Prof. Kohm's Profile

• J.D. 1989, Syracuse University College of Law. 
  
• B.A. 1980, State University of New York at Albany. 
  
• Professor 2000 to present, Regent University School of Law, 1998-present; John Brown McCarty Professor of Family Law, 1999-2001; Assistant Professor, 1993-98. 
  
• Managing Partner, Webster & Kohm, Groton, NY, 1990-93.  
  
• Associate, Evan L. Webster, Groton, NY, 1989-90. 
  
• Virginia State Bar Family Law Section Board of Governors, 1997-2000. 
  
• Virginia Real Estate Appraisers Board, 1997-2001. 
  
• Governor's Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1999-2000. 
  
• Virginia State Bar Education Section Newsletter Co-Editor. 
  
• Certified Guardian ad Litem. 
  
• Member, Concerned Women for America. 
  
• Member, Eagle Forum. 
  
• Member, Rotary International 1989-93. 
  
• Admitted: New York, Florida, Massachusetts, Virginia, District of Columbia.

Bio

Lynne Marie Kohm is the John Brown McCarty Professor of Family Law at Regent University School of Law.  She earned her law degree from Syracuse College of Law, and is a graduate of Albany University.  She was honored with the Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Excellence as the Regent University Professor of the year in 2005 for her work in defending marriage, equality issues in estate planning, training lawyers in family restoration and discipling women law students.  

Professor Kohm has published prolifically on legal areas of concern to families, including marriage, women, children, families, trusts and support obligations at death.  She teaches Family Law, Wills, Trusts & Estates, Elder Law, Bioethics and Gender and the Law.  She teaches law students and lawyers many of the legal concepts and techniques that assist individuals and families in planning for incapacity and estate distribution.   Her most popular book is Estate Planning Success for Women, which has been nominated for several awards because of its unique perspective on women and their influence over the transfer of wealth in the next generation.

Prior to teaching, Professor Kohm practiced law in New York concentrating in the areas of estate planning, probate administration, real estate and family law.  She is licensed to practice law in Virginia, New York, Florida, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.  She is also a Certified Guardian ad Litem.  Her professional affiliations include and have included the Virginia State Bar Family Law Section Board of Governors, Virginia Bar Association Domestic Relations Council, Christian Legal Society, American Bar Association, Eagle Forum, Alliance Defense Fund, Concerned Women for America, and Bethany Christian Services.  Lynne Marie Kohm has a missionary heart, having served with the full time staff of Campus Crusade for Christ for six years prior to and during law school, and with her husband Joe has home schooled their two teenage children.

Books and Monographs

Family Law 2000-2001, (West Custom Publishing).

Estate Planning Success for Women, Barron Publishing, 2005 (Co-Authored with Mark James)

Estate Planning Success for Virginia Residents, Barron Publishing 2004

Estate Planning Success for Ohio Residents, Barron Publishing 2005 Family Law 2000-2001, (West Custom Publishing).

Virginia Domestic Relations Handbook, (co-authored with Margaret F. Brinig) (Lexis Law Publishing, 1999 Supplement).

Book Chapters

Death of the Obligor, in J. THOMAS OLDHAM'S CHILD SUPPORT (1998).

Marriage By Design, Chapter 3 of MARRIAGE AND SAME-SEX UNIONS, A DEBATE, Lynn D. Wardle, Mark Strasser, William C. Duncan and David Orgon Coolidge, 
Eds. 78-90 (2003).

Virginia Domestic Relations Handbook, Margaret F. Brinig and Lynn Marie Kohm, Lexus Law Publishing (1999 Supplement).(2003).

Journal Articles and Notes

Cohabitation and the Renaissance of Marriage (co-authored with Karen M. Groen), Regent U. L. Rev. (2005). 

The State of Marriage in America ? and in Virginia, 53 Virginia Lawyer 23 
(Feb. 2005). 

Does Marriage Make Good Business? Examining the Notion of Employer 
Endorsement of Marriage, 25 WHITTIER L. REV. 563 (2004); cited in 6 U. PA. J. LAB. & EMP. LAW 865 (Spring 2004); Selected Current Bibliography on Labor& Employment Law, 98 NW. U. L. REV. 579 (2004); Daniel W. Olivas, Tennessee Considers Adopting the Louisiana Covenant Marriage Act: A Law Waiting to be Ignored, 71 TENN. L. REV. 769 (2004). 

Moral Realism and the Adoption of Children by Homosexuals, 38 NEW ENG. L. REV. 643 (2004) in Symposium: ?Same-sex Marriages: Can Anyone Show Just Cause Why These Two Should Not be Lawfully Joined?? cited in Mark Strasser, Adoption and the Best Interests of the Child: On the Use and Abuse of Studies, 38 NEW ENG. L. REV. 629 (2004). 

Sociocultural Issues, the Law and the Future of our Civilization, National 
Association of Research and Therapy of Homosexuality Collected Papers (NARTH 2003). 

