Faculty & Contacts

Full-Time Faculty

Catherine A. Ritterbusch 
Associate Professor & Program Director 
critterb@cscc.edu 
B.A. from Marquette University 
J.D. from Marquette University Law School
M.A. from The Ohio State University

Prior to joining the faculty at Columbus State in 2011, Professor Ritterbusch chaired the justice department at a four-year college in Wisconsin, and practiced law in a variety of areas, specializing in complex commercial litigation.  In addition to serving as Program Director, she teaches several paralegal classes and guides students through legal internships.  

Kristen Dickerson
Instructor 
kdickerson14@cscc.edu
B.S.S. from Ohio University Eastern
M.S.W. from Ohio University Eastern
J.D. from Capital University Law School

Prior to becoming a tenure-track faculty member, Kristen served as an Annually Contracted full-time faculty member in the paralegal program.  Her background prior to teaching includes criminal and civil litigation, including filing complaints for injunctive and monetary relief against problematic LLCs, landlords, businesses, and other entities.  She also has particular knowledge regarding real property and public laws and experience with federal grant-writing.  She teaches the legal environment of business, law office technology, business organizations and other courses within the paralegal program.  She also serves as lead faculty for the legal environment of business. 

John M. Vidmar 
Instructor 
jvidmar@cscc.edu 
B.S. from Franklin University 
J.D. from Capital University Law School

Prior to becoming full time faculty at Columbus State, Mr. Vidmar served as adjunct faculty at Columbus State and other higher learning institutions.  Mr. Vidmar has practiced law in a variety of areas of law including real estate, business and debtor-creditor relations.  He teaches law office technology, legal research and writing, business organizations and other courses within the paralegal program.  He also serves as lead faculty for legal research and writing.  

Kimberly D. Lawrence
Instructor
Kwheeler3@cscc.edu 
B.A. from Capital University
J.D. from Capital University Law School

Before joining the faculty at Columbus State, Kimberly served as an in-house corporate professional focusing on compliance and labor and employment law. She has also practiced law in a variety of areas such as real estate, probate, estate planning, business, and domestic litigation. She is the American Bar Association Reapproval and Compliance Lead for the paralegal department. 

Dale A. Gresson
Justice, Safety & Legal Studies Department Chair
(614) 287- 2872 
dgresson@cscc.edu
Franklin Hall 211
MBA, Tiffin University

Academic Advisor

Once you are a student in the Paralegal program, you will enjoy professional academic advising from the Business Engineering Technology Division advisors located in Aquinas Hall 116 . Students should consult with these advisors when first entering the program and each subsequent semester before registering for classes. Please contact them for an appointment at https://www.cscc.edu/services/advising/be-advising.shtml or email a message to: bet-adv@cscc.edu.

Staff

Vanessa Anderson
Office Assistant 
vanderso@cscc.edu

Vanessa manages the daily office procedures of the Legal Studies Program.

Contact Vanessa at 614 287-3620, FR 206 or at legl@cscc.edu.