Faculty Bios

Michael R. Moran
Adjunct Professor Paralegal Program &
Legal Nurse Consultant (LNC) Program
B.A., Marietta College, 1990
Oral Communication Certificate with Distinction, Marietta College, 1990
Leadership Development Institute Certificate, Marietta College, 1990
J.D., Capital University Law School, 1994

Professor Moran is an attorney engaged in the solo private practice of law in his firm Michael R. Moran Co., L.P.A. in Gahanna. He also serves as Solicitor & Prosecuting Attorney for the Village of Hartford since 1996 and as a criminal court Magistrate for the Village of Lithopolis Mayor’s Court since 2004. As an adjunct professor at Capital since 2002, his teaching responsibilities in the Graduate Law Programs have included The Foundation: Contracts, Torts, as well as LNC Practice: Ethics & Professional Responsibility (medico-legal ethics). He is developing a course in legal investigation for the School. Professor Moran has also served as adjunct faculty at Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University, teaching the course Legal, Ethical & Political Dimensions of Business to master’s degree candidates in business, public administration and technology fields. Professor Moran has over 15 years of combined federal, state and local government experience, including service as Executive Director and Counsel of the State Chiropractic Board. He has a strong commitment to public service.

Professor Moran is a recognized authority in the field of Administrative Law, currently serving as Chairman of the Ohio State Bar Association’s Administrative Agency Law Specialty Board. He has served by appointment as an Administrative Law Hearing Examiner (ALJ) for several state and local regulatory agencies. He is a co-author of West’s Ohio Administrative Law Handbook & Agency Directory, 1995-2008 editions and a past Chairman of the OSBA Administrative Law Committee. In 2005, he was recognized by his peers as an Ohio Super Lawyer – Rising Star in the field of administrative law by Cincinnati and Washington Law & Politics magazines. He is also commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the Ohio Military Reserve, where he is assigned as a Deputy Inspector General. He is a graduate of the Naval Inspector General (IG) School at the Washington Navy Yard, the U.S. Army Advanced Military Police Branch Orientation Course, and the U.S. Department of Defense Combatant Command & Joint Inspector General Course at the U.S. Army Inspector General School, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Professor Moran is well-known in the fields of administrative law, occupational and professional licensing, health law and regulatory law, speaking before national groups such as the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards, the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy, the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. He is experienced in civil and criminal trial advocacy and in the field of law enforcement and private security training. He is certified as an instructor by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission, the Utah Commissioner of Public Safety and the Tennessee Department of Safety. As a certified NRA Firearms Training Counselor & Instructor, he has developed an expertise which includes firearms and Second Amendment law. In 2005, Professor Moran was elected as a “public member” Director on the Board of Directors of the Council on Chiropractic Education, the specialized accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education to accredit doctor of chiropractic degree programs and institutions.