Prom Mom Killers: Distorted Statistics, Blame Shift, and Their Impact on 
Punishment for Neonaticide, 9 WM & MARY WOMEN'S L. J. 43 (Fall 2002) (with Scott Liverman), cited in Amy D. Wills,  Neonaticide: The Necessity of Syndrome Evidence When Safe Haven Legislation Falls Short,  77 TEMP. L. REV. 1001 (Winter 2004).                               

The Collateral Effects of Civil Unions on Family Law, 11 WIDENER J. PUB. L. 451 (2002); cited in John G. Culhane, The Heterosexual Agenda, 13 WEIDNER L. J. 759 (2004). 

Adoption, Race, Foster Care and The Exodus 2 Paradigm, National Litigation Academy IX CD-ROM, Alliance Defense Fund (November 2002). 

Fairness, Accuracy and Honesty in Discussing Homosexuality and Marriage, 14 REGENT L. REV. 249 (2002) coauthored with Dr. Mark Yarhouse; reprinted at SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH NETWORK www.SSRN.com, available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=269418(May 2002). 

How Will the Proliferation and Recognition of Domestic Partnerships Affect Marriage? 4 J. FAM. STUD. 105 (2002); also available at 
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol13/papers.cfm. cited in Katherine Shaw Spaht, 
Revolution and Counter-Revolution: The Future of Marriage in the Law, 49 LOYOLA L. REV. 1 (Spring 2003); Lynn D. Wardle, Counting the Costs of Civil Unions: Some Potential Detrimental Effects on Family Law, 11 WIDENER J. PUB. 
L. 401 (2002); Michael Scaperlanda, Kulturkampf in the Backwaters: 
Homosexuality and Immigration Law, 11 WIDENER J. PUB. L. 475 (2002); 
Katherine Shaw Spaht, The Last One Hundred Years: The Incredible Retreat of Law from the Regulation of Marriage, 63 LA. L. REV. 243 (Winter 2003); Herma Hill Kay, ?Making Marriage and Divorce Safe for Women? Revisited, 32 HOFSTRA L. REV. 71 (2003); Lynn D. Wardle, The Curious Case of the Missing Legal Analysis, 18 B.Y.U. J. PUB. L. 309 (2003); Lynn D. Wardle, 116 HARV. L. REV. 
1026 (2003); Nancy K. Kubasek, Alex Frondorf and Kevin J. Minnick, Civil 
Union Statutes: A Shortcut to Legal Equality for Same-Sex Partners in a 
Landscape Littered with Defense of Marriage Acts, 15 J. LAW. & PUB. POL'Y 229 (Spring 2004); Appendix A, Law Review Articles citing Baker v. Vermont, Justin W. Starr, 18 BYU J. Pub.L 353 (2004); Nancy D. Polikoff, Making Marriage Matter Less: The ALI Domestic Partner Principles Are One Step In The Right Direction, 2004 U Chi Legal F 353. 

What do VAWA, Elian Gonzalez and Grandparents Have in Common? Federal Involvement in Family (Law) Governance, Virginia Lawyer (2001).

Marriage and the Intact Family: The significance of Michael H. v. Gerald D., 413 U.S. 119 (1989), Whittier L. Rev (2000).

Of Princesses, Charities, Trustees and Fairytales: The Lesson of the Simple Wishes of Princess Bernice Pauhi Bishop, 21 Hawaii L. Rev. 393 (2000).

The Rising Tide of Juvenile Violence: A Natural Disaster for Values-Free Culture, Education and Families? 1 Barry U. Florida L. Rev. (2000).

Liberty and Marriage: Due Process: Baehr and Beyond, BYU J.L. & Pub. Pol'y (1999), cited in Baker v. Vermont (1999) Appellant's Brief.

Comparative Survey of Covenant Marriage Proposals in the United States, 13 Regent U. L. Rev. (1999)

What is a Christian University? or How to Achieve Preeminence as a Graduate Institution, 1 Found. 3 (1999).

Integrating Religion, Faith and Morality in Traditional Law School Courses, (co-authored with Mary C. Scarlato) 11 Regent U. L. Rev. 49 (1999); also located at www.regent.edu/admin/cids/flic.htm (1999).

The Rise and Fall of Women's Rights: Have Sexuality and Reproductive Freedom Forfeited Victory?, (co-authored with Colleen Holmes) 9 Wm. & Mary J. Women & L. (forthcoming 1999).

Domestic Relations: Annual Survey, 32 Univ. Richmond L. Rev. 1165 (1998).

Sex at Six and Other Problems With Children's Rights, (co-authored with Maria E. Lawrence) 36 J. Fam. L. 361 (1998).

Women and Assisted Suicide: Exposing the Gender Vulnerability Toward Acquiescent Death, (co-authored with Britney N. Brigner) 4 Cardozo Women's L.J. 101 (1998).

