The Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law at High Point University is excited to announce two new members of our full-time teaching faculty.
Professor Tom Molony, Professor of Law
Professor Molony is an accomplished lawyer and legal educator who has worked as a highly esteemed law professor for fifteen years. He has taught numerous courses at the intersection of business and law, including Accounting for Lawyers, Business Associations, Closely Held Business Enterprises, International Business, and Secured Transactions. With this expertise, Professor Molony will be leading HPU Law’s business and commercial law efforts and will teach Property to our first-year students.
Prior to joining the academy, Professor Molony practiced law with the Charlotte firm of Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson. His practice focused on corporate and commercial law, public finance, and bankruptcy. Professor Molony is a certified public accountant; and before attending law school, he worked as a senior accountant with KPMG, performing financial statement audits for clients in various industries, including manufacturing, transportation, energy, government, and non-profit.
Professor Molony received his B.S. and J.D. degrees, both summa cum laude, from Washington and Lee University. In law school, he was Order of the Coif and served as the managing editor of the Washington and Lee Law Review.
Professor Molony has been active in the North Carolina Bar Association, serving on the Section Council for the NCBA Business Law Section and on its Business Organizations Committee. He has published numerous articles in law reviews from around the country, on diverse topics ranging from the Commerce Clause to the First Amendment to Corporate Governance. He has also published many shorter works, including serving as a frequent author for the publication of the NCBA Business Law Section.
When asked about starting at HPU Law, Professor Molony said, “Joining High Point Law is an incredible opportunity. I am excited to work with dedicated students and colleagues to build a community that welcomes—and I mean truly welcomes—people of faith and of no faith, those who are conservative, liberal, or somewhere in between. A place that doesn’t silence or compel, but listens, proposes, and challenges. America needs a law school like this. I’m ready and excited to get started.”
Professor Jennifer Martin, Clinical Associate Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs
Professor Martin has dedicated her twenty-five-year legal career to public service. After graduating from law school in 1999, she began serving as a District Court prosecutor in the Forsyth County District Attorney’s Office. She currently serves as the Chief Assistant District Attorney in that office and will continue in that position until assuming her role at HPU Law this fall. In her position as Chief ADA, Professor Martin has tried 80 jury trials, including 15 First Degree murder trials, to verdict. She often worked closely with law enforcement agencies to advise preliminary investigations and met grieving families, guiding them through the trial process.
Professor Martin has a track record of starting positive community programs, including an Elder Abuse Task Force and a community outreach license restoration program. She also developed a long-term collaborative partnership between local universities, campus police, and university athletic departments to support student-athletes off the field.
Professor Martin is actively engaged with community initiatives. She serves on the Forsyth County Commissioner’s Commission on Ending Homelessness, the CURE Violence steering committee, her local Juvenile Crime Prevention Council, and the Forsyth County School Justice Partnership. In addition, she has served on the board of The Ronald McDonald House, The Parenting Path, the Bethesda Center for the Homeless, and Mediation Services of Forsyth County. She is a frequent guest speaker at law schools and universities across North Carolina, as well as law enforcement agencies.
Professor Martin graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in English and a minor in Women’s Studies and received her J.D. from Wake Forest University School of Law. She will teach Criminal Law in addition to her role overseeing HPU Law’s clinical programs.
Upon her appointment, Jennifer Martin said, “It is a tremendous honor to join this amazing team at HPU Law. This is an extraordinary moment in time to join the collective effort at the law school to educate and train the next generation of lawyer-leaders. With the philosophy of High Point University at our center, we will be able to help those who may be less fortunate gain access to justice while simultaneously enabling HPU law students to receive an outstanding legal education.”
In recognizing these two new faculty colleagues, Founding Dean and Professor of Law Mark Martin said: “Professor Tom Molony and Professor Jennifer Martin are exemplary additions to our faculty and fill critical needs in the areas of business associations, commercial law, criminal law, and clinical education. Both professors have impressive professional backgrounds, and they will inspire our students to pursue excellence as they prepare for the legal profession. Moreover, as with our other faculty hires, Professor Molony and Professor Martin share our holistic vision to educate our students in the doctrine, skills, and values they need to be lawyer-leaders of integrity.”