Nancy L. Zisk is a graduate of Duke University, with a B.A. in English and Psychology, and an honors graduate of Duke University Law School. Zisk, who joined the school in 2004, teaches torts and employment law. In 2006, she was named "professor of the year" by students and associate dean for academic affairs by the school. In 2007, she was made an associate professor, and served as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs through May 2008. Prior to coming to Charleston, Zisk was an adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C., where she taught Remedies. She also has been in private practice, with Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, and Ross, Dixon & Bell, both in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in employment and complex insurance coverage litigation, and most recently as a sole practitioner in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Articles
In the Wake of Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: Applying the Discovery Rule to Determine the Start of the Limitations Period for Pay Discrimination Claims, Duke Journal of Gender & Law Policy (2008)
Article is forthcoming in the Fall 2008 issue of the Duke Journal of Gender Law...
The Limitations of Legislative Imposed Damages Caps: Proposing a Better Way to Control the Costs of Medical Malpractice, Seattle University Law Review (2006)
Presentations
After the Disaster: Legal Ramifications of Decision-Making During Catastrophes, Medical and Ethical Decision Making Conference of the South Carolina AHEC and its Disaster Preparedness and Response Training Network (2006)
Testifying with Immunity or Impunity: How Far Should the HCQIA Go to Protect the Confidentiality of Peer Review?, Bioethics and Health Law Symposium at the Charleston School of Law (2006)
Overview of the American Judicial System, Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees Leadership Academy (2006)