Christy A. Schmidt, Esq., a New Jersey barred attorney, serves as an Adjunct Professor of Communication at both Kean University in Union, New Jersey and Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. She earned her M.S. in Communication at Emerson College, Boston, and her J.D. at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, New Jersey. Christy incorporates her 20 years of legal and entrepreneurial experience to instruct professionals in public presentation, debate, persuasion and alternative dispute resolution. In her spare time, she is a hobbyist photographer and author.