Angela Dean

Professor Angela Dean is a faculty member at Southwestern Law School, where she teaches Business Associations and experiential learning courses such as Law Practice Management and General Counsel and In-House Legal Department Experience. Her career spans decades as an employee benefits attorney, including in-house counsel roles at pension funds, health insurers, and as associate general counsel to the YMCA Retirement Fund.

• B.A., cum laude, Temple University (1991)
• J.D., Villanova University School of Law (1996)
• L.L.M. in Taxation with Certification in Employee Benefits, Villanova University School of Law (2004)

Her research focuses on ERISA compliance, healthcare benefits, and the impact of self-funded health plans on working Americans. She has authored scholarship on copyright infringement in the entertainment industry and is currently working on a paper titled Healthcare Benefits and the American Hustle, which critiques the U.S. health insurance system.

Professor Dean has held leadership roles in legal practice, including founding her own law firm representing small businesses and nonprofits in tax matters. She emphasizes experiential learning and advocates for resilience in legal education, quoting Zig Ziglar on the importance of determination.