assistant Director of the UCLA ESL Service Courses. She is currently principal
in Communicate for Success, a company providing training, coaching, and consulting in business writing and
presentation skills.
Martin D. Kriegel
Adjunct Professor of Law, Wayne State University School of Law
Attorney at Law, Private Practice, Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.A., 1969; A.B.D., 1972, State University of New York; J.D., 1974, University of Michigan; LL.M. (Taxation), 1976,
New York University
Professor Kriegel practices and teaches in four fields: taxation, business planning, litigation, and negotiation. His
tax practice involves all areas of taxation, but is focused on the federal income taxation of businesses and tax dispute
resolution. His business planning practice involves all aspects of structuring, financing, and operating businesses. His
litigation practice primarily involves tax matters, business matters, and the defense of persons accused of economic ("white-collar")
crimes. In his negotiation practice he represents both U.S. and non-U.S. clients in business negotiations both in the U.S. and
in other countries.
After graduating from law school in 1974, Professor Kriegel was the recipient of a federal law reform fellowship. He
practiced in the area of mental health law reform before going on to teach law at the University of Illinois. After receiving
his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University, Professor Kriegel joined the full-time law faculty of the College of Law of
Cleveland State University. He there taught the full range of federal tax courses, as well as joint courses in tax policy
in the Department of Economics, until 1984. In 1979 Professor Kriegel co-founded and was appointed as co-director of the
then experimental Graduate Tax Program. In the Program, he taught tax on the graduate (LL.M.) level. Over the years,
Professor Kriegel has been invited to teach law courses in taxation, business law, property law, and litigation as a visiting
professor at various law schools throughout the United States. He now teaches litigation and trial advocacy from time to time
at Wayne State University School of Law. He is the founder of the Negotiation Program, which is being presented this summer
in conjunction with the American Institute for Legal Education summer program, Orientation in U.S. Business Law. He is a
popular guest speaker and consultant on both domestic and international negotiations.
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For his workshops, Professor Martin Kriegel designs comprehensive problems that combine his over 30
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From 1978 to 1995, before going into private practice in Ann Arbor, Professor Kriegel was Of Counsel to the Cleveland, Ohio,
law firm of Malitz & Barker. He specialized in both domestic and international taxation and business matters, domestic and
international business negotiations, and complex litigation. As an attorney, he has represented various European clients who
were doing business both worldwide and in the United States and, as well, has represented U.S. business clients in their
domestic and international affairs.
Professor Kriegel is the author of the monograph on taxation that appears as the chapter on taxation in the second and
third editions of Professor William Burnham's book, Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States (West
Group Publishing, Third Edition, 2002). He is also the co-author of the chapter on Property Law. Professor Kriegel is
the author of the outline monograph, Negotiation Across Borders and Cultures, which is used in the Negotiation Program
seminars.
Professor Kriegel also has had a long-standing interest in the cross-cultural aspects of science and medicine.
His doctoral work, before attending law school, involved the study of complex biological systems and cross-cultural psychology.
He studied Western medicine - neurology and neuropsychiatry, in particular - at the University of Michigan Medical School. He
has also studied Traditional Chinese Medicine and other Asian systems of medicine.
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