Faculty
Brandon Burris
A lifelong student and teacher, Professor Burris was student-nominated and peer-selected to receive Rose State College’s Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022. Before coming to Rose State in 2015, Burris was an adjunct professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law from 2007 to 2015 and a full-time attorney in private practice and municipal government. He is a trial attorney who specializes in constitutional rights, ethics, and legal research and writing.
Margaret Kerr
Professor Kerr has eighteen years of experience as a practicing attorney specializing in civil law and seven years of experience as a financial planner and consultant with an investment firm. She has taught continuing legal education classes to attorneys for more than a decade and is a certified Oklahoma teacher.
Professor Bush has taught at Rose State College since 2009 and received the Raider Relevance Mentor or the Year award (2019) and Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (2021). Bush is a municipal judge for the City of Midwest City, prosecutor for the City of Harrah, and director of the Rose State College Foundation. He has a passion for community service and is a past president of the Midwest City Rotary Club, Downtown Oklahoma City Exchange Club, and Mid-Del Tinker 100 Club. Bush is the owner of Bush Law Offices, founded in 2007.
Dan Weitman, J.D., Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies
Professor Weitman has taught at Rose State College since 2012. He is the Associate General Counsel and Head of Litigation at the University of Oklahoma. Prior to that, he was Assistant General Counsel for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Deputy General Counsel for the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, and an attorney in government and private practice. He has been practicing law in Oklahoma since 1996.
Anthony Jackson, J.D., Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies
Professor Jackson has taught at Rose State College since 2017. He is the Assistant Division Director for Oklahoma Child Support Services and Chief Counsel for CSS Coordinated Programs. Professor Jackson created the Child Support for Paralegals class taught at Rose State as a way to educate paralegals on the topic and recruit paralegal graduates to work for OKDHS as child support case workers. Prior to working for OKDHS he was in private practice focusing on Bankruptcy reorganizations. He has been practicing law in Oklahoma since 1987.
Kevin Krahl, J.D., Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies
Professor Krahl is a trial lawyer, mediator, and part-time judge. He has over 35 years of trial experience in civil and criminal cases in city, state, and federal court. He has been a prosecutor, founding partner of the Hornbeek, Krahl, Vitali & Braun law firm, and has a broad litigation practice which includes personal injury/wrongful death, bad faith insurance, business disputes, construction matters, products liability, and medical malpractice. He is the Judge of the City of Nichols Hills, a volunteer attorney for Oklahoma Lawyers for Children, and a former Board member for Oklahoma County CASA and the Oklahoma County Chapter of Citizens for Juvenile Justice.
Paul Bohannon, J.D., Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies
Professor Bohannon brings more than 40 years of experience in Oil & Gas Law to Rose State College. He is a partner at Andrews Kurth LLP, where he specializes in Environmental and Natural Resources Litigation and provides neutral services via the American Arbitration Association.
Gregory Failing, J.D., Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies
Professor Failing has been a licensed attorney in Oklahoma since 2012. He currently owns his own firm with a practice that includes family, contracts, criminal defense, and estate planning. In 2016, he was a candidate for State House District 20.
Hannah Stark, J.D., Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Legal Studies
Professor Stark has been a licensed attorney in Oklahoma since 2022. She earned her law degree from the Oklahoma City University School of Law and her Bachelor’s in Office Supervision and Management from the University of Central Oklahoma. Currently in civil practice emphasizing debtor-creditor relations, Professor Stark has worked in marketing and has been a legal intern for the United States Army Judge Advocate General.