Sex Selection Abortion and The Boomerang Effect of A Woman's Right to Choose: A Paradox of the Skeptics, 4 Wm. & Mary Women's L.J. 91 (1997).

The Family Advisor: The New Trend for Athletes with Family Values, (co-authored with Joseph Kohm, Jr.) 14 U. Miami Sports & Ent. L. Rev. 113 (1997).

A Reply to "Principles and Prejudice": Marriage and the Realization that Principles Win Over Political Will, 23 J. Contemp. L. 1 (1997).

The New Paradigm for the Feminine Mystique: The Authentic Women's Perspective, 2 Lib., Life & Fam. 259 (1996).

The Homosexual "Union": Should Gay and Lesbian Partnerships Be Granted the Same Status as Marriage?, 22 J. Contemp. L. 51 (1996).

A Fresh Perspective on Women and Motherhood: The Traditional Values Mother Is One of a Few Good Men, 81 Women Lawyers J. 8 (1995).

Designer Babies: Are Test Tubes and Microbes Replacing Romance? Relevant Legal Issues and DNA, (co-authored with Kathleen A. Miller) 16 Am. J. Forensic Med.& Pathology 1 (1995).

Honey I Froze the Kids: Implications for the Survival of Marriage and the Family in Light of the Intersection of Reproductive Technology and Spousal Consent, 46 Va. Lawyer 35 (April 1998).

Newspaper and Periodical Articles

"Family's Protective Function for Individuals," Hampton Roads Christian newspaper, Family Law monthly column (April 1999).

"God's Law Should Be Man's Law," Hampton Roads Christian newspaper,Family Law monthly column (Mar. 1999).

"Disposable Children," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Feb. 1999).

"Family Law Needed for Our Protection," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Dec./Jan. 1998-99).

"Say 'Hello' to Alienation Lawsuits," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Lawmonthly column (Nov. 1998).

"Good Servants Make the Best Leaders," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Oct. 1998).

"Children's Rights Advocacy Threatens Children's Innocence," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Sept. 1998).

"The Privilege of Parenting," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Aug. 1998).

"Marriage is a Covenant, Not a Contract," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (July 1998).

"Finding Strength in the Lord, Not the Law," Hampton Roads Christian,Family Law monthly column (June 1998).

"Explaining Evil in Light of God's Word," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (April/May 1998).

"New Law Protects Marriage," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Lawmonthly column (Mar. 1998).

"Good Parenting Puts God and Kids First," Hampton Roads Christian,Family Law monthly column (Feb. 1998).

"Covenant Marriage is Positive Legislation to Strengthen Marriage" Virginian Pilot, at B6 (Feb. 20, 1998).

"Legal Agreement Helps Rebuild Broken Marriages," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Dec./Jan. 1997-98).

"Drawing the Line Between Abuse and Discipline," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Nov. 1997).

"Putting Assisted Suicide in Perspective," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Oct. 1997).

"Fighting False Abuse Cases," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Lawmonthly column (Sept. 1997).

"Reproductive Rights Demand Responsibility," Hampton Roads Christian,Family Law monthly column (Aug. 1997).

"Sexual Leniency in the Military Brings Destruction," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (July 1997).

"Cloning Bioethics," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (June 1997).

"Partial-born Killers," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (April/May 1997).

"Suffer the Little Children," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Mar. 1997).

"Marriage is More Than a Contract," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Lawmonthly column (Feb. 1997).

"Building a True Home for the Holidays," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Dec./Jan. 1996-97).

"God Never Designed That Family as 'Myth' or 'Metaphor'," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Nov. 1996).

"Family Values: Differing Values," Impact Mag., at 16 (Nov. 1996).

"Family Law Questions and Answers," Hampton Roads Christian, Family Law monthly column (Oct. 1996).

Presentations and Conference Sessions Chaired

Why do I need a Will? , Campus Crusade for Christ, Int'l Staff Training (Wills Seminar), Fort Collins, CO (July 1997).

Who's in Charge? Parent's Rights vs. Children's Rights?, research presentation and address at Youth Entertainment Studios and Regent University's Center for Faith and Culture and Institute for Educational Policy Conference (Dangerous Minds: Cultivating Character and Civility in our Youth) (April 1997).

Divorce Reform: Restoring Civic Virtue in Family Law: Re-examining No-Fault Divorce, address at ACLJ/Regent University conference (Restoring Civic Virtue) (Feb. 1996).

Radio and Television Appearances

Fox on Family (with U.S. News and World Report Editor) (Fox News, May 1997).

Fox on Family (with Working Woman magazine Editor) (Fox News, May 1997).

The 700 Club (live television interview with Jay Sekulow) (The Christian Broadcasting Network, Jan. 1997).

The 700 Club (live television interview with Jay Sekulow) (The Christian Broadcasting Network, Nov. 1996).